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The PAST SIMPLE
The PAST SIMPLE
I. Form
II. Use
1. Single completed actions
Ex: John and Philips intended the CD in the early 1980s.
2. Repeated or habitual in the past
Ex: We moved house a lot when I was a kid.
3. General truths about the past
Ex: Early clocks were usually very unreliable.
4. Permanent situations and states in the past
Ex: Did the ancient Egyptians have more advanced technology than other
civilizations?
5. The main events in a story
Ex: David turned on the TV and sat on the sofa.
6. The present ( in conditional sentences )
Ex: If we didn’t have computers, what would the world be like?
7. The present ( after wish, it’s time, would rather, etc)
Ex: I’d rather Matthew didn’t waste so much time playing video games.
1. Thông thường ta thêm "ed" vào sau động từ để thành lập dạng
quá khứ.
2. Những động từ tận cùng bằng "e" (câm), "ee" ta chỉ việc thêm
"d" vào cuối động từ đó.
believe => belived
3. Động từ 1 âm tiết, kết thúc bằng “Nguyên âm + Phụ âm” => gấp
đôi phụ âm + "ed"
play => played
b. Động từ tận cùng bằng "y", trước "y" là phụ âm => bỏ "y" + đuôi
"ied"
study => studied worry=> worried
supply => supplied
try => tried
- /d/ : after all vowel sounds and after voiced consonants (except /d/)
/m/ /n/ /ŋ/ /l/ /g/ /dʒ/ /z/ /b/ /v/
Ex: cried /kraɪd/, tried /traɪd/, hurried /ˈhʌr.id/, weighed /weɪd/, smiled
/smaɪld/, planned /plænd/, judged /dʒʌdʒd/, sneezed /sniːzd/, lived /lɪvd/
- /t/ : after all voiceless consonants (except /t/)/k/ /p/ /f/ /s/ /ʃ/ /tʃ/
Ex: picked /pɪkt/, hopped /həʊpt/, laughed /lɑːft/, crossed /krɒst/, pushed
/pʊʃt/, watched /wɒtʃt/
- /ɪd/ : after /d/ and /t/
Ex: decided /dɪˈsaɪdid/, ended /endid/, landed /lændid/, started /stɑːtid/,
visited /ˈvɪz.ɪtid/, waited /weɪtid/
V. Exercises
1. When they were young, they _____ meat.
A. Hate
B. Hated
C. Hates
D. Is Hating