Past Simple

Past Tenses

Past Simple

• I lived in New York 2 years.

Finished actions
He met us at the station.
A series of events in
• He shut the window, switched the past
off the light and went upstairs
 Past Tenses
Past Simple

I lived in New York 2 years.

Past 2015-2017 2018 - Present

Finished action Now I live in London.

Series of actions in
the past
 Past Tenses
Past Simple

He shut the window, and went downstairs.

Past

Finished action
switched off the light
Series of actions in
the past
 Formation
Past Simple

I worked go - went
You cooked сome - came
He walked make - made
She opened run - ran
It cleaned write - wrote
We tried buy - bought
You shouted teach - taught
They washed eat - ate
 Irregular Verbs

Take – taked - took

Come – comed - came
Eat – eated- ate
Cut – cuted- cut
Get – geted- got
Leave – leaved - left
Ride – rided - rode
Say – sayed- said
Speak – speaked - spoke

We must learn irregular verbs individually.

 Formation

Past Simple

I
You
He
She didn’t work.
It
We
They
 Formation
Past Simple

I
you
he
Did she work?
it
we
they
 Read the sentences and find the common points in
sentences.

I worked in Çanakkale last year. AFFIRMATIVE

You played the violin yesterday.
We lived in Berlin 5 years ago. PAST TIME ADVERBS
They used a new method in 1950.
VERBS with ‘ED’
She watched a film last Sunday.
He waited 2 hours this morning.
PAST EXPERIENCE
It started in1939.

We use «past simple tense» to talk about things that happened in the past.
We use «ed» with regular verbs.
 Read the sentences and find common points in
sentences.

I bought a new coat last week. AFFIRMATIVE

You drank tea with milk yesterday.
We had many problems last year. PAST TIME ADVERBS
They gave free tickets two days ago.
IRREGULAR VERBS
She took shower 15 days ago.
He met with friends last Sunday. PAST EXPERIENCE
It slept outside last winter.

We don’t use «ed» with irregular verbs. You need to learn all of the irregular
verbs.
 Find the mistakes
✘ Does he like playing Golf last week? ✓ Did he
✘ I like eating pizza when I was 15 years old. ✓ I liked
✘ She singed a song yesterday.
✓ She sang
✘ The film didn’t finished two hours ago.
✘ My friends goed on holiday last summer . ✓ finish
✘ She heared her little sister crying 5 minutes ago. ✓ My friends went
✘ We don’t play in the garden at break yesterday.
✓ She heard
✘ My students studyed regularly last year .
✘ Do we move to the new house in 2019? ✓ We didn’t play
✘
✓ studied
Did they solved all of the questions last lesson?

✓ Did we
✓ solve
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PRESENT SIMPLE TENSE PAST SIMPLE TENSE
He washes the dishes every evening. He washed the dishes last evening.

We always listen to pop music. We listened to pop music yesterday.

Children drink milk in the mornings. Children drank milk last morning.

My dog usually doesn’t like chasing cats. My dog didn’t like chasing dogs last year.

I don’t generally read poetry books. I didn’t read poetry books last semester.

Does your sister study at Başarı College? Did your sister study at Başarı College in
2015?
Do you often meet with your friends? Did you meet with your friends yesterday?
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We use past Simple Tense to talk about finished actions.

I worked as a teacher in 2005.

My friends went to Spain last summer for holiday.
The dogs didn’t sleep last night.
Did you wash the dishes last evening?
AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE
I I
You
We
listened to music
You
didn’t listen to music
We
They yesterday. yesterday.
They
didn’t see a beautiful
saw a beautiful car
He He car last week
last week.
She She
It It
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SHORT SHORT
QUESTIONS ANSWER ANSWER
I Yes, you did. No, you didn’t.
You Yes, I did. No, I didn’t.
listen to music
We Yes, you did. No, you didn’t.
yesterday?
They Yes, they did. No, they
didn’t.
Did

QUESTIONS SHORT ANSWER SHORT ANSWER

He Yes, he did. No, he didn’t.

She see a beautiful car Yes, she did. No, she didn’t.
No, it didn’t.
It last week? Yes, it did.
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