[BJ asT sIMPLE Is USED FOR THINGS THAT “HAPPENED IN THE PAST & TARE FINISHED ‘THESE THINGS CAN BE. + Short quickly finished actions = Jate a sendwich lastnight = She sail helo wihen she saw me. + Longer situations - | watched TV all day on Sunday - Hlived in Barcolona for seven years. + Repeated events - Fried to cal you every day last week = Every seven minutes, another ram came by the station. + Past Simple used to tall stories = One day the hantsome young price decided fo see the world Ho packed his things, kissed his mothor the Queen goodbye, and walked down the road, which was wile and ft.[THe Forms oF PAST SIMPLE ARE REGULAR Many verbs can be put into the Past Simple by adding "-ed ~ This afternoon | played basketbal ~ Yesterday it snowed fr thee hours. =H oved tat fa! it reminded me of one | watched ast year IRREGULAR ‘Some verbs do NOT end with “-ed” in the Past Simple, ® + The most important ofthese is TO BE. =I HE | SHE J ITWAS or WASN'T = WE / YOU/ THEY WERE of WEREN'T + Some other common verbs that are also irregular are: begin began boring brought buy bought come came do id est oe oot got ono gav0 o went have had know know make made sey said see saw take took\ THESE THINGS CAN BE. + Short / quickly finished actions = ate 9 sandwich last night = She said hello when she saw me + Longer situations - | watched TV all day on Sunday. = I lived in Barcelona for seven years, + Repeated events = [tried to call you every day last week = Every seven minutes, another tram eame by the station. + Past Simple is used to tell stories - One day the handsome young prince decided to see the word. He packed his things, kissed his mother the Queen goodbye, and walked down the road, which was wide and flat||) [J NEGaATIVEs AND QuesTIONS H F USE DID + INFINITIVE to make Questions nd Negatives. @ + / started / | didn’t start / Did | starr? “He answered / He dln’ answer / Did he answer? - ‘They watched / They did't watch / Did they watch? BE CAREFUL!!! a @® SOs ‘She a but Did she dot? ‘tramed but Oia rain? You ato ut Did you oat?