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The Simple Past Tense4479
The Simple Past Tense4479
Affirmative:
The past tense of regular verbs is formed by adding d or
ed to the base form of the verb. I worked in a shop last
year, I lived in a big house when I was younger.
Affirmative:
Irregular past verb forms must be learned because they
dont follow any rule:
Go went
Come came
Buy bought
Drink drank
Eat ate
Find found I went to Paris last July
See saw
Use did not or didnt + a base form verb to make the
PAST SIMPLE
past simpleTENSE: REGULAR
tense negative. andwork
I didnt IRREGULAR VERBS
last summer
Negative:
Yes, I No, I
I worked. I didn't work. Did I work?
did. didn't.
Yes, he No, he
He worked. He didn't work. Did he work?
did. didn't.
Did she Yes, she No, she
She worked. She didn't work.
work? did. didn't.
Yes, it No, it
It worked. It didn't work. Did it work?
did. didn't.
Did you Yes you No, you
You worked. You didn't work.
work? did. didn't.
Yes we No, we
We worked. We didn't work. Did we work?
did. didn't.
Did they Yes they No,they
They worked. They didn't work.
work? did. didn't.
The
1.To Simple
talk about actionsPast Tenseat is
that happened usedtime in
a specific
the past. You state when it happened using a time adverb
(yesterday, last Mont.):
Last year I took my exams.
Time expressions:
Yesterday, last month, last year, last time,
ago, in ...