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Past Simple
Regular verbs

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Past Simple - Regular verbs

We use the past

simple to talk about
things that happened
in the past.

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Past Simple - Regular verbs

Time expressions:
Yesterday
last week/month/year
a year ago
the day/week before
in 2010…

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Past Simple - Regular verbs

Affirmative
I played
He, she, it played
We, you, they played

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Past Simple - Regular verbs

Spelling rules
visit – visited
Infinitive + ed/d
love – loved
Vowel + y: ed enjoy – enjoyed

Consonant + y: ied study – studied

One-syllable verb
1 vowel + 1consonant: stop – stopped
Double consonant + ed bat – batted

Two-syllable with stress

on second syllable and permit – permitted
ending with a single
consonant:
Double consonant + ed commit – committed
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Tom phoned his best friend.

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Negative
Subject + didn’t + infinitive
I didn’t play
He, she, it didn’t work
We, you, they didn’t Watch

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They didn’t study for the Maths test.

They studied for the History test.
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Interrogative
Did + subject + infinitive
Did I
Did he, she, it play?
Did we, you, they work?
like?

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 Did they visit London last year?
Yes, they did.
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Did Kate walk to school?
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Grammar practice
Look at the pictures and make true
sentences. Use the past simple.
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 F ol l ow the They / ask a question.
exe m pl e.

Did they ask a question?

Yes, they did. They
asked a question.
No, they didn’t.
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 Emily / visit / the Coliseum in Rome.

Did Emily visit the Coliseum in Rome?

Yes, she did. She visited it.
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 They / play / football in the morning.

Did they play handball in the morning?

No, they didn’t. They
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 We / dance / a lot last Saturday.

Did we party a lot last Saturday?

Yes, we did. We danced a lot.
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 Paul/ study / hard

Did Bill study hard?

Yes, he did. He studied hard. Miss Erika Steppes

 Sarah/ stay / in bed late

Did Daisy stay in bed late?

Yes, she did. She stayed in bed late.
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 My cousin / play / the piano

Did my cousin play the piano?

No, he didn’t. He
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 Henry / smile / at me

Did Henry smile at you?

Yes, he did. He smiled at me.
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