GRAMMAR

PAST SIMPLE
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• We use the Past Simple to talk about an action that happened at a particular point in the past.
E.g. I operated different types of equipment .
(It is clear that this person no longer operates different types of equipments)
• Use the simple past for finished actions.
E.g. I enjoyed when I left school.
• The simple past is the same for all persons.
E.g. She played the piano very well in the Beethoven concert last night. And we played the
guitar pretty well.
• We Use an Auxiliary verb “did” for all persons.
 Past time expressions:
With the Past Simple we can use expressions such as
in +..., year, month, season, etc. Before, and after the centence. The time
expression appears either at the beginning or at the end of the sentence  never in the middle of
the sentence.

 This morning
 Yesterday
 Yesterday morning, afternoon, evening
 Last night week, weekend, month,
year,
 Last semester, Monday, Sunday, etc
 Last spring, summer , autumn, winter
/fall .
 One year ago, one week, month, one
day ago
 An hour ago, ten minutes ago, etc.
Simple past Auxiliary verb.
• Affirmative short
answer:
“did”
• Questions:
“Did”
• Negative:
“Did not” (didn`t)
• For all persons.
 Grammar:
Affirmative form

• I started to study at the University two years ago.

• I enjoyed when I left school.
• My brother and me travelled quite a lot
• She played the piano very well in the Beethoven concert last night. And
we played the guitar pretty well.
 Negative form

• We didn`t pass oral exam last Tuesday.

• This robot arm didn`t work in Japan last year, and it
didn't work in Peru when we tested it.
 Question form
Yes / No question Information question / Wh...question

- Did you study for the exam last - What did you repair yesterday?
night?
Yes, I did I repaired a seeder machine , I needed
No, I didn`t. it to seed potatoes

- Did this machine normally start  

this morning?

Yes, it did.
No, it didn`t.
 Questions forms

•Yes / No question
- Did you study for the exam last night?
Yes, I did
No, I didn`t.
- Did this machine run yesterday?
Yes, it did.
No, it didn`t.

•Information question / Wh...question

- What did you do yesterday?
I got up late, I had a sandwich and milk for breakfast. After that I travelled to....
 Simple Past-Regular Verbs
• The simple past of regular verbs is vey easy. There is no third
person change. The basic rule is to add “...ed”
• Negative use the auxiliary verb “did + not” (didn`t) + the
base form of the verb or infinitive.
• Questions use the auxiliary verb “did” + subject (I, you, she,
he, it, we, they)
• Most verbs in English are regular.
 Spelling rules: Regular simple past verbs
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Base form Past Spelling
Walk start Walked started Most of verbs
Rain work Rained worked add – “...ed”
Change live arrive Changed lived arrived Verbs ending in ...e, add- “...d”
move like charge moved liked
charged
Study cry Studied cried Verbs ending in one consonant +
Carry try Carried tried “y”, change “y” to “i” and add
“...ed”
Play stay enjoy Played stayed enjoyed Verbs ending in vowel + y, add
“...ed”
Stop prefer stopped preferred Verbs ending in consonant +
vowel+consoonant, double the
final consonat andadd “...ed”