Grammar

Past Simple
 Review
What is Present Simple?

Talk about habit

- I go to school everyday

Talk about fact (true)

- My teacher is a girl.
 Past Simple
Example
I watched TV yesterday.
I played football last week.

Do I still watch TV today?

Do I still play football this week?
 Past Simple
We use past simple to talk about something that
happened and finished in the past. It is not in the
present (now).

Example:

I went to my hometown yesterday.

We use “Past Simple” when we see these
words
 Form
in Past Simple, we use verb past tense (verb 2)

Regular Verb Irregular Verb

Add -ed Change Spelling
• Want -> Wanted • Go -> Went
• Play -> Played • Get -> Got
List of Irregular Verb
Eat
PracticeAte
Do Did
Write Wrote
Go Went
Give Gave
See Saw
Play Played
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Read Sold Did
Wrote Bought Wore
Told Ran Heard
Had Slept Met
Got Saw Spoke
Drank Came Made
Ate Could Said
Stood Swam Woke
Brought Became Sang
Felt Understood Left
 met

left

bought swam ate

drank went

had

had went

got felt
 Form
Positive (+)
Subject + Verb 2 + Object.

She lost her bag.

 Form
Negative (-)
Subject + Did + Not + Verb 1+ Object.

She did not lose her bag.

We don't use verb 2 when we have did in the sentence.
 Form
Question (?)
Did + Subject + Verb 1 + Object?

Did she lose her bag?

Yes, she did.
 Note
The past tense of Can is Could
We don't say:
I did not can...
We say:
We could not.
 Question
What is Present Simple?
Habit and Fact
What is Past Simple?
Already happened and finished in the past
What verb do we use in
Past Simple?
Verb 2
 Practice
went (go) to the concert yesterday.
• I _______
did not play
• We _________ (not play) game last night.
won
• She _________ (win) a champion last year
ate
• My brother ____________ (eat) spaghetti this
morning.
gave
saw me a ring last year.
• He _________ (give)
Did write
• In 2006, they _________ (see) a ghost.
 went
left
lost
got
told
She didn’t wear a beautiful dress.
Did she wear a beautiful dress?

Sara went to the beach last summer.

Sara didn’t go to the beach last summer.
Mary taught in an English school when she was young.

Did Mary teach in an English school when she was young?

They did not hear that you went abroad last year.
Did they hear that you went abroad last year?

We had breakfast this morning.

We did not have breakfast this morning.
Clara didn’t wear a red dress. She wore a blue dress.

He didn’t leave work early. He left work late.

We didn’t go to a province by train. We went to a province by bus.

He didn’t lose hid phone. He lost his wallet.

She didn’t have a sandwich. She had a salad.

Write a story about your holiday last year using PAST SIMPLE

Example
Questions to answer in your paragraph?
1.Where did you go? When did you go there?
2.Who did you go with?
3.What was the weather like?
4.What did you do there? (Describe all the activities)
5.What did you eat?
6.How did you feel about the holiday?
 Vanda Eno G-Devit
Yes, he did.