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    The document discusses the past simple tense in English, which is used to talk about completed actions or finished time expressions in the past. It provides the affirmative, negative, and interrogative forms of the past simple tense, along with examples of each. The affirmative form uses the subject and the verb in past simple (with -ed or an irregular form). The negative form uses the subject, did not/didn't, and the verb in infinitive. Interrogative forms can use did/didn't or begin with wh- questions like what, when, etc.

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    The document discusses the past simple tense in English, which is used to talk about completed actions or finished time expressions in the past. It provides the affirmative, negative, and interrogative forms of the past simple tense, along with examples of each. The affirmative form uses the subject and the verb in past simple (with -ed or an irregular form). The negative form uses the subject, did not/didn't, and the verb in infinitive. Interrogative forms can use did/didn't or begin with wh- questions like what, when, etc.

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    The document discusses the past simple tense in English, which is used to talk about completed actions or finished time expressions in the past. It provides the affirmative, negative, and interrogative forms of the past simple tense, along with examples of each. The affirmative form uses the subject and the verb in past simple (with -ed or an irregular form). The negative form uses the subject, did not/didn't, and the verb in infinitive. Interrogative forms can use did/didn't or begin with wh- questions like what, when, etc.

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    PAST SIMPLE: to talk about completed actions or finished time expressions in the past

    AFFIRMATIVE FORM + EXAMPLES:


    SUBJECT + VERB IN PAST SIMPLE + COMPLEMENT HE ATE A HOT DOG YESTERDAY.
    -ED or 2nd column
    Regular verbs Irregular verbs I PLAYED FOOTBALL LAST SUNDAY.

    NEGATIVE FORM - EXAMPLES:


    SHE DIDN´T PLAY FOOTBALL YESTERDAY.
    SUBJECT + DIDN´T (DID NOT) + VERB IN INFINITIVE + COMPLEMENT
    THEY DIDN´T CALL HIM LAST WEEK.

    INTERROGATIVE FORM ? EXAMPLES:


    DID IT EAT ITS FOOD YESTERDAY?
    DID + SUBJECT + VERB IN INFINITIVE + COMPLEMENT ?
    DID WE CLIMB A MOUNTAIN LAST WEEK?

    SHORT ANSWERS EXAMPLES:


    YES, + SUBJECT + DID YES, I DID

    NO, + SUBJECT + DIDN´T NO, THEY DIDN´T

    INTERROGATIVE FORM ? WH-QUESTIONS EXAMPLES:

    WHAT DID YOU DO YESTERDAY?


    WH-QUESTION + DID + SUBJECT + VERB IN INFINITIVE + COMPLEMENT? I READ A LOT OF BOOKS YESTERDAY

    WHEN DID IT HAPPEN?


    IT HAPPENED YESTERDAY EVENING

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