Past Simple Indefinite Tense

Past – прошедшийSimple – простойIndefinite – неопределенныйTense – время

Parts of presentation

- Structure - Affirmative form- Negative form- Interrogative form- Questions and short answers - Examples-

Spelling rules for the past simple of regular verbs

- We use the Past Simple Tense

Structure

The past simple tense of the most english verbs (regular verbs) is formed by adding"-ed"/"-d" to their base form. (If the verb ends in "-e", we add "-d" to form the past simple.)There are also some verbs called irregular verbs that have special past tense forms.

Affirmative formRegular verbs:base form + "-ed" or "-d":work + "-ed" = workedlive + "-d" = lived

I/you/he/she/it/we/they workedI/you/he/she/it/we/they lived

Irregular verbs: past form only I/you/he/she/it/we/they saw

Negative form

To form the negative and interrogative sentences we use the past form of auxiliary verb do --> did

Iyou                    DID + NOThe/she/it               /DIDN'T/we                    + WORKthey

He didn't work yesterday.She didn't see him last night

Interrogative form I youDID he/she/it WORK? we they

Did he work yesterday?Did she see him last night?

If it is the verb "to be" we use was/were before the subject:Was he at the office the other day?

Questions and short answers

Did you go to the cinema last night?Yes, I did.No, I didn't.

Did he speak with Kate yesterday?Yes, he did.No, he didn't.

Examples1. We arrived at 9:00 o'clock.2. This morning I went to the supermarket.3. The teacher went to the desk.4. He didn't hear the telephone.5. Susan bought her little sister a doll.6. We came here in 1980.7. I worked at Johnson & Co. from 1990 to 1995.8. My brother lived in London for six years. (he doesn't live there anymore)

Spelling rules

if a regular verb ends in consonant + y change y to i and add -ed: carry - carried, study - studied, fry - fried, try - tried

if a one syllable regular verb ends in consonant + vowel + consonant double the final consonant and add -ed -- > stop - stopped, plan - planned, rob - robbed, beg - begged

if a regular verb has more than one syllable and ends in consonant + vowel + consonant, we double the final consonant only if the final syllable is stressed -- > preFER - preferred, regRET - regretted

We use the Past Simpleto tell a story and to express actions which follow each other in a storyto talk about action in the past that take place in the middle of another actionto talk about habitual or repeated actions that took place in the pastNote: This use is also often expressed with used to:Bob used to smoke 20 cigarettes a day.

That’s all

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Konovalov V.