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What’s Past Simple??

You called Debbie.

Did you call Debbie?

You did not call Debbie.


POSITIVE FORM

[ VERB + ed ]
or
irregular verbs
NEGATIVE FORM

DID NOT / DIDN’T


+
Verb in INFINITIVE
INTERROGATIVE FORM

DID
+
Verb in INFINITIVE
+
?
EXCEPTIONS in SPELLING when adding -ED

1. Love
2. Admit
Travel
Shop
3. Hurry
EXCEPTIONS in SPELLING when adding -ED

1. After final E, only add D

Love = lovED
EXCEPTIONS in SPELLING when adding -ED

2. Final consonant after a short,


stressed vowel or/as final
consonant after a vowel is
doubled
Admit = AdmitTED
Travel = TravelLED
Shop = ShopPED
EXCEPTIONS in SPELLING when adding -ED

3. Final Y after a consonant


becomes I

Hurry = HurrIED
EXCEPTIONS in SPELLING when adding -ED

1. Love = lovED
2. Admit = AdmitTED
Travel = TravelLED
Shop = ShopPED
3. Hurry = HurrIED
Pronouncing regular verbs

/id/
/d/
/t/
Pronouncing regular verbs

DECIDED LIVED

HELPED STUDIED
OPENED WATCHED
INVITED
PLAYED WORKED
Pronouncing regular verbs
DECIDE DECIDED
LIVE LIVED
HELP HELPED
STUDY STUDIED
OPEN OPENED
WATCH WATCHED
INVITE INVITED
PLAY PLAYED
WORK WORKED
Pronouncing regular verbs

/id/ /t/
/d/
OPENED 
STUDIED  HELPED
LIVED  DECIDED  WATCHED
PLAYED  INVITED  WORKED
The past of TO BE

1. I worked all day yesterday.

1. I slept all day yesterday.

1. I was late all day yesterday.


The past of TO BE
1. I worked all day yesterday.
2. I DIDN’T WORK all day yesterday.
3. DID you WORK all day yesterday?

I slept all day yesterday.


1.
2. I DIDN’T SLEEP all day yesterday.
3. DID you SLEEP all day yesterday?

1. I was late all day yesterday.


2. I WASN’T late all day yesterday.
3. WERE you late all day yesterday?
The past of TO BE
affirmative negative
negative short
form
I WAS WAS NOT WASN’T
YOU WERE WERE NOT WEREN’T
HE/SHE/IT WAS WAS NOT WASN’T
WE WERE WERE NOT WEREN’T
YOU WERE WERE NOT WEREN’T
THEY WERE WERE NOT WEREN’T
Modal Verbs

WILL
CAN
SHALL
MAY
MUST
HAVE TO
Modal Verbs

WILL = WOULD
CAN = COULD
SHALL = SHOULD
MAY = MIGHT
MUST = HAD TO
HAVE TO = HAD TO
Modal Verbs

I must call my wife now.

I had to call my wife


yesterday.
The bridge in time
PAST--------------------------------------------FUTURE

yesterday
a long time ago
now
tomorrow
in 1999
last week
two days ago
The bridge in time
PAST
a long time ago
in 1999
last week
two days ago
yesterday
now
tomorrow
FUTURE
Why do we use it?

I personally believe we
developed language
because of our deep inner
need to complain. 

~Jane Wagner
Why do we use it?
I saw a movie yesterday.
I didn't see a play yesterday.
Last year, I traveled to Japan.
Did you have dinner last
night?
She washed her car.
Completed Action in the Past

 I saw a movie yesterday.


I didn't see a play yesterday.
Last year, I traveled to Japan.
Did you have dinner last night?
 She washed her car.
Completed Action in the Past
Use the Simple Past to express the idea
that an action started and finished at a
specific time in the past.
Sometimes, the speaker may not
actually mention the specific time, but
they do have one specific time in mind.
Why do we use it?
I finished work, walked to the
beach, and found a nice place to swim.
He arrived from the airport at 8:00,
checked into the hotel at 9:00, and
met the others at 10:00.
Did you add flour, pour in the milk,
and then add the eggs?
A Series of Completed Actions
I finished work, walked to the
beach, and found a nice place to swim.
He arrived from the airport at 8:00,
checked into the hotel at 9:00, and
met the others at 10:00.
Did you add flour, pour in the milk,
and then add the eggs?
A Series of Completed Actions
We use the Simple Past to list a series of
completed actions in the past.
These actions happen 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th,
and so on.
Why do we use it?
I lived in Brazil for two years.
They sat at the beach all day.
They did not stay at the party the
entire time.
We talked on the phone for thirty
minutes.
Duration in Past

I lived in Brazil for two years.


They sat at the beach all day.
They did not stay at the party the
entire time.
We talked on the phone for thirty
minutes.
Duration in Past
The Simple Past can be used with a
duration which starts and stops in the
past.
A duration is a longer action often
indicated by expressions such as: for
two years, for five minutes, all day, all
year, etc.
Why do we use it?
In Australia, we used to always
watch
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle.
I didn't know it
was a real place.
Epic.
Why do we use it?
I studied French when I was a
child.
Did you play a musical instrument
when you were a kid?
She worked at the movie theater
after school.
They never went to school, they
always skipped class.
Habits in the Past

I studied French when I was a child.


Did you play a musical instrument
when you were a kid?
She worked at the movie theater after
school.
They never went to school, they
always skipped class.
Habits in the Past
The Simple Past can also be used to describe
a habit which stopped in the past.
It can have the same meaning as "used to“.
To make it clear that we are talking about a
habit, we often add expressions such as:
always, often, usually, never, when I was a
child, when I was younger, etc.
USED TO

I USED TO play the violin.

I DIDN’T USE TO play the violin.

DID you USE TO play the violin?


Why do we use it?

She was shy as a child, but now


she is very outgoing.
He didn't like tomatoes before.
Did you live in Texas when you
were a kid?
Past Facts or Generalizations

She was shy as a child, but now


she is very outgoing.
He didn't like tomatoes before.
Did you live in Texas when you
were a kid?
Past Facts or Generalizations

The Simple Past can also be used to


describe past facts or generalizations
which are no longer true.
Quite similar to the expression "used
to“
Active/Passive

Tom repaired the car.


Active

The car was repaired by


Tom. Passive
Fill with the correct Past Simple form
The University of Oxford (be) the first
British university.
The lecturers of the colleges (speak) a very
clear English.
That's why Oxford English (become)
known as the English of educated people.
In the 19th century, Lewis Carroll (write)
'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland' in
Oxford.
Rowan Atkinson (Mr Bean) (study)
electrical engineering at Oxford.
Fill with the correct Past Simple form
The University of Oxford WAS the first
British university.
The lecturers of the colleges SPOKE a very
clear English.
That's why Oxford English BECAME
known as the English of educated people.
In the 19th century, Lewis Carroll WROTE
'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland' in
Oxford.
Rowan Atkinson (Mr Bean) STUDIED
electrical engineering at Oxford.
Irregular verbs
INFINITIVE PAST SIMPLE PAST PARTICIPLE

BE
KNOW
FIND
LIE
LAY
WRITE
UNDERSTAND
TEACH
BUY
Irregular verbs
INFINITIVE PAST SIMPLE PAST PARTICIPLE

BE WAS/WERE BEEN
KNOW KNEW KNOWN
FIND FOUND FOUND
LIE LAY LAIN
LAY LAID LAID
WRITE WROTE WRITTEN
UNDERSTAND UNDERSTOOD UNDERSTOOD
TEACH TAUGHT TAUGHT
BUY BOUGHT BOUGHT
And to finish…
THANK YOU VERY
MUCH…

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