lesson 4 part 1 the past simple the past simple is used to talk about
completed actions that happened at a fixed time in the past it is the most
commonly used past tense in English regular verbs in the past simple to form
a regular verb in the past simple e D is added to the base form to relate to
something you did in the past Walter washed his car on Tuesday the
verb ends in 'ed' washed the fixed point in the past is Tuesday
Walter washed his car on Tuesday how to form the past simple most verbs in the
past simple do not change with the subject first of all you have the
subject I you he she we they then you have the past verb played then you have
the rest of the sentence tennis yesterday I played tennis yesterday you
played tennis yesterday he played tennis yesterday she played tennis yesterday we
played tennis yesterday they played tennis yesterday further examples
last night I watched a documentary about Italy last Friday I danced with friends
Tom usually drives to work but yesterday he walked instead Heather
cleaned her bedroom last weekend before the party
Tom shaved off his beard yesterday after work
Nia listen to music and started reading a new book spelling rules for the past
simple the past simple of all regular verbs end in 'ed' but for some verbs
there are some spelling changes to wash washed for many regular verbs 'ied' is
added if the last letter of the word is 'e' you just add 'd' dance danced if the
last letter of the word ends in Y then you change the ending to 'ied' try
tried the Y is removed and 'ied' is added instead a stressed final syllable
ending consonant vowel consonant
stop ends 'ped' the last consonant is doubled and 'ped' is added stopped
stopped further examples jump jumped work worked play played arrived arrived
save saved decide decided carry carried cry cried hurry
hurried dropp dropped hub hopped step stepped irregular verbs in the past
simple some verbs do not take Edie to form the past simple there are no
specific rules about how to form irregular verbs in the past simple I
went swimming yesterday went is the past simple of go I am swimming I went
swimming yesterday common regular verbs in the past simple go becomes went
have becomes had du becomes did put this stays the same
come becomes came see becomes sore further examples I swam in the 500-meter
race I came to the U.S in 1980 we saw some rare birds I did really well in
school Steve put his cup on the table Sam ate two pizzas we went to the zoo
last week they drank all our lemonade they had a great vacation
Sheila drove to the park 'be' in the past simple the past simple of
'be' is completely irregular it is the only verb in the past simple which changes
depending on the subject the traffic was bad so we were late for school was were
how to form 'be' in the past simple the past simple of 'be' changes with the
subject for example you have the subject I you he she we they you have the form
of 'be' I was you were he she was we they were I was late for school
you were late for school he she was late for school
we they were late for school further examples he was a doctor for 40
years she was a Broadway star in the 1960s there was a party last night we
were in the library yesterday there were lots of people at the party
they were at the movies last week
part two the past simple negative the past simple negative is used to talk
about things that did not happen in the past it is always formed the same way
unless the main verb is be the past simple negative
the past simple negative uses did not or didn't with the base form of the main
verb the main verb is not put into the past simple
for example I played tennis last week but I didn't play yesterday played is
the past simple to make the negative didn't is used with the base form
I didn't play yesterday we are expressing something we did in the past
but something we didn't do later I played tennis last week but I didn't
play yesterday how to form this sentence you have the subject I you have the form
of did not didn't did not or didn't are used to make the negative no matter what
the subject is you have the base form of the verb go the base form in the main
verb is used in the past simple negative and then you have the rest of the
sentence swimming I did not go swimming further examples you didn't like the
beach they didn't buy the big expensive car she did not talk to anyone before
the exam in this sentence did not is only used for emphasis or informal
situations I didn't eat all the chocolate Emily didn't enjoy the
theme-park as much as Zara Hugh did not cycle to work today
common mistakes when forming base forms in the past simple negative when using
the negative form of the past simple didn't plus the main verb in the base
form is used the main verb is never in the past simple
I didn't play tennis last night correct I didn't played tennis last night
incorrect the past simple negative of B to form
the past simple negative of B naught is added after was or were the book was
interesting but the movie was not the books were great but the movies were not
how to form this sentence you have the subject the movie you have the form was
were you have not and the rest of the sentence
interesting the movie was not interesting in the plural form the
movies were not interesting further examples Kate was not feeling well the
cat wasn't in the house was not is often shortened to wasn't my parents were not
pleased the computers weren't working were not is often shortened to weren't
finally past simple questions questions in the past simple are formed using did
for past simple questions with be the subject and the verb was or were are
swapped around questions in the past simple use did plus the base form of the
verb to ask a question in the past simple they bought a new car did they
buy a new car did goes before the subject the main verb is in its base
form by she visited her parents last week who did she visit last week you can
add question words to ask open questions who did she visit last week did they buy
a new car how to form the sentence you have did you have the subject they you
have the base form of the verb by and the rest of the sentence a new car
further examples did they have a good time did you read a book on the beach
did ray drink all the milk where did she meet her friends when did he go to the
gym why did you buy so much food questions in the past simple with B to
make a question using the verb be in the past simple swap the order of the
subject and was or were in a statement the subject comes before the verb she
was excited in a question the verb and the subject swap places
the subject comes after the verb you were excited becomes were you excited
how to form the sentence you have was were you have the subject I he she it
you we they and the rest of the sentence excited was I excited was he excited was
she excited was it excited you excited were we excited
were they excited further examples was he good at playing tennis were they
surprised by you why was she late for the party
you can add question words to make open questions what was that song called was
there any cake at the party were we the last ones to arrive what were the
lectures about what was the weather like
that is all for me for today join me next time when once again I will be asking...
how's your grammar?