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Simple past

1. Simple Past tense

2. Learning objective To identify the use of Simple Past . To use the Simple Past in sentences .

3. What do you know about Simple Past tense?

4. Simple Past tense It indicates an actions that already finished in the past. Talking about the past it means something that happened 1 minute ago or even years ago. The duration of the actions is not relevant. Example: I studied for the English test.

5. Common complements When we refer to the past, we can use phrases such as: A definite point in time An indefinite point in time Last week. The other day . Yesterday. Ages ago. Two weeks ago. A long time ago. A year ago. Few days ago. Last night. Some hours ago.

6. Regular vs. Irregular verbs Regular verbs are verbs in which you add –ed at the end of the verb (root). For example: Jump Jump ed Walk Walk ed Love Lov ed

7. Regular vs. Irregular verbs Regular verbs that end in –y, it follows this rule. For example: Play Play ed Study Studi ed

8. Regular vs. Irregular verbs Irregular verbs are verbs that do not follow the previous rules. They are totally different. For example: Write Wrote Read Read Go Went

9. List of Irregular verbs https://www.gingersoftware.com/content/grammar-rules/verbs/list-of-irregular-verbs

10. Formulas

11. Affirmative sentences S + V (simple past) + C. I studied English. She walked to the hospital. They went to the mall .

12. Negative sentences S + did not + V (root) + C. I did not study English. She did not walk to the hospital. They did not go to the mall.

13. Interrogative sentences Did + S + V (root) + C + ? Did I study English? Did she walk to the hospital? Did they go to the mall ?

14. What have we learned ?