THE SIMPLE PAST TENSE

The Simple Past Tense Simple Past Tense is kind of tense which is used to describe an event or action that happened already in a certain time in the past. Adverbs used: yesterday,last night ,last week,two days ago,a few minutes ago,last weekend ,last month ,last years,in 1984,etc Simple past for regular verbs is added by- ed to the root of a word. Example : She worked at the office yesterday. A negation is produced by adding did not and the verb in its infinitive form. Example : She did not work at the office yesterday. Question sentence are started with did as in Did she work at the office yesterday ?

Pronunciation If the base verb ends in /d/ or /t/, the regular past-tense ending -ed is pronounced /d/; after all other unvoiced consonants it becomes /t/, and in all remaining cases (other voiced consonants and vowels) it is pronounced /d/. Form: regular verbs The simple past is formed by adding -ed to the end of an infinitive and then removing the to, for example: to play becomes played

>Verbs ending in -e add -d instead, for example: to place becomes placed

>Verbs ending in a consonant, containing one vowel and having one syllable add a second of the last consonant and then -ed, whilst also removing the to to form the simple past, for example: to stop becomes stopped >Verbs of which the final letter is -y replace the y with an i. For example: to try becomes tried

Verbal There are two pattern of Simple Past Tense : 1.( + ) Subject + verb II + complement ( - ) Subject + did not + verb I + complement ( ? ) Did + subject + verb I ? Example : (+) She bought a new car yesterday. ( - ) She did not buy a new car yesterday (?) Did she buy a new car yesterday ? Nominal 2. ( + ) Subject + to be ( was/were ) + Object ( ) Subject + to be ( was/were ) + Not + Object ( ? ) To be ( was/ were ) + Subject + Object ? Example (+) I was happy (-) I wasnt happy (?) Was I happy ?

Form: irregular verbs All the irregular verbs have different forms: to go - went, to buy - bought, to cut cut etc.

Pronoun I I

Example Verb stole (of to steal) saw (of to see)

Use
One uses the simple past for actions or situations that one has completed in the past at a definite time. The time can be given in the sentence: I came home at 6 o'clock. The time is asked about: When did they get married?

One uses the past simple for repeated actions in the past. We walked to school every day.
The past simple is used in stories to express actions that follow each other. Charles entered the hall and looked around, he took off his coat and put it on a chair.

QUIZ
1. (+) I + drew + a rabbit (-) I + didnt +. . . +. . . (?). . .+ I + draw + a rabbit? 2. (+) we + visited + Balanga Museum last holiday. (-) we +. . .+. . . +Balanga Museum last holiday. (?) . . . +. . . + visit Balanga Museum?

3. (+) Grandpa + laid + banana in the table (-) Grandpa +. . . +. . .+ banana in the table. (?). . .+ grandpa + lay +. . . ?

QUIZ
4.(+) He +. . .+ to the hospital (-) . . .+ didnt + go +. . . (?) did+. . .+ to the hospital?
5. (+) I + bought + a motorcycle (-) I + didnt +. . . +. . . (?). . .+ I +. . . 6. (+) My brother + saw + a dog (-) . . . + didnt +. . + a dog (?) did +. . . +. . .

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