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    The document discusses the past simple tense in English grammar. It explains that the past simple is used to talk about actions or situations that happened in the past. It provides the affirmative, interrogative, and negative forms for regular and irregular verbs in the past simple. It also describes the spelling rules for forming the past simple of regular verbs ending in consonant+y, doubling consonants, and exceptions. Finally, it gives examples of how to use the past simple and activities to practice forming it.

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    The Past Simple

    ENGLISH GRAMMAR

    PAST SIMPLE
    FORM
    The form of the past simple is the same for all persons (I, you, he, she, it, we, you, they).
    AFFIRMATIVE

    INTERROGATIVE

    NEGATIVE

    You

    You

    you

    He

    He

    he

    She

    worked

    It

    drank

    She
    It

    did not

    work
    drink

    Did

    she

    work?

    it

    drink?

    We

    We

    we

    You

    You

    you

    They

    They

    they

    Contraction: did not = didnt

    Some verbs are regular, other are irregular.

    The affirmative past simple of regular verbs ends in -ed:


    work > worked
    play > played
    live > lived

    When we add -ed to verbs, there are sometimes changes in spelling:


    stop > stopped
    travel > travelled
    try > tried
    live > lived

    Irregular verbs have different affirmative past simple forms:


    see > saw
    come > came
    drink > drank

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    The Past Simple

    ENGLISH GRAMMAR

    USE
    We use the past simple to talk about actions and situations that happened in the past, often
    with expressions like ago, yesterday, last night, in 2005, etc...
    I played football yesterday
    He lived in London from 1997 to 2005.
    Did you see Sarah yesterday?. No, I didnt
    We didnt go out last night. We stayed at home.
    They went to Spain on holiday last summer.
    Cristopher Colombus discovered America.

    SPELLING RULES
    Past simple affirmative
    V+ -ed
    With most verbs we add -ed:

    walk > walked, finish > finished

    + -d
    With verbs ending with -e, we add -d: live > lived, phone > phoned
    y > -ied
    With verbs that end with a consonant + -y, we change the -y to -ied:
    try > tried, apply > applied

    Double consonant
    With verbs that end with a vowel + one consonant, we double the consonant:
    stop > stopped, plan > planned, travel > travelled

    Exceptions: We do not double the final consonant:


    1.- When it is a -y or -w : stay > stayed
    2.- When the last syllable is not stressed: listen > listened, open > opened

    Alfonso Lpez Rodrguez

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    The Past Simple

    ENGLISH GRAMMAR

    PRONUNCIATION OF THE -ED


    The -ed ending can be pronounced in 3 different ways: /id/, /t/ or /d/.
    If the verb ends in the sound /t/ or /d/, you pronounce the -ed ending /id/.
    invite /invait/
    invited /invaitid/
    If the verb ends in a voiceless consonant sound apart from /t/, you pronounce the -ed
    ending /t/.
    stop /stop/
    stopped /stopt/
    If the verb ends in a voiced consonant sound apart from /d/, or a vowel, you pronounce
    the -ed ending /d/.
    call /ko:l/
    called /ko:ld/

    NOTE:
    Voiceless consonant sounds:
    /t/, /p/, /k/, /f/, /s/, /

    /,/

    / or /t

    Voiced consonant sounds: the rest


    /d/, /b/, /g/, /v/, /z/, /

    Alfonso Lpez Rodrguez

    /, / /, /d

    /, /l/, /r/, /m/, /n/, /

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    The Past Simple

    ENGLISH GRAMMAR

    ACTIVITIES
    1.- SPELLING RULES.
    Write the past simple of these verbs:
    1. LIKE

    _______________

    2. PLAY

    _______________

    3. LISTEN

    _______________

    4. CYCLE

    _______________

    5. REVISE

    _______________

    6. COPY

    _______________

    7. PRACTISE _______________

    8. START

    _______________

    9. WATCH

    _______________

    10. LIVE

    _______________

    11. COOK

    _______________

    12. DANCE

    _______________

    13. HATE

    _______________

    14. FINISH

    _______________

    15. TIDY

    _______________

    16. USE

    _______________

    17. NEED

    _______________

    18. SAIL

    _______________

    19. SLIP

    _______________

    20. PLAN

    _______________

    2.- P R O N U N C I A T I O N :
    Write the past form of these verbs in the correct colum below:
    discover
    crash
    laugh
    destroy
    survive
    jump
    worry
    need
    visit
    change
    travel
    introduce
    /t/

    Alfonso Lpez Rodrguez

    /d/

    /id/

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    The Past Simple

    ENGLISH GRAMMAR

    3.- REGULAR VERBS.


    Complete the sentences with the past simple of one of these verbs:
    clean
    play

    die
    rain

    enjoy
    smoke

    finish
    start

    happen
    live
    open
    stay
    want
    watch

    1. Yesterday evening I _________________ television.


    2. I _________________ my teeth tree times yesterday.
    3. Bernard _________________ 20 cigarettes yesterday evening.
    4. The concert last night _________________ at 7.30 and _________________ at 10 oclock.
    5. The accident _________________last Sunday afternoon.
    6. When I was a child, I _________________ to be a adoctor.
    7. Mozart _________________ from 1756 to 1791.
    8. We _________________ our holiday last year. We _________________ at a very good hotel.
    9. Today the weather is nice, but yesterday it _________________ .
    10.It was hot in the room, so I _________________ the window.
    11.The weather was good yesterday, so we _________________ tennis.
    12.William Shakespeare _________________ in 1616.

    4.- IRREGULAR VERBS.


    What did Mr.Bird do yesterday?. Write the verbs in brackets in the past simple form.
    Yesterday Mr. Bird (get up) _________________ at 6.45 and (have) _________________ a shower.
    Then he (have) _________________ tea and cornflakes for breakfast. He (leave) _________________
    home at 7.55 and (go) _________________ to work by bus. He (take) _________________ the 8.05 bus
    and (get) _________________ to work at 8.30. He (have) _________________ lunch from 1.00 till 2.00
    and (leave) _________________ work at 6.00 in the evening. When he (get) ________________ home,
    he (read) _________________ the newspaper. Then he (have) _________________ dinner at 7.15. After
    dinner he (take) _________________ his dog out for a walk. He (go) _________________ to bed at
    10.30 exactly!.

    Alfonso Lpez Rodrguez

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