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    Past Simple Indicates An Action That Took Place Before The Current Time, and That Has No Real Connection With The Current Time. For Example

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    The past simple tense in English is used to describe actions that were completed in the past. Some common time signals used with the past simple include last week/month/year, yesterday, a year/hour/two weeks ago, the day before yesterday, and on specific days like Sunday. The past simple is formed by adding -ed to regular verbs. Questions and negatives are formed by using did/didn't and auxiliary verbs. Common irregular past verbs include write/wrote, live/lived, ride/rode, forget/forgot, work/worked, start/started, do/did, finish/finished, arrive/arrived, and cook/cooked.

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    Past Simple Indicates An Action That Took Place Before The Current Time, and That Has No Real Connection With The Current Time. For Example

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    The past simple tense in English is used to describe actions that were completed in the past. Some common time signals used with the past simple include last week/month/year, yesterday, a year/hour/two weeks ago, the day before yesterday, and on specific days like Sunday. The past simple is formed by adding -ed to regular verbs. Questions and negatives are formed by using did/didn't and auxiliary verbs. Common irregular past verbs include write/wrote, live/lived, ride/rode, forget/forgot, work/worked, start/started, do/did, finish/finished, arrive/arrived, and cook/cooked.

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    The past simple tense in English is used to describe actions that were completed in the past. Some common time signals used with the past simple include last week/month/year, yesterday, a year/hour/two weeks ago, the day before yesterday, and on specific days like Sunday. The past simple is formed by adding -ed to regular verbs. Questions and negatives are formed by using did/didn't and auxiliary verbs. Common irregular past verbs include write/wrote, live/lived, ride/rode, forget/forgot, work/worked, start/started, do/did, finish/finished, arrive/arrived, and cook/cooked.

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    Explanation: Past Simple indicates an Signals:

    action that took place before the


    Last week (month,
    current time, and that has no real
    year)
    connection with the current time. Yesterd
    For example: The other
    ay
    day
    He rode to school (when A year (an hour, two
    he was a child) weeks ) ago
    The day before
    yesterday On
    The action took place in the past, is Sunday

    Affirmative 0 Negative Interrogative

    I caught We went I didnt catch Did I catch?


    Mike
    He caught to the He didnt didnt Did he catch?
    theatre Did they
    She caught catch visit his Did she buy a
    the day granny
    It caught before She didnt catch? house?
    last
    We caught yesterda catch Did it catch?
    y
    You caught It didnt catch Did we catch?
    They caught We didnt Did you
    catch catch?
    You didnt Did they
    catch catch?
    Fill in the gaps with the past form Write the negative sentences Put the words in the correct
    of these verbs: write, live, ride, using didnt +one of these
    forget, work, start, do, finish, verbs: speak, wash, want, order and write questions.
    cook, arrive. read, use, play, go, love,
    1. Long long ago dinosaurs 1. Yesterday Tom 1. you/did/go/where/summer/last?
    _________ on earth. _____________ football, _________________________________
    2. Last night the concert because he was ill. 2. did/how/you/long/stay/there?
    ________ at 22:00p.m. 2. Jack ___________ his hands _________________________________
    after playing with his dog. 3.
    3. From 1998 to 1999 I
    3. She rejected his proposal,
    ________ as a guide in did/you/how/weekend/spend/your?
    because she _______________
    Spain. _________________________________
    him.
    4.This morning I 4.
    4. I _____________ to hit him, it
    ____________ at school much/did/how/pay/you/this/for/ca
    happened accidentally.
    before my classmates. r?
    5. Last week my sister
    5. Tom ________ a bicycle ________ fatty food at all, _________________________________
    because she was on a diet. 5.did/what/time/get/you/up/yester
    to school, when he was a
    6. Yesterday I saw my friend day?
    child.
    in a caf, but I _________________________________
    6. Last Sunday was my
    _______________ to him. 6.
    moms birthday, so I
    7. We usually go to the choose/why/you/this/did/profession
    _______ a cake.
    cinema on Sunday, but we ?
    7. I _________ to study ____________ last week. _________________________________
    English five years ago. 8. My father reads two 7. his/exam/did/last/he/pass/week?
    8. Peter __________ a lot of newspapers every day, but _________________________________
    English exercises last he ______________ anyone
    8. acquainted/did/you/how/get/
    week. today.

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