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    The document provides information about the past simple tense in English, including its formation, usage, examples of affirmative and negative sentences, and questions in the past simple tense. Key points covered include using 'ed' endings with regular verbs and learning irregular verb forms, using past time adverbs, and talking about finished or completed past actions.

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    The document provides information about the past simple tense in English, including its formation, usage, examples of affirmative and negative sentences, and questions in the past simple tense. Key points covered include using 'ed' endings with regular verbs and learning irregular verb forms, using past time adverbs, and talking about finished or completed past actions.

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    Past Simple

    Past Tenses

    Past Simple

    • I lived in New York 2 years.


    Finished actions
    He met us at the station.
    A series of events in
    • He shut the window, switched the past
    off the light and went upstairs
    Past Tenses
    Past Simple

    I lived in New York 2 years.

    Past 2015-2017 2018 - Present

    Finished action Now I live in London.

    Series of actions in
    the past
    Past Tenses
    Past Simple

    He shut the window, and went downstairs.

    Past

    Finished action
    switched off the light
    Series of actions in
    the past
    Formation
    Past Simple

    I worked go - went
    You cooked сome - came
    He walked make - made
    She opened run - ran
    It cleaned write - wrote
    We tried buy - bought
    You shouted teach - taught
    They washed eat - ate
    Irregular Verbs

    Take – taked - took


    Come – comed - came
    Eat – eated- ate
    Cut – cuted- cut
    Get – geted- got
    Leave – leaved - left
    Ride – rided - rode
    Say – sayed- said
    Speak – speaked - spoke

    We must learn irregular verbs individually.


    Formation

    Past Simple

    I
    You
    He
    She didn’t work.
    It
    We
    They
    Formation
    Past Simple

    I
    you
    he
    Did she work?
    it
    we
    they
    Read the sentences and find the common points in
    sentences.

    I worked in Çanakkale last year. AFFIRMATIVE


    You played the violin yesterday.
    We lived in Berlin 5 years ago. PAST TIME ADVERBS
    They used a new method in 1950.
    VERBS with ‘ED’
    She watched a film last Sunday.
    He waited 2 hours this morning.
    PAST EXPERIENCE
    It started in1939.

    We use «past simple tense» to talk about things that happened in the past.
    We use «ed» with regular verbs.
    Read the sentences and find common points in
    sentences.

    I bought a new coat last week. AFFIRMATIVE


    You drank tea with milk yesterday.
    We had many problems last year. PAST TIME ADVERBS
    They gave free tickets two days ago.
    IRREGULAR VERBS
    She took shower 15 days ago.
    He met with friends last Sunday. PAST EXPERIENCE
    It slept outside last winter.

    We don’t use «ed» with irregular verbs. You need to learn all of the irregular
    verbs.
    Find the mistakes
    ✘ Does he like playing Golf last week? ✓ Did he
    ✘ I like eating pizza when I was 15 years old. ✓ I liked
    ✘ She singed a song yesterday.
    ✓ She sang
    ✘ The film didn’t finished two hours ago.
    ✘ My friends goed on holiday last summer . ✓ finish
    ✘ She heared her little sister crying 5 minutes ago. ✓ My friends went
    ✘ We don’t play in the garden at break yesterday.
    ✓ She heard
    ✘ My students studyed regularly last year .
    ✘ Do we move to the new house in 2019? ✓ We didn’t play
    ✘
    ✓ studied
    Did they solved all of the questions last lesson?

    ✓ Did we
    ✓ solve
    12
    PRESENT SIMPLE TENSE PAST SIMPLE TENSE
    He washes the dishes every evening. He washed the dishes last evening.

    We always listen to pop music. We listened to pop music yesterday.

    Children drink milk in the mornings. Children drank milk last morning.

    My dog usually doesn’t like chasing cats. My dog didn’t like chasing dogs last year.

    I don’t generally read poetry books. I didn’t read poetry books last semester.

    Does your sister study at Başarı College? Did your sister study at Başarı College in
    2015?
    Do you often meet with your friends? Did you meet with your friends yesterday?
    PAST SIMPLE TENSE 13

    We use past Simple Tense to talk about finished actions.

    I worked as a teacher in 2005.


    My friends went to Spain last summer for holiday.
    The dogs didn’t sleep last night.
    Did you wash the dishes last evening?
    AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE
    I I
    You
    We
    listened to music
    You
    didn’t listen to music
    We
    They yesterday. yesterday.
    They
    didn’t see a beautiful
    saw a beautiful car
    He He car last week
    last week.
    She She
    It It
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    SHORT SHORT
    QUESTIONS ANSWER ANSWER
    I Yes, you did. No, you didn’t.
    You Yes, I did. No, I didn’t.
    listen to music
    We Yes, you did. No, you didn’t.
    yesterday?
    They Yes, they did. No, they
    didn’t.
    Did

    QUESTIONS SHORT ANSWER SHORT ANSWER


    He Yes, he did. No, he didn’t.

    She see a beautiful car Yes, she did. No, she didn’t.
    No, it didn’t.
    It last week? Yes, it did.
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    Thanks!
    Any questions?

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