past simple

PAST SIMPLE• -ed • List of irregular verbs... REGULAR VERBS• Last summer, Jane and Mark visited Australia.They stayed at a lovely hotel in Sydney.. NEGATIVE • We form the PAST SIMPLE of

PAST SIMPLE

• -ed

• List of irregular verbs

REGULAR VERBS

• Last summer, Jane and Mark visited Australia.They

stayed at a lovely hotel in Sydney They visited the

Sydney Opera House and they walked across the

Sydney Harbour Bridge AFFIRMATIVE

• Did they enjoy themselves? INTERROGATIVE

• They didn´t visit the Arts Museum NEGATIVE

• We form the PAST SIMPLE of REGULAR VERBS by adding –ed to the main verb

• e.g We watched TV last night

• We form questions and negations with the auxiliary verb did/ did not (didn’t), the subject and the main verb without –ed

• e.g Did she watch TV last night?

• She did not / didn’t watch TV last night

Spelling rules

Try- tried

double the last consonant and take –ed Plan- planned but open-opened

Quarrel- quarrelled

PRACTICE I

PRACTICE II

IRREGULAR VERBS

• Julie and Brian went swimming every day They saw

some kangaroos, but they didn’t see any crocodiles

They had a lot of fun.

• Irregular verbs do not form the past simple by adding – ed.

• To know the past simple of the irregular verbs I have to know the List of Irregular Verbs (Leading Forms)

• They form questions and negations with did/did not

(didn’t) and the root form (infinitive without to) of the verb.

• e.g Aff.They left Int Did they leave? Neg. They didn’t

leave.

We use the Past Simple:

that is, we know WHEN they happened

years ago We know the time.)

any more In this case we can use adverbs of frequency (always, often, usually, etc.)

e.g He often played football with his dad when he was five

past

e.g They cooked the meal first Then they ate with their friends

TIME EXPRESSIONS / TIME GUIDES

YESTERDAY; LAST NIGHT/WEEK/MONTH/YEAR/ MONDAY, etc.

TWO DAYS/WEEKS/MONTHS/YEARS AGO; THEN ; WHEN ; IN 1998, etc.

Ferdinand Magellan ……… (be) a Portuguese

Sailor who ………… (want) to sail around the world Emperor Charles V of Spain ………… (give)

him five ships and two hundred and sixty- five Spanish sailors They ……… (leave)

………… (begin) their long and dangerous journey.

On the journey, Magellan ……… (discover) the Pacific Ocean Unfortunately, he and many of the sailors ………… (die) in a battle

sailor………… (take) the control of the ships and ……… (set off) to complete the journey Only one ship and sixteen men

……… (survive) the journey They ………

1522 They ………… (be) the first men to sail around the world.