Past Simple Tense

Past Simple Tense 
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Past Simple Tense 

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Table of Contents:
* Lesson Aims
* Past Simple Form
* Regular / Irregular Verbs 
* Usage
* Signal words
* Differentiation Past Simple - Present Perfect
* Past Simple Exercises
* Video explanation (in Dutch)

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Lesson Aims:
* To use the past simple form in both a grammatical and communicative manner.
* To be able to differentiate between the past simple and present perfect tenses. 

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Past Simple Form (using to be):

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Past Simple Form (using to do):

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Regular verb spelling
Irregular verb spelling

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Simple past regular verbs:
Add -ed to the regular verb. 
Example: look - looked, watch - watched,

Some verbs you need to change a bit.
Verb ending in...-e 
only add - d 
Examples: live - lived / date - dated /create-created
Consonant +y
Change y to i an add -ed
Examples:  carry - carried / cry - cried 
1 vowel + 1 consonant
Double consonant and add -ed
Examples: stop - stopped
(This does not apply to the letters w, x, and y)

Simple past irregular (not regular) verbs:
Some verbs are not regular. They are irregular. You should learn them by heart!



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Usage:
* The Simple past describes a completed action in a 
time before now and things that happen one after 
another in the past.
* The simple past form is the same for all persons.

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Rules:
* Note that the simple past form is the same for all persons.
* For past simple questions- to form a question: first begin with 'did' + subject + infinitive.
* Also the time goes at either the beginning or at the end of the sentence! 
Example: Yesterday, we had a great time. /We had a great time yesterday. 


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Signal words:

Also :
Past dates (ex.: in  2010) 
Past holidays (last Christmas)
Using the word Ago
(Ex.: a few seconds ago, a minute ago, etc.)

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Differentiation Past Simple - Present Perfect:

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Past Simple Exercises:

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Mum and Dad (to be) happy about the present.
A
are
B
was
C
were
D
is

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The teachers (to be) very strict in 2011.
A
is
B
was
C
were
D
are

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What time (he/ to get up) yesterday?
A
do he get up
B
did he get up
C
get he up
D
was he up

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The wedding was (to plan) one year ago.
A
plant
B
planning
C
planned
D
planed

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We (not/ to use) the computer last night.
A
have not used
B
use not
C
would not use
D
did not use

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Usain Bolt (to break) many Olympic men's sprinter records.
A
broken
B
broke
C
breaked
D
breaking

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Christian (to buy - not) a new guitar.
A
hasn't bought
B
buy not
C
buyed not
D
did not buy

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Affirmative:
The man (to carry) the box inside.

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Affirmative:
The wind (to blow) the clothes away.

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Turn into Negation:
I forgot to take the book with me.

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Turn into Negation:
Marlies was lazy last week.

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Turn the sentence into a question.
The lamb ate the grass.

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Turn the sentence into a question.
They went far away.

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Turn into a question.
Ron did not sign the document in 2011.

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Slide 28 - Video

Following lesson:
Past Continous Tense

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