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Past Simple

The document explains the Past Simple tense, detailing its use for completed actions, actions that cannot be repeated, and past habits or routines. It provides structures for positive, negative, and question forms, along with examples and rules for regular and irregular verbs. Additionally, it includes common time expressions associated with the Past Simple tense.

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Past Simple

The document explains the Past Simple tense, detailing its use for completed actions, actions that cannot be repeated, and past habits or routines. It provides structures for positive, negative, and question forms, along with examples and rules for regular and irregular verbs. Additionally, it includes common time expressions associated with the Past Simple tense.

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PAST SIMPLE

TENSE
by Alimbaeva Oydinoy
When to use?
TALKING ABOUT COMPLETED ACTIONS
We use Past Simple to talk about actions or events that
happened at a specific time in the past and are already
finished.
Examples: "I visited the zoo yesterday."
"They went to the cinema last weekend."
"She finished her homework an hour ago.
“He was a famous singer.”
When to use?
Actions that cannot be repeated
Past Simple is used to express actions that happened once in
the past and can no longer be repeated due to various
circumstances.
Examples: "Mary won a Math medal when she was a schoolgirl. "
"My grandmother once sang with Freddie Mercury."
When to use?
Actions that occurred at a specific time in the past.
The Past Simple is used to describe actions that have
already completed in the past and are no longer relevant to
the present. This action could be one-time, repeated or last
for some time, but the duration of the action is not
important.
Examples:“She met her friends at 8 PM yesterday.”
“She worked abroad 2 years ago.”
“Harry wrote a lot of letters in 2011.”
When to use?
DESCRIBING PAST HABITS OR ROUTINES
It can be used to describe actions that were habitual or
routine in the past.
Examples: "She always played with her dolls as a child."
"He used to go to the cinema every weekend."
"My dad often went fishing when he was younger."
"I usually read comics when I was a kid."
How to use?
POSITIVE STRUCTURE:
All the subjects take the past form (V2) of the verb.

EXAMPLES:
Subject
+ V2 He ate lunch an hour ago.
Pronoun
My mum went to Istanbul last night.
How to use?
NEGATIVE STRUCTURE:
All the subjects take didn’t and the base form (V1) of the verb.

EXAMPLES:
Subject
+ didn’t + V1 He didn’t study Math yesterday.
Pronoun
I didn’t go to school last week.
How to use?
QUESTION STRUCTURE:
We use did before the subject, the verb is in base form (V1).

EXAMPLES:
Subject
Did + + V1 Did you read a book yesterday?
Pronoun
Did he go to bed late last night?
Attention!
In the English language, the verbs are divided into two:

REGULAR VERBS
Regular verbs form their past forms by adding -d, -ed or -ied to the base form.

IRREGULAR VERBS
Irregular verbs do not follow a consistent pattern for their past forms.
Each irregular verb has a unique past form!
REGULAR VERBS
How to spell?
If the verb ends in a silent e, simply add -d.
live lived
hate hated
bake baked

Mum baked a pie yesterday.


How to spell?
For most verbs, simply add -ed.
talk talked
clean cleaned
watch watched

She watched a film last night.


How to spell?
If the verb ends in a consonant + y,
change the "y" to "i" and add -ed.
cry cried
carry carried
study studied

He studied English yesterday.


IRREGULAR VERBS
Here’s a list of some of the most common irregular verbs:

be was/were cut cut fly flew


begin began do did get got
bite bit draw drew give gave
break broke drink drank go went
bring brought drive drove grow grew
build built eat ate have had
buy bought fall fell keep kept
catch caught feel felt know knew
come came find found leave left
TIME EXPRESSIONS
KEY WORDS
yesterday – вчера last century – в прошлом веке
the day before yesterday – позавчера an hour ago – час назад
just now – только что
three hours ago – три часа назад
the other day – на днях
last week – на прошлой неделе two weeks ago – две недели назад
last month – в прошлом месяце in 1992 – в 1992 году
last year – в прошлом году at 6 o'clock – в 6 часов
last decade – в прошлом десятилетии
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