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Simple past tense
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Past Simple Tense
Past simple tense
Grammar
- simple: no further time indiciation
- past: it already happend
- tense: form of a verb
What happened, miss Simone?
What happened, miss Simone?
"She was a great perfomer!"
"Her voice was different."
" ... that when she went on stage, she became Nina Simone."
" Everything fell apart."
"When the show ended, she was alone."
"People were afraid to be as honest as she lived."
Forming the past simple
Forming the past simple
add '-ed'
went
ended
became
Regular verbs
Irregular verbs
was
lived
fell
For verbs ending in:
E, add D:
live - lived
Consonant + y, change the Y to I, add ED
cry - cried
One vowel + one consonant, double the consonant (not 'W'/'Y')
travel - travelled follow - followed / play - played
Questions in the past simple
Questions in the past simple
Past simple 'to do'
Did + infinitive (e.g. eat, use, open,... )
do not conjure the infinitive!
9 November 1989
- The Berlin wall fell on
- When did the Berlin wall fall?
15 April 1912
- The Titanic sank on
- When did the Titanic sink?
on 20 July 1969
- Mankind landed on the moon
- When did mankind land on the moon?
Your turn
Past simple 'to do'
Did + infinitive (e.g. eat, use, open,... )
do not conjure the infinitive!
receive for Christmas?
party this weekend?
- What did you ...
- Where did you ...
- How did you ...
- When did you ...
become so handsome?
feel happy for the last time?
Your turn - quiz edition
Past simple 'to do'
Did + infinitive (e.g. eat, use, open,... )
do not conjure the infinitive!