Past Simple

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  1. So what is the past Simple, and how do we
  2. use it?
  3. First, let's take a look at the form or the
  4. structure of the past.
  5. Simple. There are three different forms.
  6. There is the affirmative form, the negative form and the
  7. question form.
  8. So when we say affirmative, were saying that something is
  9. true and there are two structures in the simple past,
  10. the first structure is using the verb to be.
  11. We use the subject and then Waas or were, for
  12. example, they were friends.
  13. The second structure is for all other verbs, and that's
  14. formed by using the subject and the verb in simple
  15. past, sometimes called the verb with e.
  16. D. For example, she worked yesterday.
  17. Remember. Not all verbs are formed by adding E.
  18. D. Sometimes they are regular.
  19. For example, she saw a movie.
  20. She met her friends.
  21. She took a class.
  22. We also have the negative form again.
  23. There are two structures.
  24. The first using the verb to be that's formed by
  25. using the subject and was not or we're not remember
  26. we often use was not, and we're not in the
  27. contracted forms of wasn't and weren't such as they weren't
  28. friends We also have another structure for all other verbs.
  29. In that case, we use the subject with did not
  30. and the verb in the base form again.
  31. Remember, we often use the contraction didn't to replace, did
  32. not. For example, she didn't work yesterday.
  33. We also have the question form again.
  34. There are two structures.
  35. As always, the vert to be is separate the questions
  36. with the verb to be in past simple.
  37. Begin with Waas or work before the subject.
  38. For example, were they friends?
  39. But we have a different structure for all other verbs.
  40. For all other verbs we use did before the subject
  41. and then the verb in the base form, such as
  42. Did she work yesterday?
  43. We also have to look at the different meanings of
  44. the simple past.
  45. When do we use them?
  46. First, we use it to express completed actions in the
  47. past. For example, I saw a ghost last Friday.
  48. I don't see the ghost now.
  49. It happened last Friday, and it ended.
  50. Another use of the past.
  51. Simple is to describe a Siris of completed actions.
  52. In the past, I finished work, I walked to the
  53. beach and I found a nice place to swim.
  54. It's a sequence of actions, and they were all completed
  55. in the past