PAST SIMPLE Use the past simple to talk

PAST SIMPLE -Use the past simple to talk about finished actions in the past. “She walked under the rain yesterday” -The form of the past simple is the same for all persons. “He walked under the rain yesterday” “I/you walked under the rain yesterday” “They walked under the rain yesterday”

PAST SIMPLE: POSITIVE, NEGATIVE AND QUESTIONS. Regular verbs.

AFFIRMATIVE SENTENCES. Regular verbs: ED INFINITIVE PAST SPELLING WORKED. ”I worked as a teacher last year” ADD -ED LIKED. “I liked going to the park when I was a child” ADD -D IF THE VERB STUDY STUDIED Y=IE AFTER A STAY CONSONANT STAYED “I studied English last Y=Y AFTER A VOWEL year” STOPPED “I stopped smoking 2 years ago” FINISHES IN -E . CONSONANT+VOWEL +CONSONANT, DOUBL E FINAL CONSONANT

PAST SIMPLE: NEGATIVE AND QUESTIONS. Regular and irregular verbs. -Use ASI and QUASI to remember word order in questions; -Use the infinitive after didn't for negatives and Did. . . ? for questions. QUESTIONS FORM. Did you go to the beach? Auxiliary Subject Infinitive Where did you go last week? Question word Aux. Subj. Infinitive NEGATIVE FORM. We didn't go to the beach I didn't phone Anna last night

REGULAR AFFIRMATIVE On my last holiday, I stayed with some friends in Mallorca. NEGATIVE I didn't stay in a hotel. QUESTION (ASI) Did you stay for the weekend? Short answer Yes, I did. No, I didn't Wh? (QUASI) Where did you stay?