The day before yesterday Yesterday Last week ago
The day before yesterday Yesterday Last week …ago Once Last month Last year
ten days ago a month ago last night in 2003 the other day
We use the Past Simple Tense for an action which happened in the past; for actions which took place one after another in the past;
Regular verbs V → V- ed [t] Watched Walked Talked Finished Looked [d] Played Learned Tried Cried Smiled [id] Skated Wanted Collected Painted Needed Studied
watched learned skated played walked talked [t] tried collected finished wanted cried painted looked smiled [d] needed [id]
Irregular verbs To To To To write – wrote – written eat – ate –eaten speak – spoken break – broken come – came – come become – became – become run – ran – run swim – swam – swum know – knew – known throw – threw – thrown blow – blew – blown fly – flew – flown sing – sang – sung ring – rang – rung hide – hidden bite – bitten To To To To send- sent – sent spend – spent - spent sleep – slept - slept tell – told - told sell – sold - sold teach – taught - taught catch – caught - caught fight – fought think – thought buy – bought bring – brought cut – cut shut – shut cost – cost lose – lost - lost
Present Simple & Past Simple affirmative (+) They skate in the yard every day. They skated in the yard yesterday. The weather is fine today. The weather was fine yesterday. We go to the park every day. We went to the park yesterday. I see my friend and his mother. I saw my friend and his mother. Children have five classes every day. Children had five classes yesterday.
negative (-) did + not + V e. g. I watched TV at night. You didn’t watch TV at night. • I washed my hands and face ten times. • I played chess with a champion. • I helped my friends to do their homework. • I cleaned my teeth three times. You You didn’t wash your hands and face ten times. play chess with a champion. help your friends to do their homework. clean your teeth three times.
general questions (? ) Did + Noun + V ? Main verbs Did you stay at home? Did you fly to Rome? Did your plane arrive at time? Did you have a good time? Did you swim in the sea? Did you watch TV? Did you spend a lot of money? to be Was your journey very funny? Were you happy? Was he sad? Were you angry? Was your teacher glad?
e. g. • • I watched TV at night. Did you watch TV at night? I washed my hands and face ten times. Did you wash your hands and face ten times? I played chess with a champion. Did you play chess with a champion? I helped my friends to do their homework. Did you help your friends to do their homework? I cleaned my teeth three times. Did you clean your teeth three times?
Special Questions I played football yesterday. When did you play football? What did you play yesterday? Who played football yesterday?
TEST 1. She …. to school yesterday. a) go 2. c) went He …. . a bird two days ago. a) saw 3. b) goes b) see c) seed Mike …. . football yesterday. a) love 4. Mrs b) play c) played Chatter ……. in London last year. a) lived b) play c) live
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