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The verb be
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• We use the Past Simple to talk about the past. We know POSITIVE NEGATIVE
when these things happened. I/he/she/it was I/he/she/it wasn't (= was not)

All verbs except be and can you/we/they were you/we/they weren't (= were not)

POSITIVE
WH- QUESTIONS
• The Past Simple positive is the same for all subjects (/, you,
• We make Wh- questions with:
he, they, etc.): I wanted to go there. He worked in the UK.
question word + was or were + subject
most regular verbs: add -ed stayed needed Where were you/they last night?
learned worked When was he/she in the UK?
regular verbs ending in -e: add -d lived died
YES/NO QUESTIONS AND SHORT ANSWERS
regular verbs ending in consonant + y: studied
-y -+ -i and add -ed married Were you at work? Yes, I was./No, I wasn't.
Was she at home last night? Yes, she was./No, she wasn't.
regular verbs ending in consonant + stopped
Were they from Germany? Yes, they were./No, they weren't.
vowel + consonant: double the last travelled
consonant
The verb can
• There are no rules for irregular verbs. There is an Irregular
• The Past Simple positive of can is could.
Verb List on p167.
• The negative of could is couldn't (= could not).
NEGATIVE
• Could and couldn't are followed by the infinitive: He could
• To make the Past Simple negative, we use:
serve all his customers in the 142-seat restaurant.
subject + didn't (= did not) + infinitive
• Could and couldn't are the same for all subjects (/, you, he,
subject auxiliary infinitive she, it, we, they).

His mother didn't have much money.
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TIP• We make yes/no questions with could+ subject+ infinitive:
It didn't open until August 1952. Could you speak any English five years ago?
They didn't know what to do.
m Past Continuous: positive and negative
• The Past Simple negative is the same for all subjects
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(/,you, he, they, etc.):
I/We didn't go to work yesterday. • We use the Past Continuous to talk about an action that was
He/She didn't call me last night. in progress when another (shorter) action happened. The
They didn't get my emails. action in the Past Continuous might continue after this point.

WH- QUESTIONS .. was travelling
question auxiliary subject infinitive lllllUI
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word past E l -.._ met future
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What did you do last night? ~ ....._ ...... _~ NOW

When did he/she learn to cook?
Where did they travel to?
I was travelling back from China and we met on the plane.
was travelling = longer action (Past Continuous)
YES/NO QUESTIONS AND SHORT ANSWERS
met = short action (Past Simple)
Did you enjoy the meal? Yes, I did./No, I didn't. POSITIVE
Did he go to work yesterday? Yes, he did./No, he didn't. I/he/she/it + was + verb+ing
you/we/they + were + verb+ing
Did they call you last night? Yes, they did./No, they didn't.
We first met when she was renting a room in my sister's flat.
• Past Simple questions and short answers are the same for all We were standing at a bus stop and he said hello.
subjects(/, you, he, they, etc.): What did we do last weekend?
NEGATIVE
Did she call you back? Yes, she did., etc.
I/he/she/it + wasn't + verb+ing
Tl P • We don't use did when we ask about the subject of the you/we/they + weren't + verb+ing
sentence: Who lived in Bangkok? not ~'Vho did li~'e in Bangkok? My father wasn't waiting for me when I got there.
(see IH;MM&f:i;lf>). They weren't watching TV, they were in bed .
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