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Instructions!

a. Working in pairs. Ask your friend to read the passage for you and try to understand as

much as you can at the first hearing.
b. Individually, read the text above silently and try to understand the complete story.

2. Language Features
a. The Simple Past Tense denotes a past action. It is usually used with time signals, e.g.,”

yesterday, last week, a month ago, etc.
b. Usually the simple past ends in -ed (regular verbs) but many verbs do not end -ed

(irregular verbs).

Regular verbs (-ed) Irregular verbs
Check Checked Buy Bought
Boil Boiled Do Did

Play Played Give Gave
Study Studied Meet Met

Wait Waited Read Read
etc. etc.

c. In interrogatives and negatives, it uses Did/Did not + Infinitive

Formula:
Verbal Sentence

Positive Subject Past Verb Object Time Signal
She walked - last night

We enjoyed the concert last week
They wrote letters yesterday

Negative Subject Did not + Object Time Signal
Infinitive
She did not walk - last night

We did not enjoy the concert last week
They did not write letters yesterday

Interrogative Did Subject Infinitive Time Signal
Did she walk last night

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