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Past simple ,': .., The past simple forms of be are was ar were.
lli,l.ili ri..l'i.,::,il iiii.:i :'liiitiili:iliiiit,lli,l.i,i:llli,.i,l.i:,rt.lltii;:li:li:lll:iii:ilit:iiia trii.,iiii ,
.,,: ,r The affirmative form of the past simple is the same for a[[
persons, singular and ptural (1, you, he, we, etc.).
I was sad I wasn't sad Was lsad?
{ r,ra'tchad a (ootba\! maich \asi night.
you were sad you weren't sad
the watchod TV. Were you sad?
Thel wa.iehad a DVD. he/she/it was sad he/she/it wasn't Was he/she/it
sad sad?
Spetling: past simple (affirmative) form of regutar verbs we/you/they were we/you/they Were we/you/they
We form the past simple (affirmative) form of regular verbs sad weren't sad sad?
by adding -ed to the verb.
+ -€d work - worked play a ptayed We use the past simple:
lf the verb ends in -e, we add -d. . for a compteted action or event at a definite point
r
+ -a oance danced smoke - smoked in the past.
lf the verb ends in a consonant + -y, we change -yto i and ule plalad vollelball lari talurdal.
add -ed. . for actions or events that happened one after another.
+
-y ) -ied study studied cry + cried i:oanna goi up, had a rhowor. gol dras*ad and \rtt ths houes.
. with certain verbs that are not used in continuous tenses,
lfthe verb ends in a short accented vowel + a consonant,
e.g. believe, hate,like, love, need, know, prefer, want.
we double the consonant.
I ne p0llce 0llrrtr Del,Lv?d nt5 5l0ry.
-
-r -pped drop - dropped -
-
-n -nned ptan * planned (Nor )
-
-t -tted regret - regretted
Past continuous
,1,. ., Some verbs have irregular past simple (affirmative) forms. ,,:. i' We form the past continuous Iike this:
There are no spelling rutes for these forms: you need to learn . wos or were + lhe -ing form of the main verb
them bv heart. See the tist in the Workbool<. i,\iuboth war oating. Ths rhildren ureran'1 lirtening.
ulrrr you plalino?
lrregular verbs behave in the same way as regutar verbs in
negative sentences and questions. Spetting: verb + -ing form
See point L.5.
ln negative sentences and questions, we use didldidn't
We use the past continuous:
+ the infinitive without fo (NOT the past simpte form) for regular
. to describe an action tasting for some time or serving as
and irregular verbs. The forms are the same for a[[ persons,
the background to other events.
singutaiand plural (/, you, he, we, etc.).
It was raining. tome childrcn woro plalinE rrrgbl
:iliiIiii:ir:Ii;IIIrlir:::.:', :
We don't use the past continuous:
.
'lli,::l:,li,,,:ri,i:,r,:,,,;,,.,.ll
I didn't watch Did I watch? o with certain verbs, e.g. believe, hote, like, love, need, know,
he/she/it didn't watch Did he/she/it watch? prefer, want.
Ti rir r re r oaCr a i lev,i ia i. (N OT - +im-warnee++qa-nevrcan)
we/you/they didn't watch Did we/you/they watch?
:' ,:'rt We often use the past continuous and the past simple in
rtl,ir:lr;aJ::l,lllrr:iraara:r:llrl,i:a'.,,ii.rl1.lrli
iltl , : tirtll l::l r,t':,'1,..i.i:::':, :,i;. l. : -
iiiliirilrlr:::lilir:lliilittiiil:ii::ril,ulr:irr,,r latari,, the same sentence. The past continuous describes a background
didn't : did not Yes, I did. / No, I didn't. action or event in the past: the past simpte describes a shorter
action or event that happened during the longer action, or which
interrupted it.
It was raining whon the atcdeol happanad
M1 {riondr vrore watching TV ivhen ths {irr s'iar1od.