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The Simple Past Tense Using -ed
Simple Present Simple Past
Simple Present Simple Past Simple Present Simple Past
Yes and No Questions in the Simple Past
Did + subject + main verb (not -ed)
(i) Did you honor your ancestor by burning incense at the altar? (j Did she fill the bowls with sand?
(k) Did he invite me to his house?
Answers: Yes, I did. No, I didn’t.
Information Questions in the Simple past
Question word + did + subject + main verb (not -ed)
(n) What did she do with the incense?
(o) Where did they put the altar?
(p) How did you remember your ancestors?
(q) Why did she place fruit on the altar?
(r) Who did we invite to our house?
(s) What did you put on the altar?
verb + -ed = simple past tense
honor + -ed honored
invite + -ed invited
(a) I honor my ancestor by burning incense at the altar. (b) I honored my ancestor by burning incense at the altar.
Simple Present (c) She fills bowls with sand or uncooked rice. fill + -ed Simple Past (d) She filled bowls with sand or uncooked rice. filled
(e) He invites me to his home.
(f) He invited me to his home.
(g) Some people invite me to their home. (h) They invited me to their home.
PRESENT PAST
Was/Were + subject (no other verb – just be) (l) Was the narrator in Vietnam before?
(m)Were the people in the Mekong Delta friendly? Answers: Yes, she was. No, she wasn’t
Irregular Verbs in Past Tense: these are the irregular verbs in the paragraph above:
go went have had
make made see saw sit sat
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