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Simple PastIntroduction

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When do we use SIMPLE PAST?

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Uses

OInstructions:Carefully read the description of each use of the past simple and complete the scheme presented below.

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Use nº1: Completed action in the past

O Use the Simple Past to express the idea that an action started and finished at a specific time in the past.

PAST PRESENT FUTURE

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Use nº2:A series of completed actions

O Use the Simple Past to list a series of completed actions in the past.

PAST PRESENT FUTURE

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Use nº3:Duration in past

O The Simple Past can be used to refer to a longer action which starts and stops in the past.

PAST PRESENT FUTURE

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Verbs used in SIMPLE PAST

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Regular VerbsO Observe the following list of verbs in

their past form and identify the pattern:

O workedO playedO neededO stayedO painted

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Regular VerbsO These verbs conjugate by adding -ed. 

PAINT PAINTED

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Irregular Verbs

O brokeO lostO ateO madeO paid

O Observe the following list of verbs in their past form and identify the pattern:

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Irregular VerbsO These verbs DO NOT follow a pattern. O They take irregular forms in the Simple

Past.

LOSE LOST

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Verb to beO The verb "be" is

also irregular in the Simple Past. Unlike other irregular verbs, there are two Simple Past forms: "was" and "were."

POSITIVE

• I was.• You were.• We were.• They were.• He was.• She was.• It was.

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INTERROGATIVE

• Was I?• Were you?• Were we?• Were they?• Was he?• Was she?• Was it?

NEGATIVE

• I was not.• You were not.• We were not.• They were

not.• He was not.• She was not.• It was not.

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Simple Past Forms

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Positive FormO Identify the structure followed in the

sentences bellow:

O I waited.O You waited.O We waited.O They waited.O He waited.O She waited.O It waited.

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Positive formO Main structure: SUBJECT + VERB IN

PAST

I played videogames

SUBJECT VERB COMPLEMENT

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Negative FormO Identify the structure followed in the

sentences bellow:

O I did not wait.O You did not wait.O We did not wait.O They did not wait.O He did not wait.O She did not wait.O It did not wait.

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Negative FormO Main structure:

SUBJECT + DID NOT + INFINITIVE VERB

She did not watch TV

SUBJECT VERB COMPLEMENTNEGATION

AUXILIARY

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ONOTE: remember that you only use past verbs in statements. In negative forms "did" indicates Simple Past.

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Interrogative FormO Identify the structure followed in the

sentences bellow:

O Did I have?O Did you have?O Did we have?O Did they have?O Did he have?O Did she have?O Did it have?

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Interrogative FormO Main structure:

DID + SUBJECT + INFINITIVE VERB + ?

Did it have a tail?

SUBJECTAUXILIARY VERB COMPLEMENT