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1 Simple past - English : .. class: .. date: .. Simple past rules, examples1. Examples: Simple PastFirst Bob read a book, then he went to bed yesterday week I came to a church and then I took the road Actions at a specific timeSimple past : Actions that happened at a specific time in the Examples Simple past tense:I got a present yesterday. I had in great time in America last Simple past regular verbsAdd -ed to the regular verb. look - looked, watch - watched,Some verbs you need to change a ending Add .. Example-eonly add - d live - lived date - dated Consonant +yChange y to i an add -edcarry - carriedcry - cried 1 vowel + 1 consonantDouble consonant and add -edstop - stopped5. Simple past regular verbs examplesAdd -ed to the regular Simple past worksheets pdf, handouts, printable exercises.
2 Lessons for elementary and intermediate level. Simple past worksheets for home learning, online practice, distance learning. The Simple past describes a completed action in a time before now and things that happen one after another in the past . Simple past - English : .. class: .. date: ..cook - cooked, play - played, wash - washed-e at the end of the verb: only add - loved, live - lived, close - closed, live lived6. Simple past irregular (not regular) verbsSome verbs are not regular. You have to learn them by : Simple past tense - irregular verbs: begin - beganbreak - brokecome - camedrink - drankfall - fellforget - forgotget - gotspeak - spoke7. To be - Simple pastExample: Simple past tense - irregular verbs: to beSimple presentI amyou arehe/she/it iswe areyou arethey areSimple pastI wasyou werehe/she/it waswe wereyou werethey were8.
3 Simple past signal wordsUse the Simple past when you say when something happened. See the following signal words:frequency: often, sometimes, alwaysWe sometimes had no definite point in time: last week, when I was a child, yesterday, six weeks agoThey were in London last Simple past worksheets pdf, handouts, printable exercises. Lessons for elementary and intermediate level. Simple past worksheets for home learning, online practice, distance learning. Simple past - English : .. class: .. date: ..an indefinite point in time: the other day, ages ago, a long time agoHe learned English when he was Simple past signal words: ago, in 2011, in 1999, .. last month, last week, last year, : Simple past signal wordsI ate oranges last year. We went to school eyery day in 1999. He took his dog for a walk a month Simple past - questionsTo form a question: 'did' + subject + : questions Simple PastI ate oranges in 2011.
4 Did I eat oranges in 2011? We went to school last week. Did we go to school last week? He took his dog for a walk last week. Did he take his dog for a walk last week?10. Questions with was/wereSentences with 'to be' (was/were). Questions with was/were - Simple was in London. Was she in London?They were at the station. Were they at the station?11. Simple past negativeNegative sentences Simple past : examplesI knew Covent Garden? I didn't know Covent Garden. We went to school eyery day. We didn't go to school every day. He took his dog for a walk. He didn't take his dog for a walk. Simple past worksheets pdf, handouts, printable exercises. Lessons for elementary and intermediate level. Simple past worksheets for home learning, online practice, distance learning.
