PAST SIMPLE

PAST SIMPLE

SUBJECT + VERB (Past Form) + (Complements)

                        * The PAST FORM of a verb is as follows:

                                   - REGULAR VERB:            + ed

                                   - IRREGULAR VERB:        own form

STATEMENT                      I walked every day

                                        She came from school on foot

                                        They were good friends

NEGATION                         I did not walk every day

                                        She did not come from school on foot

                                        They were not good friends

INTERROGATION                Did I walk every day?

                                          Did she come from school on foot?

                                          Were they good friends?

USES:

·                    Repeated or habitual actions in the past: He wrote to her every day

·                    Actions completed in the past: I started the job four months ago

·                    Actions in the past without mention of time: We found the ball

·                    2nd Conditional Clauses (Improbable / Unlikely): If I went to London, I would see the Queen

TIME EXPRESSIONS:

·                    YESTERDAY / THE DAY BEFORE YESTERDAY

·                    AT (Hours) / ON (Days of the Week) / IN (Months, Years and Centuries)

·                    LAST (day, year, time, ...)

·                    AGO (Three days ago)

·                    IN THE PAST

SPELLING RULES:

·                    Silent ‘e’:              + D:     ARRIVE - ARRIVED

·                    C ú C:                   + C + ED: STOP – STOPPED / PREFER - PREFERRED

·                    Final ‘l’:                + L + ED: TRAVEL - TRAVELLED

·                    Final C + ‘y’:        + I + ED: CARRY – CARRIED / STUDY - STUDIED