Past simple

Past simple

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By Amina Mohamed

We use the past tense to talk about:

something that happened once in the past:

​I met my wife in 1983.

We went to Spain for our holidays.

They got home very late last night.

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Multiple Choice

If we want to talk about the past we have to add -ed to all the verbs

• True

• False

do --> did

​break --> broke

go -->went

​write --> wrote​

irregular

like --> liked

call -->​ called

wash -->​ washed

walk -->​ walked

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regular

We have two types of verbs

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Multiple Choice

They always enjoyed visiting their friends.

• correct

• incorrect

Past simple questions and negatives

We use did to make questions with the past simple:

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Did she play tennis when she was younger?

Did you live abroad? When did you meet your wife?

Where did you go for your holidays?​

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Multiple Choice

________ you go yesterday?

• Where did

• Did

• Where

Past simple questions and negatives

But questions with who often don't use did:

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Who discovered penicillin?

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Who wrote Don Quixote?​

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Poll

What do you think about the lesson?

• Easy

• Hard

• 50/50