SIMPLE PAST

The affirmative past simple of regular verbs ends in :

• -er

• -ing

• -ed

Irregular verbs have different affirmative past simple

• reading

• write

• forms

We use the past simple to talk about actions and situations that happened in the past, often with expressions like:

• today, now, in five minutes

• tomorrow, later , after.

• ago, yesterday, last night, in 2005, etc...

With verbs that end with a consonant + y, like try

• we double the consonant

• we change the -y for i + ed:

• we add -ed:

Write the past simple of this verb: WATCH

• watch

• watche

• watched

Complete this sentence with the past simple

Yesterday evening I _________________ television.

• happened

• wanted

• watched

PAST OF FLY

• flied

• flew

• flow

In negative sentences with the simple past we use:

• do not

• does not

• did not / didn`t

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

What is the correct form of the interrogative sentence in simple past?

• She did play soccer yesterday?

• Play did she soccer yesterday?

• Did she play soccer yesterday?

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CCSS.L.3.1D

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

Choose the negative form to this sentence.

“She went to school yesterday.”

• “Did she go to school yesterday?”

• “She could go to school yesterday.”

• “She didn’t go to school yesterday.”

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CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.4.1C