Zusammenfassung der Ressource
PAST SIMPLE
- Form of Simple Past :
- Positive: I spoke.
- Negative: I did not speak.
- Question: Did I speak?
- (REGULAR VERBS)
- Exceptions in Spelling when Adding ‘ed’ :
- * after a final e only add d
- Example: love – loved
- *final consonant after a short, stressed
vowel or l as final consonant after a
vowel is doubled
- Admit – admitted
- travel – travelled
- Final y after a consonant becomes i
- Hurry – hurried
- Use of Simple Past :
- *action in the past taking place once, never or several times
- Example : He visited his parents every weekend.
- *action in the past taking place in the middle of another action
- Example: When I was having breakfast, the phone suddenly rang.
- *if sentences type II (If I talked, …)
- Example: :If I had a lot of money, I would share it with you.
- actions in the past taking place one after the other
- Example: He came in, took off his coat and sat down.
- Signal Words of Simple Past
- If-Satz Typ II (If I talked, …)
- yesterday, 2 minutes ago, in 1990, the other day, last Friday