PAST SIMPLE

PAST SIMPLE

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

Resource summary

	Created by Andrea Romero about 8 years ago