Past Simple time expressions
yesterdaythe day before
yesterdaythe night before lastthe week before lastthe month before
lastwhen I was a childin 1999on December 19th
3 days5 minutes agoone year
monthlast year summer etc
PRESENT PAST
call calledwalk + ed walkedcheck checked
PRESENT PAST
study studied
cry + ied cried
carry carriedWhen final “Y” is preceded by a consonant, you drop: “Y” and
add ied.
PRESENT PAST
plan plannedpermit permittedcontrol controlledWhen the ending is: consonant + vowel + consonant and the stress is in the last syllable, you repeat the last consonant.
PRESENT PAST
dance dancedshare + d sharedlike liked
PRESENT PAST
Gosay
makecomeseegiveputhit
thinkteachleavefeelfall
Wentsaid
madecamesawgaveputhit
thoughttaught
leftfeltfell
Past Simple structure
Subject
She visited / left the zooVerb in past
Rest of the sentenceI
youwetheyhesheit
sawvisitedcleanedleft
the zoo
POSITIVE
Past Simple structure
Subject
She didn’t visit / didn’t leave the zoo didn’t + V. base
form(didn’t = did + not)
Rest of the sentenceI
youwetheyhesheit
didn’t seedidn’t visitdidn’t cleandidn’t leave
the zoo
NEGATIVE
Past Simple structure
Did
Did she visit / leave the zoo?Subjec
tRest of the sentence
Did
YoutheywesheheIit
the zoo?
INTERROGATIVE AND SHORT ANSWERS
Verb
seevisitcleanleave
Yes,
Iyouwetheysheheit
did.
No, didn’t
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