Past Simple Prepared by: Kaldakhmet N International Academy

Past Simple Prepared by: Kaldakhmet N International Academy of Business Almaty 2014

Time Past Simple is used to indicate an action that happened at a certain time in the past and the time of which has already expired. For the exact moment an action in the past using time Past Simple commonly used words such as five days ago (five days ago), last year (last year), yesterday (yesterday), in 1980 (in 1980), and so

In order to put the English verb in Past Simple, you need to use it, "a second form." For most verbs it is formed adding theending-ed: examine - examin ed, enjoy - enjoy ed, close - clos ed

Affirmative offers: I played We played You played You played He / she / it played They played

Interrogative sentences: Did I play? Did we play? Did you play? Did you play? Did he / she / it play? Did they play?

Negative sentences: I did not play We did not play You did not play You did not play He / she / it did not play They did not play

However, there is also a rather large group of irregular English verbs that form the past tense is not on common rules for them the past tense just need to remember. We saw your dog two blocks from here. Мы видели вашу собаку в двух кварталах отсюда.

In interrogative sentence before the subject you want to use the auxiliary verb do in the past tense - did, and then be put basic, important in the initial form of the verb: Did you wash your hands? Ты помыл руки? Did they sign the contract? Они подписали контракт?

In negative sentences before the verb you need to put the auxiliary verb and the negative particle did not: We did not find our car. Мы не нашли свою машину. I did not understand this question. Я не понял этот вопрос.

Past Simple was were. Примеры предложений с переводом в различных формах и лицах I was in trouble /Я был в беде She wasn’t tired/ Она не была уставшей Were we in the right place? /Мы были в правильном месте? They were afraid /Они были испуганы He wasn’t a successful businessman /Он не был успешным бизнесменом Was it a good idea? /Это была хорошая идея? You were a hero/Ты был героем

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