MEETING 2 "SIMPLE PAST TENSE"

The next material is Simple Past Tense! Enjoy! ❤

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Simple past tense, sometimes called preterite, is used to talk about events that were completed in the past before now. A simple past is the basic form of past tense in English. Events can occur not long ago or long ago, and the duration of the event is not important.

EXAMPLES

• John Cabot sailed to America in 1498.

• My father was edited last year.

• He lived in Fiji in 1976.

• We crossed the Channel yesterday.

You always use simple past when saying when something happens. So, this tense is related to certain past time expressions.

frequency: often, sometimes, always

- I sometimes walked home at lunchtime.

- I often brought my lunch to school.

specific or clear time: last week, when I was a child, yesterday, six weeks ago

- We saw a good movie last week.

- Yesterday, I arrived in Geneva.

- She finished her work at seven o'clock

- I went to the theater last night

unspecified or unclear time: the other day, ages ago, a long time ago

- People lived in caves a long time ago.

- She played the piano when she was a child.

Be careful: Simple past in English might look tense in your language, but the meaning might be different.

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NOTES FOR POSITIVE, NEGATIVE FORM, AND QUESTIONS 

POSITIVE

The positive form of the simple past tense is very simple.

• I was in Japan last year
• She had a headache yesterday.
• We did our homework last night.

NEGATIVE AND QUESTIONS

For simple past negative forms and questions from "to do" as ordinary verbs, use the auxiliary "did". Example: We didn't do our homework last night.

The negative form of "have" in simple past is usually formed using the auxiliary "did", but sometimes only by adding notes or abbreviations (contraction) "n't".

The question form of "have" in simple past usually uses the auxiliary "did".

EXAMPLES

• They weren't in Rio last summer.
• We didn't have any money.
• Were they in Iceland last January?
• Did you have a bicycle when you were young?
• Did you do much climbing in Switzerland?

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You have passed two materials: Simple Present Tense and Simple Past Tense. Prepare yourself to face "The Orange Juice" next meeting! ❤