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domingo, 13 de noviembre de 2022
AFFIRMATIVE FORM, NEGATIVE FORM AND QUESTIONS IN PAST SIMPLE
AFFIRMATIVE FORM
Subject + verb (past simple) + complement
example: I went to the cinema last Friday night.
NEGATIVE FORM
Subject + didn't + verb (base form) + complement
example: he didn't go to the cinema yesterday.
QUESTIONS
Did + subject + verb (base form) + complement ?
Yes, I did / No, I didn't Yes, he did / No, he didn't
example: Did he go to the cinema two days ago? Yes, he did
PAST SIMPLE
We use the Past Simple to describe finished actions or situations in the past.
- For most verbs, we add - ed
example: finish - finished
- For verbs that end in -e, we add -d
example: love - loved dance - danced
- For one-syllable verbs that end in consonant+vowel+consonant (except w,x,y), we double the last consonant and add -ed.
example: stop - stopped
- For two-syllable verbs that end in stressed vowel+consonant, double the final consonant and add -ed.
example: permit - permitted
👀 happen - happened
VERBS ENDING IN -Y
- If a verb ends in consonant + y, you take off the y and add -ied.
example: study - studied
-If the verb ends in a vowel + y, you add -ed.
example: play - played
IRREGULAR VERBS
There are a lot of irregular past tense forms in English. The second column from the list of irregular verbs contains the verb in its past tense form. Here there are some examples:
1st column 2nd column 3rd column
be was/were been
begin began begun
break broke broken
bring brought brought
buy bought bought
build built built
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