1. The simple past
BATOOL
FATIMAH S

2. AFFIRMATIVE PAST SIMPLE TENSE; IRRREGULAR VERBS
Irregular past verb forms must be learned becaues they don’t follow rule;
1_go  went
2_come  came
3_buy  bought
4_drink  dronk
5_eat  ate

3. For exapmle :
I went to Paris last year

4. Past simple tense: Rugular and Irregular verb :
Negative :ues not or didn’t +a base form verb to make the past simple tense negative.
I didn’t live in a flat during my last summer holiday

5. PAST SIMPLE TENSE : REGULAR VERBS
AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE
I worked I didn’t work
She worked She didn’t work
It worked It didn’t work
She ate lunch She didn’t eat lunch
I wrote a story I didn’t write a story

6. The simple past tense is used
To talk about actions that happened at a specific time in the past .you state when it happened using a time adverb (yesterday, last year)
For example:
I took my first exam last month

7. ALSO, It can be used to describe events that happened a period of time in the past but not now :
For example :
I lived in Asia for two years.

8. Any question ??

9. Grammar presentation :
Yes or no questions:
did
subject
Base form of verb I
You He
She It We
they
start
answers
yes
You I He
She It We
they
did
answers
No,
You I He
She It We
they
Didn’t

10. Wh-questions
Wh-word
did
subject
Base from of verb
what i
ask?
where
you
Go?
when he
Write?
why we
Leave?
Who(m)
Call?
How long
they
Stay?
answers
You asked about his name.
I went to the library.
He wrote at night, after work .
We went someplace else.
I called my friend.
They stayed for an hour.

11. Wh-questions about the subject
Wh-word
Past from of verb
who
wrote
The hobbit?
what
Happened?
answers
j.r.r.tolkien wrote it .
It became a big success.
Wh-questions in the past do not use did when the questions is about the subject.
Ali wrote the hobbit.
Q: who wrote the hobbit ?
A: li
Not: who did write the hobbit?

12. Focused practice : I read his books. We enjoyed the movie.
It had a good storyline.
I didn’t understand everything.

13. I read his books. Did you read them too?
We enjoyed the movie. did you enjoy it too?
It had a good storyline. Did it have a lot of action?
I didn’t understand everything. Did she understand everything

14. Correct these questions:
When john steinbeck was born?
Where he was born?
Where did he studied writing?
When did he died?
Did she drank a glass of milk?