1. Past Simple Indefinite Tense

2. Parts of presentation - Structure - Examples
Affirmative form
Negative form
Interrogative form
Questions and short answers
- Examples
- Spelling rules for the past simple of regular verbs
- We use the Past Simple Tense

3. Structure
The past simple tense of the most english verbs (regular verbs) is formed by adding "-ed"/"-d" to their base form. (If the verb ends in "-e", we add "-d" to form the past simple.)
There are also some verbs called irregular verbs that have special past tense forms.

4. Affirmative form
Regular verbs: base form + "-ed" or "-d": work + "-ed" = worked live + "-d" = lived I/you/he/she/it/we/they worked I/you/he/she/it/we/they lived
Irregular verbs: past form only I/you/he/she/it/we/they saw

5. Negative form
To form the negative and interrogative sentences we use the past form of auxiliary verb do --> did
I you                    DID + NOT he/she/it               /DIDN'T/ we                    + WORK they He didn't work yesterday. She didn't see him last night

6. Interrogative form I you DID he/she/it WORK? we they
Did he work yesterday?
Did she see him last night?
If it is the verb "to be" we use was/were before the subject:
Was he at the office the other day?

7. Questions and short answers
Did you go to the cinema last night?
Yes, I did.
No, I didn't.
Did he speak with Kate yesterday?
Yes, he did.
No, he didn't.

8. Examples 1. We arrived at 9:00 o'clock.
2. This morning I went to the supermarket.
3. The teacher went to the desk.
4. He didn't hear the telephone.
5. Susan bought her little sister a doll.
6. We came here in 1980.
7. I worked at Johnson & Co. from 1990 to 1995.
8. My brother lived in London for six years. (he doesn't live there anymore)

9. Spelling rules
if a regular verb ends in consonant + y change y to i and add -ed:
carry - carried, study - studied, fry - fried, try - tried
if a one syllable regular verb ends in consonant + vowel + consonant double the final consonant and add -ed -- > stop - stopped, plan - planned, rob - robbed, beg - begged
if a regular verb has more than one syllable and ends in consonant + vowel + consonant, we double the final consonant only if the final syllable is stressed -- > preFER - preferred, regRET - regretted

10. We use the Past Simple
to tell a story and to express actions which follow each other in a story
to talk about action in the past that take place in the middle of another action
to talk about habitual or repeated actions that took place in the past
Note: This use is also often expressed with used to:
Bob used to smoke 20 cigarettes a day.

11. That’s all
Thank you for your attention!!
Konovalov V.