Simple Past
FORM
[VERB+ed] or irregular verbs
Examples:
* You called Debbie.
* Did you call Debbie?
* You did not call Debbie.
Use the Simple Past to express the idea that an action started and finished at a specific time in the past. Sometimes, the speaker may not actually mention the specific time, but they do have one specific time in mind.
Examples:
* I saw a movie yesterday.
* I didn't see a play yesterday.
* Last year, I traveled to Japan.
* Last year, I didn't travel to Korea.
* Did you have dinner last night?
* She washed her car.
* He didn't wash his car.
http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/330/grammar/pasted.htm
http://www.isabelperez.com/happy/tenses/past_simple.htm
http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/simplepastforms.htm
http://www.curso-ingles.com/gramatica-inglesa/pasado.php
Tom's TEFL - Past Tense Verbs
View more PowerPoint from Hong Kong Primary School
Past simple ppt mercedes
View more PowerPoint from vazquezcalleja
ACTIVITIES:
-WAS OR WERE:
http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/simple-past/exercises?03
- POSITIVE SENTENCES IN PAST SIMPLE:
http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/simple-past/exercises?04
- NEGATIVE SENTENCES IN PAST SIMPLE:
http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/simple-past/exercises?05
- QUESTIONS IN PAST SIMPLE:
http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/simple-past/exercises?06
- ANSWER QUESTIONS IN PAST SIMPLE:
http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/simple-past/exercises?02
- TEST:
http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/tests/simple-past-1
Regular verbs:
-ed sounds /t/ /d/ /id/
Irregular verbs: