THE PAST SIMPLE
When we want to talk about something that has already happened we have to talk in past.
Here is the structure of the past simple in differents sentences:
POSITIVE (+)
Subject+ Verb (in past simple)+Object
I started playing.
You started playing.
He/ She/ It started playing.
We started playing.
You started playing.
They started playing.
NEGATIVE (-)
Subject+did not+ Verb infinitive +Object
I didn’t start playing.
You didn’t start playing.
He/ She/ It didn’t start playing
We didn’t start playing.
You didn’t start playing.
They didn’t start playing.
QUESTION (?)
Did+Subject+Verb infinitive +Object
Did I start playing?
Did you start playing?
Did he/ she/ it start playing?
Did we start playing?
Did you start playing?
Did they start playing?
There are two different types of verbs in past: the regular verbs and the irregular verbs.
The regular verbs are easier, they are verbs that follow some rules: we add "-ed" to the verb
in infinitive. Example: jump - jumped.
There are some exceptions:
- If a verb ends [consonant-vowel-consonant], we double the final consonant and we
add "ed". (If the final consonant is "w," "x," or "y," we don't double it). Example: chat -
chatted.
- If the verb ends [consonant + "y"], we change the "y" to an "i" and we add "ed".
Example: cry - cried.
- If the verb ends "e," we just add "d". Example: use - used.
The irregular verbs don't follow rules, they are all different. Example: write-wrote, see-saw,...
Here is a list with some irregular verbs. 660f03036c05231d2acf1243bdd54df2.jpg (1044×693)
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