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Biography
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was an Austrian musician
and composer. He lived from 1756 to 1791. He
started composing at the age of five and wrote
more than 600 pieces of music. He was only 35
years old when he died.
lived/started/wrote/was/died are all past
simple.
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Virginia Apgar
Virginia Apgar challenged and reformed the
face of medicine forever.
She lived from 1909 to 1974. As a reputed
physician and an anesthesiologist, she went on to bring
about
great achievements in the field of medicine and was
responsible for the invention of the Apgar Score, which is a
procedure that is used to determine the health of newborn
babies. This test has significantly decreased the mortality rate
of
infants in countries across the globe. With her undying
effort
and zeal to establish herself, Virginia Apgar left an
indelible
presence in the world of medicine.
challenged/reformed/lived/went/was/decreased/left
are all past simple.
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SIMPLE PAST
REGULAR VERBS
IRREGULAR VERBS
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The past simple
Dance = danced
live = lived
Study = studied
Copy = copied
Stay = stayed
Enjoy = enjoyed
Play = played
Clean = cleaned
Visit = visited
REGULAR VERBS = d , ed, ied
Forming the Simple Past
Tense (Regular Verbs)
The simple past tense is one of
the most common tenses in
English. Its form is the same
with all subjects. It is usually
formed by adding D - ED -
IED to the verb
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Verbs ending in... How to make the
simple past Examples
e Add -D -live - lived
-dance -danced
Consonant + y Change y to i, then add -
ED
try - tried
cry cried
Study - studied
Vowel + y Add - ED Stay stayed
enjoy - enjoyed
[anything else] Add -ED
boil - boiled
fill - filled
greet - greeted
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SPELLING RULES
REGULAR VERBS
LAUGH: LAUGHED (t)
PLAY: PLAYED (d)
HATE: HATED (id)
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PRONUNCIATION RULES
Simple past regular verbs a. /t/: after /k/ - /p/ -/f/ - /s/-
/h/ - /sh/- /tch/-/th/
Ex: *kicked *passed *stopped *laughed
b. /d/: after /th/-/z/ - /v/ -/y/ - /j/- /zh/ - /tt/-
/r/-/ll/-/n/-/m/ - /g/ -/w/
Ex: *played *showed * loved
c. /id/: after verbs ending in /d/ and /t/
Ex: *landed *wanted *defended * hated
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The past simple IRREGULAR VERBS
Break =
Drink =
Do =
buy =
eat =
forget =
begin =
find =
IRREGULARS
broke
drank
did
bought
ate
forgot
began
found
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Positive sentences
He studied in France in 1989
They operated on the young girl yesterday
She went to see a specialist two weeks ago
He found out that she was allergic to things she ate
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in questions and negatives
We use
Did / didnt
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Didnt + verb (infinitive)
(negative sentences)
We didnt know about it
We went to the cinema but the film wasnt very good . We
didnt enjoy it
I played tennis yesterday but I didnt win
They didnt watch TV yesterday morning
The party wasnt very good , so we didnt stay long
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Did + verb (infinitive)
(Yes/no questions)
Did you see her yesterday ?
Yes, I did
No I didnt
Did they study medicine in France ?
Yes, I did
No, I didnt
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Did + verb (infinitive)
(information questions)
What did you do yesterday afternoon?
.
.
I cut my hand this morning , How did you do that?
.
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Past simple regular verb
Study = studied
+ They studied English yesterday morning
_ They didnt English yesterday morning
? they study English yesterday morning ?
Yes,they did
No , they didnt
What did they study ? They studied English yesterday morning
study
Did
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Past simple- irregular verb
Buy = bought
+ She bought an stethoscope two weeks ago
_ She didnt an stethoscope two weeks ago
? she buy an stethoscope two weeks ago ?
- Yes, she did
- No , she didnt
What did she buy ? She bought an stethoscope two weeks ago
buy
Did
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Past simple - verb to be
Is/ am / are
Was / were
I am
He
She is
It
We
You are
They
I was
He
She was
It
We
You were
They
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Past simple - verb to be
am = was
+ I was in Venice last year
_ I wasnt in Venice last year
? you in Venice last year ?
- Yes, I was
- No , I wasnt
Where were you last year? I was in Venice last year
Were
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EXPRESSIONS OF TIME
IN THE PAST
AGO
LAST
YESTERDAY
IN 1990
