SIMPLE PAST TENSEVersión en línea NOW, LET'S GET READY TO LEARN A LOT ABOUT SIMPLE PAST TENSE: IRREGULAR VERBS, REGULAR VERBS, GRAMMATICAL STRUCTURE, AND EVEN VOCABULARY, ETC.. por IRVING ESAU ANDINO MENDOZA 1 EXPLANATION SIMPLE PAST TENSE.DEEFINITION: The simple past tense, sometimes called the preterite, is used to talk about a COMPLETED ACTION in a time BEFORE NOW. The simple past is the basic form of past tense in English. The time of the action can be in the recent past or the distant past and action duration is not important.EXAMPLES:John Cabot sailed to America in 1498.My father died last year.He lived in Fiji in 1976. We crossed the Channel yesterday 2 EXPLANATION PATTERNS OF SIMPLE PAST TENSE FOR REGULAR VERBS AFFIRMATIVE Subject + verb + edI skipped. NEGATIVESubject + did not + infinitive without toThey didn't go.INTEROGATIVEDid + subject + infinitive without toDid she arrive?INTERROGATIVE NEGATIVEDid not + subject + infinitive without toDidn't you play? 3 EXPLANATION SIMPLE PAST, IRREGULAR VERBSSome verbs are irregular in the simple past. Here are the most common ones. TO GOHe went to a club last nightDid he go to the cinema last night?He didn't go to bed early last night.TO GIVEWe gave her a doll for her birthday.They didn't give John their new address.Did Barry give you my passport?TO COMEMy parents came to visit me last July.We didn't come because it was raining.Did he come to your party last week?YOU WILL SEE A LIST OF SOME IRREGULAR AND REGULAR VERBS IN THE NEXT SLIDESHOWS. 4 IRREGULAR VERBS LIST 5 REGULAR VERBS LIST
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