The document provides information about forming sentences in the past simple tense in English. It lists the affirmative, negative, and question forms for regular and irregular verbs. It provides spelling rules for adding "-ed" to verbs. It gives examples of time words and phrases used with the past simple tense. It provides examples of completed sentences in the past simple tense and questions for checking understanding.
The document provides information about forming sentences in the past simple tense in English. It lists the affirmative, negative, and question forms for regular and irregular verbs. It provides spelling rules for adding "-ed" to verbs. It gives examples of time words and phrases used with the past simple tense. It provides examples of completed sentences in the past simple tense and questions for checking understanding.
The document provides information about forming sentences in the past simple tense in English. It lists the affirmative, negative, and question forms for regular and irregular verbs. It provides spelling rules for adding "-ed" to verbs. It gives examples of time words and phrases used with the past simple tense. It provides examples of completed sentences in the past simple tense and questions for checking understanding.
The document provides information about forming sentences in the past simple tense in English. It lists the affirmative, negative, and question forms for regular and irregular verbs. It provides spelling rules for adding "-ed" to verbs. It gives examples of time words and phrases used with the past simple tense. It provides examples of completed sentences in the past simple tense and questions for checking understanding.
(FORM) affirmative I / You / We / They / She / He / It
stopped.
negative 1/ You / We / They / She / He / It
did not (didn't)
stop.
questions Did did did
When What
wait?
I / you / we / they / she / he / it
Leonardo da Vinci Leonardo da Vinci
live? paint?
short answers Yes,
1/ you"/ we / they / she / he / it
did.
No,
I / you / we / they / she / he / it
didn't.
spelling rules
Verbs end ing in e, add -d:
decide - decided
For one-syllable verbs ending one vowel + one consonant,
double the consonant and add -ed:
stop - stopped
Other one-syllable
wait - waited
Verbs end ing vowel + consonant + y, change
Note: verbs ending vowel + y add -ed:
Two-syllable verbs end ing one vowel + one consonant,
double the consonant if the stress is on the last syllable and add -ed:
prefer - preferred
If the stress is on the first syllable, add -ed:
profit
verbs add -ed:
irregular verbs Many verbs have irregular
-y to -i
and add -ed:
(see List of irregular verbs page 206)
past simple forms eg drink - drank
study - studied play - played
- profited
see -saw
@ Use past simple
to talk about finished events in the past, when we think about a definite Alexander's army marched beside the river and then stopped outside the city
time.
to describe the events in a story.
to describe habits and routines in the past. We usually use a time word or phrase. Leonardo painted in his studio every day.
Oliver heard the 50und of a bell. Soon afterwards, the door softly opened.
Subject and object questions
What did Leonardo paint? Who painted this portrait?
are bot h possible with past simple (see Unit 1).
object question: + auxiliary did subject question: no auxiliary did
Examples of time words and phrases we use wit h past simple:
yesterday on Tuesday
last night at 6.30
in 1754
in January
last week an hour ago
last year after that
Complete the sentence with the past simple form of the verb in brackets. a Aztec civilization (develop) b The Aztecs (leave) c They (believe) for a new land. d They (arrive) e They (build) f They (plant)
.J~v~IQ9~J in the Valley of Mexico, 7,500 feet above sea level.
their own land of Aztlan at some time during the 12th or 13th century. that Huitzilopochtli their war god (want) them to search in the Valley of Mexico during the 12th or 13th century AD. their capi tal city, Tenochtitlan, on an island in Lake Texcoco. trees on the island to make the land better, (work)
(improve) the land. g When the Spanish (arrive)HH that Cortez was a returning god.
hard and
in 1519, Montezuma, the Aztec ruler, (think) ..
h When the Spanish (see)
the Aztecs' gold, they (decide) to conquer the city. Later they (kill) Montezuma, (defeat) the Aztecs and (destroy) ..Aztec religion and culture.
2 Complete the sentence with the past simple form of the verb in brackets. Then decide if each sentence is True or a b c d e f g
False.
Check the factual answers on page 208.
Greek actors (wear)
WQr~ masks and special boots. TrL.l1:Spartan children (take) baths only two or three times a year. The philosopher Socrates (drink) poison and died. Alexander the Great's army (go) as far as China. Heron of Alexandria (make) a kind of jet engine. The Roman Emperor Caligula's name (mean) 'Happy Soldier'. Roman mathematics (have) no zero.
h Most Roman girls (get)
Roman soldiers (pay) The Romans (know)
married at the age of 18.
for their own equipment and food. how to make soap and cement.
Seven of the sentences (including the example) contain historical errors. Guess which ones are wrong and rewrite them with a negative past simple form. Check the factual answers on page 208. a Alexander the Great married Cleopatra . ...AI~x:el'1.d~c ..lh~ ...G.cl:-tll..diJl'1..\l..Merrlj ..CIe.QptllriJ.... b Nelson Mandela became President of South Africa in 1994. c Leonardo da Vinci invented the Internet. d Confucius the Chinese philosopher died in 1900. e Marco Polo stayed in China for five years. f The ancient Romans used steam engines in their battles.
(1)
Q. g Genghis Khan invaded Italy and captured Rome. h Christopher Columbus reached America by accident. William Shakespeare wrote Don Quixote.
