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Understanding the Simple Past Tense: Forms, Usage, and Examples

This lesson provides a comprehensive overview of the simple past tense in English grammar. It explains how to form the simple past with regular and irregular verbs, including essential rules for negative statements and questions. Clear examples illustrate completed actions using the simple past, and learners practice by completing sentences with the correct past tense forms. Additional notes on common errors and the use of colons in writing are also featured, making this lesson a valuable resource for improving English grammar skills.

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Understanding the Simple Past Tense: Forms, Usage, and Examples

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  1. GRANTING AND DECLININGA REQUEST UNIT 8

  2. LESSON B • Grammar • Simple Past • 1. Form • The simple past is formed by using the past tense form. When the verb is regular we add –“d” or “-ed” to the bare infinitive to form the past tense. For negative and question we use “did” and “the infinitive” Examples : • I/You/He/She/It/We/They played/did not play. • Did I/you/he/she/it/we/they play? • Yes, I/You/He/She/It/We/They did. • No, I/You/He/She/It/We/They didn’t. • Note : A mistake is to use the past tense form in negatives and in questions. We use “did” and the bare infinitive. • WRONG : Did you played football? • No, I didn’t played it. • RIGHT : Did you play football? • No, I didn’t play it.

  3. LESSON B • A different pattern for the “verb to be. • Examples: • I/He/She/It was/was not (wasn’t) happy. • We/You/They were/were not (wasn’t) happy. • Was I/he/she/it…? • Yes, I/he/she/it was. • No, I/he/she/it wasn’t. • Were we/you/they…? • Yes, we/you/they were. • No, we/you/they weren’t.

  4. LESSON B • 2. Irregular verbs • There are many verbs that we don’t add “-ed” to the bare infinitive to form the simple past, but change it into different forms. • Examples: • I went to Australia last year. (bare infinitive : go) • I made a call to her yesterday, but she wasn’t in the office. • (bare infinitive : make, be) • 3. Completed actions • The simple past is used to talk about completed actions in the past. • Example: • We didn’t go our last night. • We stayed at home and watched TV.

  5. LESSON A Practice Choose a past tense form to complete the following sentences. He (make) ……………… some calls from his hotel room and (ring) ……………… up a large phone bill. The company (lose)………………money in its first year it made a profit of ฿ 2m. Somsak (go) ……………… abroad to look for work last month. The manager (write) ……………… a report for the director, giving a list of recommendations after he had finished his study. Harry (do) ……………… well on his English Exam. made rang lost went wrote did

  6. LESSON A Practice Choose a past tense form to complete the following sentences. Kathy (sleep) ……………… well last night. Jack (ride) ……………… his bicycle to the zoo last week. The President (meet) ……………… important people two days ago. Miss Daranee (teach) ……………… English last year. Watana (write) ……………… letters last week. slept rode met taught wrote

  7. LESSON A • Colon • We use a colon to indicate an elucidation or explanation. • It is very often used before a list. • Example: • The members which participated in the conference were the • following : Sakchai, Decha, and Prasit. • The colon is used after the salutation in a formal • or business letter. • Dear Sirs : • Gentlemen : • The colon is used in writing clock time. • 5 : 25 a.m. • 2 : 05 p.m. • The even hours are customarily written out. • Example. • I got up this morning at six o’clock although I usually wake up at five.

  8. LESSON A Practice Put a tick () before the correct sentence, and make a cross () before the false sentence. …… 1. Dear Ms. Scott: …… 2. We had everything: desks, chairs, lamps, computers, telephones, that we needed to start processing orders. …… 3. We had everything we needed to start processing orders: desks, chairs, lamps, computers, telephones. …… 4. The confusion was massive: trucks, cars, bicycles, and pedestrians moves indiscriminately about the square. …… 5. There’s only one word to describe his proposal: brilliant. …… 6. She had three brothers: Joe, Steve and Tony. …… 7. We have made a difficult decision; the company will close. …… 8. There is only one important question: how did this happen?        

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