Past simple

SPEAKING SESSION PRE-INTERMEDIATE ENGLISH PAST SIMPLE Past simple: form For regular verbs, we add -ed to the base form of the verb (work–worked) or -d if the verb already ends in e (move– moved).

In regular one-syllable verbs with a single vowel followed by a consonant, we double the final consonant when adding -ed to make the past simple: Stop: The bus stopped suddenly.

Plan: Who planned this trip?

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Past simple: pronunciation of -ed For regular verbs, there are three possible pronunciations of -ed endings.

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Past simple: irregular verbs Many verbs are irregular. Here are some common ones. Each one has to be learnt.

The verb form is the same for all persons (I, you, she, he, it, we, they), and we make questions and negatives with irregular verbs in the same ways as for regular verbs.

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Past simple: uses Definite time in the past We use the past simple to talk about definite time in the past (often we specify when something happened, e.g. yesterday, three weeks ago, last year, when I was young): 1. Did you watch that film yesterday?

2. He left at the end of November.

3. When they were young, they hated meat.

Single or habitual events or states We use the past simple to talk about single or regular (habitual) events or states in the past.

When we use the past simple to refer to habitual events, the meaning is similar to used to: 1. I did a lot of travelling when I was younger. (Or I used to do a lot of travelling when I was younger.)

The past simple with no time reference Sometimes there is no time expression when the past simple is used. This happens especially when we know the time: Leonardo Da Vinci painted the Mona Lisa. (From our general knowledge, we know that Leonardo Da Vinci painted the Mona Lisa a few hundred years ago.)

Past simple and the order of events When one past event happens after another, the first one mentioned in the past simple happened first and the second one happened next, and so on. If we change the order of the verbs, this changes the meaning.

Let’s practice Read the following regular verbs and try to pronounce them correctly. (Remember the pronunciation of ed endings).

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Complete the following sentences in the correct simple past form.

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Production Read the following book and practice your pronunciation.

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Students have to make affirmative, negative or interrogative sentences.

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ASSESSSMENT Make the past simple, positive, negative or question. https://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/past-simple-exercise-8.html