introducing simple past slide 1

It´s used to talk about events in the past.

It´s often used to tell a story …

Past Simple

She walked into the room

and looked around.

There was a knock on the door.

She opened it and saw …..

Example:

Affirmative formAffirmative form For regular verbs we add -ed

to the infinitive form of the verb.

For example:For example:

I workhard.

She walk

in the park.

They laugh

at the joke.

ed

ed

ed

Form For irregular verbs There are no rules.

Each irregular verb has its own past simple, and these can only

be learnt by heart.

Infinitive Past

eat

go

see

leave

ate

saw

went

left

Negative formNegative formWe form the negative of the Past Simple with didn´t (did not) + the infinitive without ‘to’

AffirmativeAffirmative NegativeNegative

She ate pears. She didn´t eat grapes.

He played soccer. He didn´t play basketball.

They went to a wedding They didn´t go to a birthday party. party.

Sitios consultados:

http://images.google.com

http://208.43.114.248/~icalweb/wiki/index.php?title=Past_Simple

http://www.welcometoenglishandfun.com/grammar/pdf/Talking%20about%20the

%20past.pdf