PAST SIMPLE

PAST SIMPLE

1. FORM OF SIMPLE PAST

   • Positive
     • I spoke
   • Question
     • Did I speak?
   • Negative
     • I did not speak

2. Exceptions in Spelling when Adding ‘ed’

   • "After a final e only add d"
     • Exemple: love – loved
   • Final consonant after a short, stressed vowel or l as final consonant after a vowel is doubled
     • admit – admitted
     • travel – travelled
   • Final y after a consonant becomes i
     • hurry – hurried

3. Use of Simple Past

   • Action in the past taking place once, never or several times
     • Example: He visited his parents every weekend.
   • Actions in the past taking place one after the other
     • Example: He came in, took off his coat and sat down.
   • Action in the past taking place in the middle of another action
     • Example: When I was having breakfast, the phone suddenly rang.
   • if sentences type II (If I talked, …)
     • Example: If I had a lot of money, I would share it with you.

4. Signal Words of Simple Past

   • yesterday, 2 minutes ago, in 1990, the other day, last Friday
   • If-Satz Typ II (If I talked, …)