m

m


STRUCTURE

The past simple tense of the most English verbs ?

M
 

is formed by :
adding
î
îî î to their base form.
There are also some verbs called a
 

that have special past tense forms. (



 


 
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EXAMPLES

I worked hard yesterday ?

I went to my grandmother last week ?

I learned playing tennis five years ago ?

IRREGULAR VERBS

m

   m 
Go Went
eat ate
drink drank
speak spoke
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  m

m 

? to describe actions and situations that happened
in the past. These actions and situations were






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?
We 

 at 9:00 o'clock.
ADVERBS INDICATE PAST TENSE

The sentence often contains an adverb or adverb ?

phrase of time, such as ©

©, 
 

©, 
, 

, 

© , 



 ,
©
, f ©
 
©
, etc.
NEGATIVE FORM
? I
you DID + NOT work
he/she/it /DIDN'T/
we
they

He 
  yesterday.
She 


him last night.
ºUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

 you  to the cinema last night? ?
Yes, I 
.
No, I 



 he 
 with Kate yesterday?
Yes, he 
.
No, he 
.
EXERCISES

Change the verbs in the ?

following sentence into
past tense.
1. Yesterday, I go to the restaurant . ?
2. We drive around the parking lot for 20 minutes in ?
order to find a parking space.
3. When we arrive at the restaurant, the place is full. ?
4. she asks us if we have reservations. ?
5. I say, "No, my friend forgets to make them." ?
EXERCISES
6- she tells us to come back in two hours. ?

7. My friend and I slowly walk back to the car. ?

8. Then we see a small store. ?

9. We stop in the store and buy some ?

sandwiches.

10. That is better than waiting for two hours. ?

?
EXERCISES
? Write the following sentences in negative form:
? 1- she told me to wait.

? 2- they finished their home work early

? 3- I slept at 8 o·clock

? 4- I wrote the story

? 5- he waited us
EXERCISES
? Make yes, no questions for the following
sentences :
? I played football yesterday

? We saw a nice movie last night

? You spoke English well

? She cocked the dinner last evening

EXERCISES
Write the correct tense for the following ?
sentences :
She studied for the exam yesterday ?
The sun rises everyday ?
I am teaching now ?