What is the past simple?
To talk about the past
Regular verbs
add -ed
Irregular verbs
Verb to be – was, were
Begin- began
Break- broke
Leave- left
Negative
Did not + verb
I did not eat it.
I didn’t do that.
Question
Did + subject + verb
What did you see?
Did you locked the door?
Did you do your homework?
When do we used past simple?
For completed actions in the past
Past simple used with time flags
Last week
at the weekend
in 2019
two years ago
A particular time in the past
The bus arrived at 10am.
Within a period of time in the past
She was at school between 10am and 3pm.
I spent all morning cooking.
Complete period of time implied
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