1. Company Success Language School presents:
Past Simple
Headway Pre-Intermediate
Unit 3

2. Use The Past Simple expresses a past action that is finished.
Susan phones her sister
every day.
Susan phoned her sister
yesterday.
phoned= Past Simple of phone
The form of the Past Simple is the same in all persons

3. Spelling of regular verbs
The normal rule is to add –ed.
work  worked
start  started
If the verbs ends in –e add –d
live  lived
like  liked
If the verb has only one syllable and ends in a vowel and a consonant double the consonant and add –ed
stop  stopped
plan  planned
Verbs end in a consonant and –y change to –ied
study  studied
carry  carried

4. Irregular verbs
Some verbs have different Past Simple form. They don’t end in –ed. They are called irregular verbs. See the list on page 142. Here are some examples:
present past simple past participle
eat  ate  eaten
go  went  gone
see  saw  seen
come  came  come
buy  bought  bought
get  got  got
say  said  said
read  read  read
cut  cut  cut
put  put  put

5. Sentences Positive Negative I He / She / It moved to London in 1985.We
You
They
moved
went
to London in 1985.
Negative
We use didn’t + infinitive (withouth to) in all persons
didn’t move
didn’t go
to London.

6. Questions With question word Yes / No questions Did
We use did+ infinitive (withouth to) in all persons
+ infinitive (withouth to) in all persons
When
Where
did I
he / she / it
we / you / they
move?
go?
In 1985.
To London
Yes / No questions
Did
move go
to London.
Short answers: Yes, I did.
No, she didn’t.