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THE SIMPLE PAST - Coggle Diagram
THE SIMPLE PAST
Was/Were: AFIRMATIVE/ NEGATIVE/ NEGATIVE QUESTION
AFIRMATIVE WERE: My uncles were dancing a lot
NEGATIVE WERE: They weren´t good at dancing
NEGATIVE QUESTION WAS: Why wasn´t son in the pool?
AFIRMATIVE WAS: He was a great dancer
NEGATIVE WAS: He was not good at playing soccer
NEGATIVE QUESTION WERE: Why weren´t they in the pool?
EXAMPLE
Lindbergh returned from his last flight.
The Wright brothers flew in their airplane.
Earhart didn´t return from her last flight.
Goddard didn´t fly in his rocket.
Was and Were
WERE: ( We, You, They )
There were many sweets
WAS: ( I, He, She, It )
There was a party
Yes/No Question
POSITIVO: Yes, the were. NEGATIVE: No, they weren´t.
EXPLANATION
For the negative past tense, we use didn´t + the base form for ALL verbs, regular and irregular.
COMPARE: Returned - didn´t return, Flew - didn´t fly, Built - didn´t build, Put - didn´t put.
REMEMBER: Put and a few other past-tense verbs are same as the base form.
PRONUNCIATION of - ed past forms
( T ) Pronounce/t after voiceless sounds: /p,k,f,s/
( D ) Pronounce /d/ after voiced sounds: /b,g,v,d,z,j,m,n,l,r/ and all vowel sounds.
( ED ) Pronounce / ed / d / or / t / sounds.
EXAMPLES
rub - rubbed use - used bathe - bathed call - called
wait - waited add - added hate - hated want - wanted
jump - jumped cook - cooked kiss - kissed watch - watched
SIMPLE PAST EXPLANATION
To form the simple past tense pf regular verbs, we add-ed to the base form.
BASE FORM: start, dream, design, offer
PAST FORM: started, dreamed, designed, offered
The past form is the same for all persons.
EXAMPLE: They dreamed about flying.
NEGATIVE FORMS OF PAST TENSE VERBS
