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Past Simple - Coggle Diagram
Past Simple
Time expressions
last night / week / month / Friday...
three days
ago
/ a long time ago...
yesterday / yesterday morning / the day before yesterday...
When I was a child / When I was younger...
To be
Affirmative Sentences
👍
I was
You were
He / She / It was
We were
You were
They were
Interrogative sentences
❓
Was I ...?
Were you ...?
Answers
Short Answer
Yes, I was
No, I was not / No, I wasn't
Long Answer
Were you happy? Yes, I was happy
Was he / she / it ...?
Were we ...?
Were you ...?
Were they ...?
Negative sentences
👎
I was not / I wasn't
You were not / You weren't
He / She / It was not // She wasn't
We were not / We weren't
You were not / You weren't
They were not / They weren't
Use
Finished actions in the past →
Yesterday I had three coffees
Habits in the past →
When I was a child, I listened to the Spice Girls' music
Interrogative sentences
❓
Wh-questions
(Wh-word) + Did + Subject + Verb...? →
What did you do yesterday?
Yes / No questions
Answers
Long Answers
Yes, I worked this morning
👍 correct
Yes, I worked
👎 not correct
Short Answers
No, I did not / No, I didn't
Yes, I did / Yes, she did
Did + subject + base form verb...? →
Did you work this morning?
Affirmative Sentences
👍
Regular Verbs
Form
Regular verbs → add -ed
-y → -ied : (to cry)
She cried
consonant + vowel + consonant (stressed) - double the consonant →
to commit - I committed
Some verbs ending in -el
travelled
(UK)
traveled
(US)
-e + d: (like)
She liked
Pronunciation
/t/
/k/, /p/, /f/, /s/, /ʃ/, /tʃ/, /ks/
(voiceless sounds)
/k/ picked, /p/ hoped, /f/ laughed, /s/ crossed, /ʃ/ pushed, /tʃ/ watched, /ks/ faxed
/d/
/b/, /v/, /z/, /m/, /l/, /n/, /r/, /ʒ/ + vowel sounds
/b/ robbed, /v/ lived, /z/ amazed, /m/ climbed, /l/ called, /n/ cleaned, /r/ offered, /ʒ/ damaged, (vowel sound) cried
/id/
verbs ending in these two sounds: /d/, /t/
started /t/, avoided /d/
Negative sentences
👎
Subject + did not / didn't + verb base form →
I didn't work this morning
Pretérito perfecto simple (yo comí), pretérito imperfecto (yo comía, yo bailaba)
Auxiliary Verb: did