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The simple past tense is used to talk about a completed action in a time before now. The simple past is the basic form of past tense in English.

(O simple past é usado fala falarmos de ações que já foram executadas em um tempo anterior ao agora. O simple past é a forma básica do passado em inglês)

Yesterday?

Last month?

Last year?

2020?

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We usually make the positive by adding '-ed' to the infinitive. For example, 'play' becomes 'played'. However, there are some irregular verbs, for example 'go' becomes 'went' and 'run' becomes 'ran'.

Nos geralmente transformamos o verbo no passado apenas adicionando '-ed' a forma infinitiva. Por exemplo, 'play' se torna 'played'. Contudo, há alguns verbos irregulares, como o verbo 'go' que se torna 'went' e 'run', que se torna 'ran'

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In the negative there aren't any irregular verbs. All verbs use 'did not (didn't) + infinitive':

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Questions are also very easy. Just put 'did' before the subject, and the infinitive after it.

Here are the 'yes / no' questions:

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To make a 'wh' question, of course, put the question word at the beginning of the sentence:

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We answer the questions using the auxiliary verb, either in the affirmative form (did), or in the negative form (didn't, did not).

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What are the time expressions in simple past tense?

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What are the time expressions in simple past tense?

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⬤ yesterday
I went to the cinema yesterday.
⬤ last week, last year, last Sunday, last month etc.
He bought a car last week.
⬤ two years ago, four days ago, three minutes ago etc.
I saw her five minutes ago.
⬤ in 1995, in 2003 etc.
I had an accident in 2014.

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1. Did you like the film?
Yes, I did./No, I didn't.

2. Did they give her a present after the ceremony?
Yes, they did.

3. When did you start playing the guitar?
I started playing the guitar when I was nine.

4. When did you leave school?
I left school when I was sixteen.

5. When did you give your first gig?
We gave our first gig in a wedding in Liverpool.

6. How many sandwiches did he eat?
He ate 3 sandwiches.

7. What did she do with the book?
She sat on a bench and started reading.

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Learn about irregular verbs like be, eat, get, know and wear and do the exercises to practise using them.