SIMPLE PAST explanation by Proper English with Ananda

DID

properEnglish_Ananda — 2023-09-19 14:24:13 UTC

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?

Positive form

properEnglish_Ananda — 2023-09-19 14:27:03 UTC

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'}

Interrogative form.

properEnglish_Ananda — 2023-09-19 14:30:27 UTC

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

Here are the 'yes / no' questions:

Example:

properEnglish_Ananda — 2023-09-19 14:39:30 UTC

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

What are the time expressions in simple past tense?

properEnglish_Ananda — 2023-09-19 14:40:27 UTC

⬤ 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.

properEnglish_Ananda — 2023-09-19 14:48:41 UTC

Did you like the film?
Yes, I did./No, I didn't.
Did they give her a present after the ceremony?
Yes, they did.
When did you start playing the guitar?
I started playing the guitar when I was nine.
When did you leave school?
I left school when I was sixteen.
When did you give your first gig?
We gave our first gig in a wedding in Liverpool.
How many sandwiches did he eat?
He ate 3 sandwiches.
What did she do with the book?
She sat on a bench and started reading.

Negative form

properEnglish_Ananda — 2023-10-02 16:36:29 UTC

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

'Wh' interrogative form

properEnglish_Ananda — 2023-10-02 16:38:28 UTC

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

Irregular list

properEnglish_Ananda — 2023-10-21 18:54:30 UTC