Past Simple Form and Use

Grammar

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When do we use Past Simple?

When we talk about actions that happen in the past. We often have some markers that help us understand it is the past form. For example, yesterday, a week/month/year ago, last week/month/year.

Examples:

I walked in the park yesterday.

We went there a year ago.

They had a meeting last week.

Possessions – verb HAVE – HAD

The past form of the verb HAVE is HAD. We use the verb HAD only in positive sentences.
The negative form is didn’t have, the question form – Did you/we/he….have?

Examples:

She had a lot of toys when she was a child.

We didn’t have much time yesterday.

Did you meet your friend last week?

Correct the mistakes

Had you any time yesterday? No, I haven’t.

Did she has a good time at the party? Yes, she has.

Does she had money for this dress? Yes, she had.

Have you breakfast in the morning today? Of course, I had.

What does we have for lunch yesterday?

He had got a new car.

They hadn’t got a house in Miami.

What had he with him?

Correct mistakes – verb HAD in Past Simple

Did she has a good time with her friend?

Had she a cat when she was younger? No, she hasn’t.

Did he had a good mark for the test?

He hadn’t enough time for this.

Did they having time for a walk?

Did you had time to help me?

He hadn’t friends, so he be lonely.

They wasn’t at the party because they was having a meeting.

What did you has for breakfast?

Do you like have free time after work? Yes, I have.

Yes/no & Wh-questions

Yes/no – start your question with the auxiliary verb DID	Wh-questions – start with the question word (who, what, why, where, when, how)
Did you visit him last week?	Who did you help? BUT Who helped you? (because we have no subject)
Did she go there alone?	What did they see?
Did they know about it?	Where did you go?
Did we plan that?	How did you spend time last holiday?

Key Ideas

You need to remember REGULAR and IRREGULAR verbs. Regular verbs get ending -d or -ed. As for the irregular verbs, you must learn them. You will see the table later.

Examples of regular verbs:

dance – danced

stop – stopped

play – played

talk – talked

Regular verbs can have different pronunciation

Examples:

[t] after unvoiced sounds – danced, stopped, talked, watched, fixed, worked, finished

[d] after voiced sounds – answered, changed, played, repaired, gathered, watered, enjoyed, cried, received, cleaned, turned

[id] after letters D and T – studied, started, visited, repeated

Confusing words

lie – lied – обманювати

lie – lay – lain – лежати

lay – laid – laid – класти

fall – fell – fallen – падати

feel – felt – felt – почувати себе

Irregular verbs

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Letter B

Infinitive – Present Simple form	Past Simple form	Present/Past Perfect & Passive form	Translation
be – am, is, are	was – I, he, she,it were – you, we, they	been	бути
bear	bore	born	витримувати be born – народитись
beat	beat	beaten	бити
become	became	become	стати
begin	began	begun	розпочати
bet	bet	bet	робити ставку, бути впевненим
bend	bent	bent	нахилятись
bind	bound	bound	зв’язувати
bite	bit	bitten	кусати
bleed	bled	bled	кровоточити
blow	blew	blown	дути
break	broke	broken	ламати
breed	bred	bred	розводити тварин
bring	brought	brought	приносити
broadcast	broadcast	broadcast	транслювати
build	built	built	будувати
burn	burnt	burnt	палити, обпалитись
burst	burst	burst	вибухнути
buy	bought	bought	купувати

Letter C

can	could		могти
catch	caught	caught	ловити
choose	chose	chosen	обирати
come	came	come	приходити
cost	cost	cost	коштувати
cut	cut	cut	різати, порізатись

Letter D

deal	dealt	dealt	мати справу з
dig	dug	dug	копати
do	did	done	робити
draw	drew	drawn	малювати олівцями
dream	dreamt	dreamt	мріяти
drink	drank	drunk	пити
drive	drove	driven	водити машину

Letter E

eat

ate

eaten

їсти

Letter F

fall	fell	fallen	падати
feel	felt	felt	почувати себе
fight	fought	fought	боротись
find	found	found	знаходити
fly	flew	flown	літати
forbid	forbade	forbidden	забороняти
forgive	forgave	forgiven	прощати
foresee	foresaw	foreseen	передбачати
foretell	foretold	foretold	передрікати
freeze	froze	frozen	заморозити

Letter G

get	got	got/gotten	отримати
give	gave	given	давати
go	went	gone	іти
grow	grew	grown	рости

Letter H

hang	hung	hung	вішати
have	had	had	мати
hear	heard	heard	чути
hide	hid	hidden	ховати
hold	held	held	тримати
hit	hit	hit	вдарити
hurt	hurt	hurt	поранити, боліти

Letter K

keep	kept	kept	тримати, продовжувати
know	knew	known	знати

Letter M

make	made	made	зробити
mean	meant	meant	означати
meet	met	met	зустріти
mistake	mistook	mistaken	переплутати

Letter P

pay	paid	paid	платити
put	put	put	класти

Letter O

overhear	overheard	overheard	підслухати
oversleep	overslept	overslept	проспати

Letter R

read	read	read	читати
ride	rode	ridden	кататись
ring	rang	rung	дзвонити
rise	rose	risen	вставати, підійматись
run	ran	run	бігати

Letter S

say	said	said	сказати
see	saw	seen	бачити
sell	sold	sold	продавати
send	sent	sent	відправляти
set	set	set	встановлювати
shake	shook	shaken	трясти, потиснути (руки)
shine	shone	shone	блищати
shoot	shot	shot	стріляти
show	showed	shown	показувати
sing	sang	sung	співати
sink	sank	sunk	тонути
sit	sat	sat	сидіти
sleep	slept	slept	спати
smell	smelt/smelled	smelt/smelled	мати запах, нюхати
speak	spoke	spoken	розмовляти
spend	spent	spent	витрачати щось, проводити час
spoil	spoilt	spoilt	псувати
spread	spread	spread	розповсюджувати
stand	stood	stood	стояти
steal	stole	stolen	красти
swear	swore	sworn	клястись
swim	swam	swum	плавати

Letter T

take	took	taken	брати
teach	taught	taught	навчати, викладати
tear	tore	torn	розривати
tell	told	told	казати
think	thought	thought	думати
throw	threw	thrown	кидати

Letter U

understand	understood	understood	розуміти
undertake	undertook	undertook	взятись за щось складне
undo	undid	undone	розв’язати, розстебнути, скасувати

Letter W

wake (up)	woke	woken	будити (прокидатись)
wear	wore	worn	носити одяг
win	won	won	перемагати
withdraw	withdrew	withdrawn	знімати, виводити гроші
write	wrote	written	писати