Simple Past Tense STRUCTURE
► Positive Sentences
In the Simple Past Tense positive cümlelerin after the subject V2 (2 cases of verbs) are used. Elephants on the second case will be given below.
- I watched TV last night. (I watched television last night.)
- The rain stopped a few minutes ago. (The rain stopped a few minutes ago.)
- Mary came home very late last night. (Mary last night, came home very late.)
- Last year I traveled to England. (I have traveled to England last year.)
- John studied hard all year. (John worked very hard all year.)
► Negatives
Simple Past Tense in negative sentences, simple forms of the verb did not help after subject and verb (V1) is used. V2 is only used in a positive sentence.
- I did not go to a movie last night. I stayed at home. (I did not go to the cinema last night. I was at home.)
- Nick did not come to school yesterday. (Jane did not come to school yesterday.)
- We did not have breakfast this morning. (We do not eat breakfast this morning.)
- I went to a movie yesterday but I did not enjoy it. (Yesterday I went to a movie, but I did not like.)
- It did not snow yesterday. (Yesterday it snowed.)
► Question Clauses
While interrogative sentences, did help before the actual subject (beginning sentence) it is used. Simple verb form (V1) is used.
- Did you sleep well last night? (Did you sleep well last night?)
- Did you see the postman this morning? (Have you seen the postman this morning?)
- Did Julia have a good time at the party yesterday? (Juili to have a good time at the party yesterday?)
- Did you make your own dinner last night. (Dinner last night, did you?)
- Did they understand the question? (Did they understand the question?)
Simple Past Tense USE
► USE 1 Completed Action in the Past (past completed actions)
We use the Simple Past to express the idea that an action Started and finished at a specific time in the past. Sometimes the speaker may not actually mention the specific time, but they do have one specific time in mind.
(Simple Past Tense past started at a specific time and is used for finished action. Sometimes the speaker may not indicate exactly when, but definitely has a past idea in a sentence.)
EXAMPLES
- I saw a movie yesterday. (Yesterday I saw a movie.)
- I did not see a movie yesterday. (Yesterday I was watching a movie.)
- Last year, I traveled to Italy. (Last year, I traveled to Italy.)
- Last year, I did not travel to Italy. (I did not travel to Italy last year.)
- She washed all hands. (Washed his hands)
She did not wash all hands. (Was washing his hands)
The Simple Past can be used with a duration which starts and stops in the past. A duration is a long action often used with expressions like "for two years," "for five minutes," "all day" or "all year."
(Simple Past Tense started in the past and can be used with a process. The process is long and generally "two years", "all day" or "used with all year," as the time indicated.)
EXAMPLES
- I lived in Turkey for two years. (I lived in Turkey for two years.)
- İngilizce Ahmed studied for five years. (She studied English for five years.)
- They buy at the beach all day. (They sit on the beach all day.)
- We talked on the phone for thirty minutes. (We talked for half an hour on the phone.)
- How long did you wait for Them? (How long you wait for them?)
► USE 4 Habit in the Past (past habits)
The Simple Past can also be used to describe a habit which stopped in the past. It can have the same meaning as "used to". To make it clear that we are talking about a habit we often use expressions such as "always," "often," "usually," "never," "... when I was a child" or "... when I It was younger "in the sentence.
(Simple Past Tense also be used for in the past up our habits. "Used to" the same purpose can be used with mold. The actions we are talking about to explicitly indicate that a habit of "always" (Always), "often" (often), "usually" ( usually) and "never" (never) used expressions like.
EXAMPLES
- I played basketball when I was a child. (As a child I used to play basketball.)
- He played the guitar. (The guitar player.)
- She worked at the hospital after school. (After school he worked at the hospital.)
- They never went to school, they always skipped. (They never went to school, they always skipped.)
REGULAR AND Irregular Verbs (regular and irregular verbs)
► English, verbs are divided into regular and irregular. To turn become a regular verb of the past, elephants d according to the final syllable, it is the -ed or -ied jewelry. For example:
move - moved
watch - watched
study - studied
The rules regarding the introduction of -ed jewelry is given below.
RULE 1: If a vowel, and then coming to the letter, d team is added.
dance - danced
erase - Erased
place - placed
RULE 2: If a vowel and a consonant comes after trailing consonant is written twice and added -ed jewelry.
plan - planned
stop - stopped
CAUTION: w and x characters are not written twice.
snow - snowed
Fix - fixed
RULE 3: The two vowel and consonant then added -ed jewelry comes, the last letter is not written twice.
rain - rained
need - needed
RULE 4: If the last two letters added -ed jewelry quiet, the last letter is not written twice.
help - helped
add - added
RULE 5: If the word is a consonant followed -y letter came at the end, ie the end of the discarded letters and words -ied added.
Worry - worried
Reply - replied
If RULE 6: Word of the letter comes after a vowel followed ie, not -ied, -ed jewelry is made.
play - played
stay - stayed
IMPORTANT NOTE: Regular verbs become the second most commonly taking the jewelry -ed. A person learning English is just not enough to know these rules. It is unnecessary to try to learn the above rules. Once I read and learn the logic is useful, of course, but anyone who has engaged in a period of English, already have unconsciously learned the rules, seen as above. So instead of memorizing the detailed rules, reading books and more helpful to learn without realizing it.
► change without depending on any rules as the name implies irregular verbs must be learned so.
go - went
swim - swam
do - did
Irregular verbs are difficult to learn to read again and again. So read plenty of books, listening exercises you do, after a while you realize that you have already learned all verbs. Irregular verbs table are given in the next lesson.
► USER 2 Series of Completed Actions (in the past completed action series)
We use the Simple Past to list a series of completed actions in the past. (We use the simple past tense to describe past a row of completed actions.
EXAMPLES
- I finished work, walked to the beach, and found a nice place to swim.
(I finished work, walked to the beach and found a nice place to swim.)