• PAST SIMPLE USES We use Present Simple to talk about actions we did in the past (and we are not doing yet)
I lived in Madrid (but I live in Badajoz now…) She played tennis (but she prefers badminton now…)
And also to say: how we were: She was very beautiful how old we were: I was 8 when it happened where we lived: We lived in Madrid in 1990 our state in the past: You were very hungry yesterday
My teacher had a bad cold
the time in the past: It was six o’clock when she came the weather in the past: Yesterday, it was sunny FORM (Examples: verbs LIKE and BREAK) I liked
I broke
You liked
You broke
He / she / it liked
He / she / it broke
We liked
We broke
You liked
You broke
They liked
They broke
There are two types of English verbs: Regular verbs: form the Past Simple by adding –ED or –D (-d, when ending in ‘e’ (live: lived)). Verbs ending in ‘consonant + y’ add –IED (cry: cried) Lulu watched TV yesterday Short regular verbs ending in vowel+consonant, they double the last consonant Stop - stopped Irregular verbs: they have their own form for Past Simple (you must study the irregular verbs list) We (go) went to New York last Christmas
Negative I didn’t like
I didn’t break
You didn’t like
You didn’t break
He / she / it didn’t like
Remember!! I not liked He / she / it didn’t break didn’t
We didn’t like
We didn’t break
You didn’t like
You didn’t break
They didn’t like
They didn’t break
He didn’t broke break
Interrogative Did I like?
Did I break?
Did you like?
Did you break?
Did he / she / it like?
Did he / she / it break?
Did we like?
Did we break?
Did you like?
Did you break?
Did they like?
Did they break?
Remember!! Liked you? Did you like? Did she broke? break