Simple past

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Simple past

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Regular Verbs

• Regular verbs in the past end in –ed

• call – called ask - asked talk – talked • I talked to my teacher yesterday.• I asked my mom for help with my homework• I called my girlfriend this morning

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Irregular Verbs

• Irregular verbs do not end in –ed

• buy – bought see – saw come – came• • I bought a new cellphone yesterday.• I saw Lee Hyo Lee on TV last night• I came to class late last week

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Simple past questions

• Simple present questions use –do

• Do you take the subway to college?• Yes, I do / No, I don’t

• Simple past questions use – did

• Did you take the subway to college yesterday?• Yes, I did / No, I didn’t

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Statements

• Positive• We went to the cinema yesterday• They cooked ramyun for dinner last night

• Negative• We didn’t go to the cinema yesterday• They didn’t cook ramyun for dinner last night

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Time expressions

• We often use time expressions when we are talking about the past

• for……… He traveled in Europe for three weeks• in……. She visited Spain in 2008• ago……. I crashed my car three weeks ago• last…….. They went to a party last Saturday