What is simple past?
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The simple past is a verb tense that is used to talk about things that happened or existed before now.
What are the differents forms of the verbs?
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Simple present, Past simple, Past participle
Which is the structure for a statement in past simple?
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Subjetc+Verb in past+ Complement.
What do you have to do if the verb ends in e?
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You just add d at the end of the verb.
I eat yesterday.
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I ate yesterday.
Do you use the verb to be for simple past?
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No, you don't. You have to use the auxiliar verb did.
What are regular verbs?
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Regular verbs are those whose past tense and past participles are formed by adding a -d or an -ed to the end of the verb.
Which is the structure for a negative statement in past simple?
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Subject+did+ verb in the base form+complement.
What do you have to do if the verb ends in a consonant + y?
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You change the y to i and add ed.
I didn't saw the news.
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I didn't see the news.
What happen with the verb when is an irregular verb?
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The verbs changes to its base form.
What are irregular verbs?
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A verb in which the past tense is not formed by adding the usual -ed ending.
Which is the structure for the question in past simple tense?
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Did+ subject+Verb in base form+ complement+ question mark (?)
What do you have to do if a short verb ends with a consonant-vowel-consonant?
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You have to double the last letter and then add ed.
Did you played the piano at the concert?
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Did you play the piano at the concert?
How the verb goes in a question ?
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The verb returns to its base form.
Write the past form of the verb seek.
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sought
Does the verb in negative statements in past simple tense go in its base form or in past?
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It goes in base form.
What do you have to do if the last syllable of the verb ends with a consonant-vowel-consonant and that syllable is stressed?
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You have to double the last consonant and then add ed.
I preferred to stay at home the last week.
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I prefered to stay at home the last week.