DEFINITION
What is the simple past tense?
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Is used to talk about a completed action in a time before now
What are regular verbs?
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verbs that don't change their root
Are most frequent verbs irregular?
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Yes,they are.
What goes first to make a sentence?
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Subject
Expression that you can use to definite point in time.
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last week, yesterday.
What's the other name of the simple past tense?
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Preterite
What do we add at the end of a regular verb?
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-ed
Past of be
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was,were.
Where does the verb go to make a sentence
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After the subject.
Expressions to define frequency:
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Often,sometimes,always.
Say True or False:
In the past tense the time of the action can be in the recent past or the distant past and action duration is not important?
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True
Is the regular verb the same for all persons?
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Yes, it is.
Is the past of bring-bringed?
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No it's not.
Do we always have to add "ed" to a regular verb?
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Yes, we do.
Auxiliary to express an action that we made.
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Did
With what kind of expressions do we associate the simple past?
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Time expressions
Simple past of cook.
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Cooked.
Example of irregular verb.
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*Whichever*
Is this correct: We saw a good film last week.
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Yes, it is.
Expressions to define a indefinite point in time:
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the other day, ages ago, a long time ago