Simple past
Regular verbs
Irregular verbs
Simple past vs present perfect
Simple past vs past progressive
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How is simple past also known for?
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Preterite
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What is a regular verb?
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It is any verb whose conjugation follows the typical pattern "ed".
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What are irregular verbs?
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Irregular verbs are verbs which do not follow normal rules for conjugation.
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This expressions:Yesterday, last week, a month ago. Do they relate to simple past or present perfect?
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simple past
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What do the past continuous shows us?
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That an action was already in progress at a certain time in the past.
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What does simple past represent?
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Events in the past
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Which kind of verbs occur more frecuently in English, regular or irregular?
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Regular
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What is the past form of give?
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Given
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This expressions:just, yet, never. Do they relate to simple past or present perfect?
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present perfect
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When we use these two tenses together, in which period of time does the simple past occur?
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It happened in the middle of the past continuous action, while it was in progress.
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How do we make a simple past sentence?
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S+V(past form)+complement
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If a verb of one syllable ends [consonant-vowel-consonant], what do we have to double and add?
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Double the final consonant and add "ed": chat > chatted
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What are the strong irregular verbs in english?
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Verbs that do not allow any final form of ed;
give–gave–given
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What is the present perfect form of the sentence: "I played football. "
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I have played football.
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What does this sentence mean: "What were you doing at 8 p.m. last night? I was studying." ?
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That you started studying before 8 p.m. and you continued after 8 p.m.
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How do we make a simple past question?
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Aux+S+verb+?
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If the final consonant is "w," "x," or "y," what do we do with the verb?
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Don't double it, just add ed:
- sew > sewed
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What are the weak irregular verbs in english?
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Verbs that allow a final form of ed:
bend – bent/*bended – bent/*bended
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Actions beginning in the past and still continuing refer to: simple past or present perfect
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present perfect
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Which auxiliaries verbs do we make the past continuous with?
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Was and were
