Definition
Structure
Auxiliary
Regular Verbs
Irregular Verbs
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What is the simple past ?
Author: Johanna Hurtado
The simple past is a verb tense that is used to talk about things that happened or existed before now.
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What is the structure of an affirmative sentence in the past simple?
Author: Johanna Hurtado
Subject + verb in past tense + complement
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What is the auxiliary verb in the simple past?
Author: Johanna Hurtado
Did
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What are regular verbs?
Author: Johann Hurtado
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.
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What are irregulars verbs?
Author: Johanna Hurtado
are verbs that does not follow the usual rules for verb forms.
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What are the clue words in the simple past ?
Author: Johanna Hurtado
Yesterday; # years, weeks, months, days, hours ago; in (past year); last (month, week, year)
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What is the structure of an negative sentence in the past simple?
Author: Johanna Hurtado
Subject + didn't + verb in present tense + complement
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What is the short form of auxiliary did in negative form?
Author: Johanna Hurtado
Didn't
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What is the form of the verb "learn" in the past simple?
Author: Johanna Hurtado
Learned/learnt
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What is the form of the verb "blew" in the past simple?
Author: Johanna Hurtado
Blew
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When to use the past simple?
Author: Johanna Hurtado
The simple past is used to talk about a concrete action that began and ended in the past.
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What is the structure of a question in the past simple?
Author: Johanna Hurtado
Auxiliar (did) + subject + verb + complement + ?
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What is auxiliary verb ?
Author: Johanna Hurtado
A verb used in forming the tenses, moods, and voices of other verbs.
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What is the form of the verb "play" in the past simple?
Author: Johanna Hurtado
Played
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What is the form of the verb "break" in the past simple?
Author: Johanna Hurtado
Broke
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What is the main characteristic of the simple past?
Author: Johanna Hurtado
The verb is in the past tense.
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What is a short answer in simple past ?
Author: Johanna Hurtado
Yes, I did or No, I din't
According to the subject.
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Are there questions without auxiliary verb in English?
Author: Johanna Hurtado
Yes
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What is the form of the verb "learn" in the past simple?
Author: Johanna Hurtado
Learned
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What is the form of the verb "meet" in the past simple?
Author: Johanna Hurtado
Met