Universidad Alfonso Reyes
INGLES
Héctor Vázquez Téllez
F3072
Lucero Alejandra Martínez Hernández
22 de junio del 2012
THE SIMPLE PAST.
The simple past tense, also called the Simple Past,
is used for past actions that happened either at a specific time, which can
either be given by a time phrase (yesterday, last year, etc.) or understood
from the context. Regular verbs add -ed to the base form, or -d if the verbs ends with -e. irregular verbs can change in many different ways.
The verb form is the same for all person:
I liked, you liked, she/he/it liked, we liked, they
liked.
Sentences examples:
Verb*ed or irregular verbs
1-You called Christina?
Did you call Christina?
You did not call Christina?
2-who typed the letters?
I didn’t type the letters
Use the Simple Past to express the idea that an action
started and finished at a specific time in the past. Sometimes, the speaker may
not actually mention the specific time, but they do have one specific time in
mind.
· I saw a movie yesterday.
· I didn't see a play yesterday.
· Last year, I traveled to Japan.
· Last year, I didn't travel to Korea.
· Did you have dinner last night?
·
She washed her car.
· He didn't wash his car.
We use the Simple Past to list a series of completed
actions in the past.
I finished work, walked to the beach, and found a nice place to swim.
He arrived from the airport at 8:00 checked into
the hotel at 9:00 and met the others at 10:00
Did you add flour, pour in
the milk, and then add the eggs?
The Simple Past can be used with a duration which
starts and stops in the past. A duration is a longer action often indicated by
expressions such as: for two years, for five minutes, all day, all year, etc.
I lived in Brazil for two years.
Shauna studied Japanese for five years.
They sat at the beach all day.
They did not stay at the party the entire time.
We talked on the phone for thirty minutes.
A: How
long did you wait for them?
B: We waited for one hour
B: We waited for one hour
Some Simple past of regular verbs examples
Present
simple past
Finish
finished
Type typed
Sign
signed
Arrive
arrived
Stay
stayed
Want
wanted
Ask
asked
Post
posted
Walk
walked
Look
looked
Shout shouted
Hurry
hurried
Wait
waited
Move
moved
Pull
pulled
Miss
missed
Kill
killed
Carry
carried
Rush
rushed
Enjoy
enjoyed
Listen listened
Study studied
Clean
cleaned
The present tense
The present tense is a gramatical tense that locates a
situation or event in present time. This linguistic definition refers to
a concept that indicates a feature of the meaning of a verb. However, in
discussions of specific languages, the term "present tense" is often
used to refer to a particular grammatical form that, depending on the language, may
frequently be used to express the present nature of an action or, in some
cases, may be used to express non-present action.
In English, present tense
form may be used to express action in the present, a current state of being, an
occurrence in the future, or an action that started in the past and continues.
The present simple or simple
present is used in several ways:
§ to describe both habits and
or routines, and general facts or the truth.
§ to present thoughts, feelings, and other unchanging states.
§ to indicate scheduled events in the near future.
§ to indicate events at any time in the future in a dependent
clause.
§ to provide narratives such as instructional narratives
§ to narrate past events
The present simple tense is often used with adverbs of repeated
time, as in these examples with the adverbs shown in italics:
§ I never come to school by cycle.
§ He always forgets to do his homework.
§ I never catch the late bus home.
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