Past simple (I did)
A) Study this example :
Tom : Look! It’s raining again.
Ann : Oh no, not again. It rained all day yesterday too.
- I very much enjoyed the party.
- Mr. Edwards died ten years ago.
- When I lived in Manchester, I worked in a bank.
B) Very often the past simple ends in -ed :
- We invited them to our party but they decided not to come.
- The police stopped me on my way home last night.
- She passed her examination because she studied very hard.
But many important verbs are irregular.This means that the past simple does not end in -ed. For Example:
leave → left We all left the party at 11 o’clock.
go → went Yesterday I went to
cost → cost This house cost $35,000 in 1980.
The past of the verb be (am/is/are) is was/were :
| I/he/she/it | was | we/you/they | were |
C) In past simple questions and negatives we use did/didn’t + the infinitive (do/open/rain etc.):
It rained did it rain? It didn’t rain
- Tom : Yes, I went to the cinema. But I didn’t enjoy the film.
- When did Mr. Edwards die?
- What did you do at the week-end?
- We didn’t invite her to the party, so she didn’t come.
- Why didn’t you phone me on Tuseday?
Note that we normally use did/didn’t with have:
- Did you have time to write the litter?
- I didn’t have enough money to buy anything to eat.
But we do not use did with the verb be (was/were):
- Why were you so angry?
- They weren’t able to come because they were very busy.
1 comments:
did you have time to write the litter? i think better write ( letter)
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