Verb Tenses: Past Simple, Past Continuous, Past Perfect Simple, Past Perfect Continuous, Study notes of English

Download Verb Tenses: Past Simple, Past Continuous, Past Perfect Simple, Past Perfect Continuous and more Study notes English in PDF only on Docsity! LARISSA MIKI OHOTAGURO | 05 MAIO 2024 Verb Tenses: Past Past Simple The Past Simple form is used to (1) describe finished actions/situations in the past, (2) say that one thing happened after another. Past Simple = Verb(-ed) Examples: 1. I went to London last year. 2. When the teacher came in, we took out our books. Conjugation: Verb to Be Affirmative Form Negative Form Question Form Answer Form I was I wasn’t Was I…? Yes, I was | No, I wasn’t You were You weren’t Were you...? Yes, you were | No, you weren’t He/She/It was He/She/It wasn’t Was He/She/It…? Yes, he/she/it was | No, he/she/it wasn’t We were We weren’t Were we…? Yes, we were | No, we weren’t You were You weren’t Were you...? Yes, you were | No, you weren’t They were They weren’t Were they…? Yes, they were | No, they weren’t LARISSA MIKI OHOTAGURO | 05 MAIO 2024 Conjugation: Verb “Do” Affirmative Form Negative Form Question Form Answer Form I did I didn’t Did I verb…? Yes, I did | No, I didn’t You did You didn’t Did you verb...? Yes, you did | No, you didn’t He/She/It did He/She/It didn’t Did He/She/It verb…? Yes, he/she/it did | No, he/she/it didn’t We did We didn’t Did we verb…? Yes, we did | No, we didn’t You did You didn’t Did you verb...? Yes, you did | No, you didn’t They did They didn’t Did they verb…? Yes, they did | No, they didn’t • When conjugating regular verbs, add -ed to the verb; Example: Invent → Invented • For verbs that end in -e, add -d to the verb when conjugating in the past tense; Example: Create → Created • With verbs that end in consonants + y, omit the -y and add -ied to the verb when conjugating in the past tense; Example: Study → Studied • With verbs that end in vowel + consonant, double the consonant and add -ed to the verb when conjugating in the past tense; Example: Stop → Stopped o Exceptions: verbs that end in -w, -x, -y