GRAMMAR 14: Past Simple

Use the Simple Past to express the idea that an action started and finished at a specific time in the past.
The verb in the Past Simple form can be REGULAR or IRREGULAR.
- Regular verbs:

Example:
- Affirmative form: Maria played with her friends-> La Maria jugava amb les seves amigues.
- Negative form: They didn't play football-> Ells no jugaven a futbol.
- Question form: Did you play the guitar?-> Toques la guitarra?

In Past Simple verbs ending:
- In "-e" add "-d" (For example like->liked).
- Consonant and "-y" change "-y -> -i" and "-ed" (For example study-> studied).
- Vowel and consonant, double the consonant and add "-ed" (For example stop-> stopped).
- "-y" and "-w" at the end of a word are not consonant sounds. So verbs ending in "-y" or "-w" do not double the consonant (For example play-> played).

- Irregular verbs:
The past forms of the irregular forms don't end in "-ed". They have different forms and we need to learn then gradually.
Example: begin->began; get->got; come->came; have->had; go->went...

Exercise:
Put correct the verb in Past Simple.
1. I................(live) in Canada for two years.
2. Laura..................(sttudy) Japanese in school.
3. They...................(not stay) at the party the entire time.
4. We...................(talk) on the phone for three hours.
5. ............ you...............(play) a musical instrument when you were a kid?
6. He.....................(not like) patatoes before.
7. I.................(come) home early yesterday.
8. We................(go) to the movies last weekend.