The past simple tense is quite straightforward. The main problem is its spelling rules, which you’ll find below.
We use the past simple to describe an action that started in the past and ended in the past. It could be something that happened twenty years ago or something that happened two minutes ago. It started. It stopped. It’s over.
I visited a client in London yesterday.
She planned the event all by herself.
The most common time expressions used for the past simple are: yesterday, a week (month, year) ago, last (month, year, weekend, Monday) night, the day before yesterday, two days (months, years) ago. The time expression appears either at the beginning or at the end of the sentence – never in the middle of the sentence.
Forming the Past Simple
Subject Verb + d, ed, ied
or irregular form (V2) Rest of Sentence
I / He / She / It You / We / They walked to the shop yesterday
slept late last Saturday
The past simple is usually formed by adding d, ed, or ied to the base form of the verb, however, in English there are many irregular verbs that take on a completely different form in the past tense. Some people call this the V2 form of the verb. The best thing to do is to try and memorize them.
Negative Sentences in the Past Simple Tense
Spelling Tip
When shortening the 3rd person (he, she, it) negative, just remove the o in not and add an apostrophe (‘)
did not > didn’t
To create a negative sentence in the past simple, use didn’t (did not) + the base form of the verb.
Note: Save the long forms (did not) for when you want to create emphasis. When speaking, put the stress on ‘not’.
Subject didn’t + verb in the base form Rest of Sentence
I / He / She / It You / We / They didn’t walk to the shop yesterday
didn’t sleep late last Saturday
I didn’t talk to John yesterday.
He didn’t steal those ideas from the company.
You didn’t show me the photos from the wedding.
Ron did not sign the document.
Как я понимаю,это лохнесское чудовище
Loch Ness is the home of probably the world’s most famous monster. People say that from time to time you can see a big monster who they call “Nessie” in this lake. There are some reports about seeing great black humps on the surface of the lake and then their disappearing. The main question is – is it a fact or fiction?Experts have been discussing that question for years, but in recent times more and more people believe that a whole colony of giant creatures may live in the lake. In 1962 a group of people formed an organization called the Bureau for the Investigation of the Loch Ness Phenomena.Each summer they invite volunteers who watch the lake. And in 1966, they installed cameras on the banks to prove ‘Nessie’s’ existence. Other people made some photographs on the lake’s surface, but the pictures weren’t good enough to convince anyone, although a film made in 1961 convinced a lot of people that something exists in this lake. The film showed an object twenty-eight metres long, travelling at sixteen kilometers per hour.
Перевод:
Лох-Несс – место, где обитает возможно одно из самых знаменитых чудовищ во всем мире. Люди говорят, что в озере время от времени можно увидеть большого монстра, которого они называют «Несси». Есть заявления о том, что кто-то видел большие черные горбы на поверхности озера, которые затем исчезали. Главный вопрос – правда это или вымысел?Эксперты обсуждают этот вопрос на протяжении многих лет, но в последнее время все больше и больше людей верят, что существует целое поселение огромных существ в озере. В 1962 году группа людей создала организацию под названием Бюро расследований Лох-Несс.Каждое лето они приглашают волонтеров наблюдать за озером. В 1966 году они установили камеры на берегу, чтобы доказать существование Несси. Другие делали фотографии поверхности озера, но они не были достаточно хорошего качества, чтобы убедить кого-либо, хотя в 1961 году был снят фильм, который убедил многих, что в озере существует что-то. Этот фильм показывал объект двадцать метров в длину, который двигался со скоростью 16 километров в час.
1. went
2. bought
3. didn't come
4. flew
5. didn't swim
6. didn't have
7. took
8. saw
9. didn't get
10. were
Объяснение: