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- Custom is a second nature.
- When in Rome do as the Romans do.
POINT OF GRAMMAR
The Past Tense
Past Simple: question and negative
FORM
• The past simple question form is the same for all persons (I, you, he, she, etc.) and all verbs:
| Did | Subject | Infinitive |
| Did | I he she it we you they | leave? go? stay? |
• The past simple negative form is the same for all persons and all verbs:
| Subject | did not | Infinitive |
| I He She It We You They | did not didn't | leave. go. stay. |
Write these sentences in the past simple, keeping them as questions or negatives.
1 Do they agree? Did they agree?
2 They don't drive. They didn't drive.
3 When do they go?
4 Where do they work?
5 Do you understand?
6 I don't know
7 He doesn't like it
8 What do you think?
9 She doesn't live here
10 How much does it cost?
11 When do you get up?
12 1 don't swim
13 She doesn't speak Spanish
14 We don't understand
15 When do they leave?
16 When does he go to school?
17 Do you like Germany?
18 When do you go out?
19 She doesn't smoke
20 He doesn't know
Past Simple: positive - regular verbs
FORM
• Regular verbs have the same form for all persons (I, you, he, she, etc.):
| Subject | Infinitive + ed |
| I He She It We You They | stayed. |
• Spelling:
a) verbs ending in e add only d:
I love — / loved
b) verbs ending in y change y to led:
I try — I tried
c) most verbs ending in a single vowel + single consonant change to single
vowel + double consonant:
/ travel —• travelled
We stop — • we stopped
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USE
• For a past action or state. The action can be a short one:
I asked a question.
She missed the bus.
or a long one:
/ walked for hours.
I lived here for years.
