Past Simple and Superlatives
by David Conradino Gomez Serrano
1. One syllable = The fastest
2. One syllable ending in -E = The strangest
3. Past Simple
4. Past simple is used 4 times
5. Superlatives
6. Use Past simple express the idea that an action started and finished at a specific time in the past.
7. Use Past simple to talk about a situation that exists over a period of time (a duration) in the past.
8. Use Past simple is the general past, regular or habitual actions in the past.
9. Sequence of actions.
9.1. Use Past simple
9.2. Follow immediately after each other or one action causes a result.
10. Superlatives are used to compare faster people, places, or things.
11. Superlatives have 6 cases in which this is used:
12. Consonant + short vowel + consonat = The biggest
13. Two or most Syllables = The most famous.
14. Two syllables ending in -Y = The happiest.
15. Common exceotions
15.1. Good = The best
15.2. Bad = The worst
15.3. Far = The fathest
16. Always = The
17. It's affirmative structure is: S+ VPast + Object
18. It's Negative Structure is: S + VPast + Object
19. It's Question Structure is: S + V Past + Object
20. Example:
20.1. We listened music until ten o’clock last night
20.2. They worked together for many years.
20.3. You watched television every night.
20.4. She lived in Japan last year.
21. A superlative compares one thing to all the others in the same group
22. There is an exception where: one vowel + consonat = double end consonat + ed
23. if the adjective ends in W it does not duplicate