1. How is Past Simple formed? To form Past Simple, you need to use the second form of the verb. In most verbs, it is formed by adding the ending "- ed " to the infinitive. If the verb ends with "e“, just “d" is added, if the verb ends with "y", it is replaced with” i " before )
1.1. to walk –> walked to answer –> answered to want –> wanted to smile –> smiled to cry –> cried
2. Exercise
2.1. 1. Yesterday evening I _____________ TV. 2. I only _____________ my teeth four times last week. 3. Bruce_____________ his mountain bike yesterday evening. 4. The concert last night _____________ at 7.30 and _____________at 10 o'clock. 5. The accident _____________ last Sunday afternoon. 6. When I was a child, I _____________ to be a lawyer. 7. Mozart_____________ from 1756 to 1791. 8. We _____________ our holiday last week. 9. Today the weather is nice, but yesterday it _____________ . 10. It was hot in the room, so I_____________ the window. 11. The weather was good yesterday afternoon, so we _____________ tennis. 12. William Shakespeare_____________ in 1616.
3. Examples: She went to the store this afternoon. They called the police. He came, he saw, he conquered. I lived in London for three years. She owned three dogs throughout her childhood. I never trusted what they told me.
4. Simple past tense. It is used if the event occurred at a certain time in the past and does not continue in the present. Past Simple often uses words such as ago (5 days ago – 5 days ago), last ... (last year – last year), yesterday( yesterday), in ... (in 1980 – in 1980), and so on.
5. Indicates a simple action in the past, regular or repeated actions in the past, or a list of subsequent actions in the past.
