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Grammar Reference

Module 2
Module 2 - completed actions that happened one after the
other in the past.
Yesterday I got up at 8.00, had breakfast and left
Past Simple of regular verbs for school.
TIME EXPRESSIONS
AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE
yesterday / yesterday morning, etc.
FULL FORMS SHORT FORMS
last night/week/weekend/month/year
I started I did not start I didn’t start
You started You did not start You didn’t start last Wednesday/Friday, etc.
He started He did not start He didn’t start last summer/winter, etc.
She started She did not start She didn’t start two days / a week / three months / ive years ago
It started It did not start It didn’t start in 1999/2022
We started We did not start We didn’t start
You started You did not start You didn’t start Past Simple of the verb be
They started They did not start They didn’t start
AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE
I/He/She/It was I/He/She/It wasn’t (=was not)
QUESTIONS SHORT ANSWERS
We/You/They were We/You/They weren’t (=were not)
Did I start? Yes, I did. No, I didn’t.
Did you start? Yes, you did. No, you didn’t.
Did he start? Yes, he did. No, he didn’t. QUESTIONS SHORT ANSWERS
Did she start? Yes, she did. No, she didn’t. Yes, I/he/she/it was.
Did it start? Yes, it did. No, it didn’t. Was I/he/she/it? No, I/he/she/it wasn’t.
Did we start? Yes, we did. No, we didn’t.
Did you start? Yes, you did. No, you didn’t. Were we/you/they? Yes, we/you/they were.
Did they start? Yes, they did. No, they didn’t. No, we/you/they weren’t.

SPELLING There was / There were
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• most verbs take -ed watch  watched AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE QUESTIONS SHORT ANSWERS
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• verbs ending in -e, take only -d like  liked There Yes, there was.
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• verbs ending in a consonant + -y, study  studied There was wasn’t Was there? No, there wasn’t.
take -ied © MM Publications
BUT
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stay  stayed There were There Were there? Yes, there were.
• verbs with one syllable ending in weren’t No, there weren’t.
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one vowel + one consonant, double chat  chatted
the consonant before the -ed Used to
• verbs with two or more syllables prefer  preferred
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ending in a stressed vowel + one BUT AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE
consonant, double the consonant happen  happened
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before the -ed I/He/She/It used to play I/He/She/It didn’t use to play
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• verbs ending in one vowel + -l, travel  travelled We/You/They We/You/They
double the -l before the -ed BUT QUESTIONS
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sail  sailed
I/he/she/it
Did we/you/they use to play?
Past Simple of irregular verbs
We use used to to talk about something that
Irregular verbs don’t take -ed in the Past Simple. happened regularly in the past, but no longer does.
AFFIRMATIVE I/You/He/She/It/We/You/They went We used to go skateboarding every afternoon
NEGATIVE I/You/He/She/It/We/You/They didn’t go when we were young.
QUESTIONS Did I/you/he/she/it/we/you/they go? The verb could
note AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE
Look at the list of irregular verbs.
I/He/She/It could walk I/He/She/It could not walk
We/You/They We/You/They couldn’t
We use the Past Simple for:
- actions that started and were completed at a QUESTIONS
speci ic time in the past.
We bought our house ive years ago. Could I/he/she/it walk?
- habitual or repeated actions in the past. we/you/they
I always went to bed early when I lived with my SHORT ANSWERS
parents. I/he/she/it I/he/she/it
Yes, could. No, couldn’t.
we/you/they we/you/they

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