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SIMPLE PAST IN ENGLISH

INTERROGATIVE FORM

THE AUXILIARY VERB ALWAYS MUST START THE PRAYER, THE AUXILIARY VERB DOES NOT PREVENT THE MAIN VERB

EXAMPLE OF AN INTERROGATIVE SENTENCE AFFIRMATIVELY

AUXILIARY VERB + SUBJECT + PRINCIPAL VERB + COMPLEMENT DID WE BUY THE DINNER?

VERB CONJUGATION

IT IS NECESSARY TO MAKE USE OF REGULAR AND IRREGULAR VERBS

TERMINATION "-ED" EXAMPLE:

• Promise - Promised • Announce - Announced • Crash - Crashed • Punish - Punished • Accept - Accepted • Avoid - Avoided • Sneeze - Sneezed • Cry - Cried • Miss - Missed

NEGATIVE FORM

EL VERBO PRINCIPAL NO CAMBIA AS A GENERAL RULE, SENTENCES THAT ARE FORMED IN A NEGATIVE WAY SHOULD CARRY THE AUXILIARY "DO"

USUALLY THESE TWO AUXILIARIES CONTRACT TO SHORTEN THE SENTENCE:

IN PRESENT: DO + NOT = DON'T IN THE PAST: DID + NOT = DIDN'T

IN THE SIMPLE PAST, THE AUXILIARY VERB MUST GO IN THE PAST, CHANGING FROM DO OR DOES, TO DID

SUBJECT + AUXILIARY VERB + NOT + PRINCIPAL VERB + COMPLEMENT WE DID NOT BUY THE DINNER

STRUCTURE

AFFIRMATIVE FORM

WHEN THE SENTENCE IS WRITTEN IN THIS WAY, THE VERB IN THE SENTENCE IS WRITTEN IN ITS RESPECTIVE FORM ACCORDING TO ITS GROUP: REGULAR OR IRREGULAR. AND ALWAYS ACCOMPANIES THE SUBJECT IN SENTENCE

SUBJECT + PRINCIPAL VERB + COMPLEMENT WE BOUGHT THE DINNER