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Past Simple. Affirmative

Affirmative sentences in the Simple Past. In affirmative sentences the word order is subject + verb and the form of the verb in the simple past is the same for all subjects (with the exception of ‘to be’ – was/were). Subject + past simple + object For example: I played football yesterday. He saw his family last week. I was in France in June.

Regular past simple forms are formed by adding -ed to the infinitive of the verb.start → startedkill → killedjump → jumped. But there are some spelling rules. If a verb ends in -e, you add -d.agree → agreedlike → likedescape → escaped. If a verb ends in a vowel and a consonant, the consonant is usually doubled before -ed.stop → stoppedplan → planned. If a verb ends in consonant and -y, you take off the y and add -ied.try → triedcarry → carried But if the word ends in a vowel and -y, you add -ed.play → playedenjoy → enjoyed

Some verbs have irregular past simple (affirmative) forms. There are no spelling rules for these forms; you need to learn them by heart.

We use past simple, in the affirmative form, to confirm:1. actions, situations and events that occurred and finished in the past;2. repeated events and habits that took place in the past;3. past events and with time expressions such as: two weeks ago, last year, in 2010, yesterday…