The document discusses the simple past tense in English. It is used to talk about actions that happened at a specific time in the past. Regular verbs are made past tense by adding "-ed" to the base form, while irregular verbs have unique past tense forms that must be learned. The document provides examples of affirmative, interrogative, and negative constructions in the simple past tense using the base verb "jump".

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Affirmative
Interrogative
Negative
SIMPLE PAST TENSE
Teacher: Edwin Galván Silva

2. The simple past tense is used to talk
about actions that happened at a
specific time in the past. You state when
it happened using a time adverb
(yesterday,etc)
Regular Verb: Want= Wanted
Irregular Verb: Write=Wrote
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You form the simple past of the verb by
adding –ed onto the end of a regular verb,
but irregular verb forms have to be
Learned.

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I jumped
You jumped
He jumped
She jumped
It jumped
We jumped
They jumped
AFFIRMATIVE
Pronoun + verb in past + complement
I ate a hamburger.
I played soccer in the stadium.

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Did I jumped
Did you jumped
Did he jumped
Did she jumped
Did it jumped
Did we jumped
Did they jumped
INTERROGATIVE
Did + pronoun + verb (present) + complement
Did they run last week?
Did he walked around the park?

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I did not sing
You did not sing
He did not sing
She did not sing
It did not sing
We did not sing
They did not sing
NEGATIVE
Pronoun + did not (didn´t) + Verb (Present) + complement
She didn´t drink orange juice.
I didn´t call you last night.