Граматическая вправа с англ. языка
My grandpa (to grow) strawberry every summer.
I (to know) about your visit some days ago
The sun (not to shine) yesterday.
My father (always not to drive) to his work.
Who usually (to help) you about the house?
Who (to help) you to bake the cake we (to eat) yesterday?
The water in this lake (to be) usually warm in summer
It (not to be) cloudy yesterday
When the tourists (to arrive) yesterday?- They (to arrive) late in the eving. They (to be) very tired.
What time your sister (usually to get up) in the morning?- She always (to get up) at half past six.
The past simple tense is quite straightforward. The main problem is its spelling rules, which you’ll find below.
We use the past simple to describe an action that started in the past and ended in the past. It could be something that happened twenty years ago or something that happened two minutes ago. It started. It stopped. It’s over.
I visited a client in London yesterday.
She planned the event all by herself.
The most common time expressions used for the past simple are: yesterday, a week (month, year) ago, last (month, year, weekend, Monday) night, the day before yesterday, two days (months, years) ago. The time expression appears either at the beginning or at the end of the sentence – never in the middle of the sentence.
Forming the Past Simple
Subject Verb + d, ed, ied
or irregular form (V2) Rest of Sentence
I / He / She / It You / We / They walked to the shop yesterday
slept late last Saturday
The past simple is usually formed by adding d, ed, or ied to the base form of the verb, however, in English there are many irregular verbs that take on a completely different form in the past tense. Some people call this the V2 form of the verb. The best thing to do is to try and memorize them.
Negative Sentences in the Past Simple Tense
Spelling Tip
When shortening the 3rd person (he, she, it) negative, just remove the o in not and add an apostrophe (‘)
did not > didn’t
To create a negative sentence in the past simple, use didn’t (did not) + the base form of the verb.
Note: Save the long forms (did not) for when you want to create emphasis. When speaking, put the stress on ‘not’.
Subject didn’t + verb in the base form Rest of Sentence
I / He / She / It You / We / They didn’t walk to the shop yesterday
didn’t sleep late last Saturday
I didn’t talk to John yesterday.
He didn’t steal those ideas from the company.
You didn’t show me the photos from the wedding.
Ron did not sign the document.
Moscow
Russia
30/12/2018
Dear Bob,
Thanks a lot for your letter. I was really looking forward to getting it. Sorry, I haven't written for so long, as I was busy, preparing for my exams.
I enjoy visiting museums, because I like to find out about something new. It also helps me with my homework. I can go to a museum, learn something new and I can write about this in my homework. Now I enjoy learning history, and I would like to to set up a historical museum in my town. I think, that it would be dedicated to the World War II. In my free time I enjoy watching films, going to museums and reading books.
Sorry, I have to go now, my mom is calling me
Write back soon.
Best wishes,
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