Past Indefinite - is passed indefinitely, which is also called Past Simple (simple past).It is used for the expression of committing or have already committed acts in the past.Time is used in declarative sentences, setting forth the events of the past and the state.
Formation past prime time requires students to knowledge of the three main forms of the verb: the Infinitive (infinitive form of the verb, which is easily recognized by the particle to), Past Indefinite (form of the past indefinitely) and Past Participle (past participle).
regular and irregular verbs (regular and irregular verbs)
Depending on how the verb form and Past Indefinite Past Participle, they are divided into two groups: regular and irregular.As English has a tendency to simplify, most verbs refers to a group right.There are also verbs that both are correct and incorrect forms of Past Simple and Past Participle:
to spell - spelled - spelled (correctly) or to spell - spelt - spelt (wrong)
to wake - waked - waked (correct) orto wake - woke - woken (wrong)
Commonly used irregular verbs are in special tables, they must learn by heart.And when meeting with a new verb should be checked in the dictionary translation and transcription of the group to which it belongs verbs: he is right or wrong.
Past Indefinite Tense.Terms education affirmative form of regular verbs
Most verbs in English are a group and form a regular past time for general principles.For the formation of affirmative Past Indefinite Tense regular verbs in the infinitive form without the particles to be added -ed.
- to smoke - He smoked last year (he smoked in the last year).
- to kiss - Mary kissed her doll and closed little door in dollhouse (Girl doll kiss and closed the door a little dollhouse).
- to open - We opened the window yesterday (yesterday we opened the window).
- to clean - Students cleaned the rooms last week (Students cleaned the rooms last week).
Pronunciation - ed
- after voiceless sounds -ed is pronounced [t] - worked, cooked, finished;
- after the sounds t, d - like [id] - ended, started;
- after other sounds (voiced and vowels) like [d] - changed, cleaned, arrived.
When -ed added to the infinitive form of the verb, the following rules apply:
- If the verb ends in a silent -e, just add -d.
to close - closed (to close)
to love - loved (love)
- End -y changes to -i, if is consonant before -y.
to try - tried (try, try)
to cry - cried (crying)
- If -y is before a vowel, then added -ed unchanged.
to play - played (play)
to obey - obeyed (listened)
- have monosyllabic verbs with short vowel consonant is doubled.
to stop - stopped (stop)
to rob - robbed (rob)
- If the two-syllable verb stress falls on the second syllable with a short vowel, consonant and doubled.
to permit - permitted (allow)
to prefer - preferred (prefer)
- End -l doubled in British spelling rules, and in this case the emphasis is not important.
to travel - travelled (travel)
to cancel - cancelled (cancel)
formation rules for affirmative forms of irregular verbs for education
Past Indefinite irregular verbs are no specific rules, because they have kept the historical features of formation.To make it easier to memorize irregular verbs, they are divided into several groups, depending on the manner in which they form the two forms.
- Changes root vowel (to dig - dug - dug, to meet - met - met, to drink - drank - drunk).
Children met their friend yesterday.Children greeted his friend yesterday.
- End infinitives (to bend - bent - bent, build - built - built).
My father built that house in 1980. My father built this house in 1980.
- add other endings (no -ed) and change the root vowel (to fall - fell - fallen).
Massive meteorite fell last night.A huge meteorite fell last week.
- Some verbs do not change, they stay the same in all three forms (to put - put - put).
I put the book on the shelf yesterday.I put the book on the shelf yesterday.
Education interrogative form
interrogative form is formed by using the verb to do (in the Past Indefinite - did), which is put before the subject.
- Did you play tennis last summer?You played tennis last summer?
- Did she graduate from the University in 2000?She graduated from the university in 2000?
- Did we meet two years ago?We met two years ago?
Using the auxiliary verb did not require any action from the verb semantic.We do not add - ed to the correct verb and not turn to the table of irregular verbs.Form did used in singular and plural for all persons.
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negative form of the auxiliary verb with the particle did not used to form the negative forms Past Indefinite tense.
- Our teacher did not explain the spelling of adjectives.Our teacher did not explain the rules of spelling adjectives.
- She did not drink coffee yesterday.She never drank coffee yesterday.
- They did not study last winter.They have not learned last winter.
Colloquially used negative short form did not.
I did not watch TV yesterday.Yesterday, I did not watch TV.
The short answer questions for all persons singular and the plural form is used affirmative - Yes, I did, and the negative - No, I did not.
Did you go to school yesterday?Yes, I did. / No, I did not.Yesterday you went to school?Well no.
verb to be in the past tense
verb to be is an auxiliary verb and a verb, a bunch for her role in the proposal and meaningfully.It serves for the formation of temporary forms of verbs and meaning to form a compound nominal predicate.
To form interrogative and negative forms of the verb to be not used the auxiliary verb to do.
- Was she in an office yesterday?Yesterday she was in the office?
- Was your mother in bank two days ago?Your mother was a bank two days ago?
- She was not at the party last week.She was not at the party last week.
verb has to be plural in the Past Indefinite.Rules of its use following: were used with the first, second and third person plural (we - we, you - you, they - they).
- Were they at work last Sunday?They were at work last Sunday?
- We were not in an office last week.We were not in the office last week.
Colloquially used the short form of the verb in the past tense: was not, and were not.
When used Past Indefinite?Rules and examples
- Past Simple used to express past actions pointer time: yesterday, last Monday, three weeks ago, a year ago, in 2001.
We visited his grandmother yesterday.We went to his grandmother yesterday.
- We also consume Past Simple, when the question of the time with a question word when.
When did you visit his grandmother?When you were his grandmother?
- Past Indefinite is used when the time is not specified, but it is assumed that it has already expired.
My husband once saw Amy Winehouse.My husband once saw Amy Winehouse (Since the singer died and her husband will not be able to see it, we use the Past Indefinite Active).
- In addition, the elapsed time is used in simple sentences with major direct speech.And the formation of indirect speech in subordinate clause can not be used the future tense, accordingly, it has become the Future Indefinite in the Past or other times of the group Future-in-the-Past, depending on what kind of future were used in the original proposal.
She told: "Mr Smith will send a letter."
She told Mr Smith would send a letter.She said that Mr. Brown will send a letter.
- When we talk about past habitual or recurring activities, we use the Past Indefinite.Terms of Use of equivalents used to and would be described below.
Her sister always carried a little umbrella.Her sister has always been with a small umbrella.
But more often used in these cases used to.
Her sister used to carry a little umbrella.Her sister carried a small umbrella.
When used the turnover used to in English?
to express familiar and repetitive actions or events in the past, along with the elapsed time used the turnover used to.This design is used in colloquial and literary language.Turnover used to express both state and repeating steps in the past, in contrast to another equivalent elapsed time would verb, which can only be used for expression of past actions and never used for expression states.
My friend used to drink 3 cups of coffee and smoke 20 cigarettes a day.My friend once drank three cups of coffee and smoke twenty cigarettes a day.
My grandmother used to walk ten kilometers when she was younger (Action in the past tense).My grandmother hiking ten kilometers, when I was younger.
My grandmother would walk ten kilimeters when she was younger (Action in the past tense).My grandmother walked the ten kilometers, when I was younger.
My teacher used to live in London (status in the past tense).My teacher was living in London.
Note that would + Infinitive without particles often used to with phrases indicating the time of the action.
affirmative, negative and interrogative forms of trafficking used to
To form the affirmative use of turnover used the verb in the past tense and the particle to infinitive form of the verb meaning.
My son used to play chess on Sundays.My son was playing chess on Sunday (Now on Sundays he plays chess and attends football or barbecues).
negative form is formed by a verb in the past tense do and particles not.Verb use - in the present tense, because the shape of the signals already did last.Colloquially frequently used short form of denial.
Our teacher did not use to give us a lot of homework / Our teacher did not use to give us a lot of homework.Our teacher did not ask us a lot of homework.
for education voprositelnoy form is also used to do the verb in the past tense.
Did she use to embroider in the evening?It is embroidered in the evenings?
studying time Past Indefinite shapes and their equivalents must be given due attention, as they are widely used in spoken and written language, and general business English.
