Simple past

The Simple PAst

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Overview

Questions with was/were

Regular and irregular verbs

The form of "to be"

negative forms of "to be"

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When to use the simple past

Time expressions

When do you use the simple past?

Rule of thumb - Daumenregel

You use the simple past to talk about actions that you started and completed in the past.

I was at the cinema last weekend.

You can also use it to talk about more than one action that happened in the past.

First I was at the cinema and then I was at the gym.

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Das Simple Past ist die Vergangenheitsform. Diese benutzt du, wenn du dich in deinen Aussagen oder Fragen auf Aktionen, die in der Vergangenheit stattgefunden haben, beziehst.

Du kannst auch mehrere Handlungen, die nacheinander passiert sind, aufzählen.

Auf "yesterday", "ago" und "last" folgt immer simple past!!!

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Time Expressions

Watch out for these words and use the simple past

TIME EXPRESSIONS

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THE FORM OF TO BE

IT'S JUST LIKE THE SIMPLE PRESENT BUT DIFFERENT!

THE VERB TO BE IN THE SIMPLE PAST

Simple Present

I am

You are

He/she/it is

We are

You are

They are

Simple Past

I was

You were

He/she/it was

We were

You were

They were

THE VERB TO BE IN THE SIMPLE PAST

Simple Past

I was

You were

He/she/it was

We were

You were

They were

negative statements

Verneinung

was = wasn't (was not)

were= weren't (were not)

Easy, right?!

Questions in the Simple past

with was|were

Questions with was/were

Questions with was/were are also super easy! Look at the dialogue, then click on the pink symbol:

Paul: "I was at the football stadium yesterday."

Mia: "Cool! Was it fun?"

Mia: "I was at the cinema last weekend."

Ameli: "Nice! Was the film good?"

Mia: "No, it wasn't. It was boring."

Jan: "Where were you last weekend, Mia?"

Questions with was/were are easy to do!

Simple questions that can be answered with "yes" or "no", put "Was" or "Were" at the beginning of your question.

If you want to add a question word like "Where" or "How", just put it at the beginning of the question. Look at the sentences:

"Where were you last weekend?"

"How was school yesterday?"

Regular and irregular verbs

im Simple past

Verbs in the simple past

Die meisten Verben im simple past bildest du, indem du -ed an das Verb hängst.

ABER du musst aufpassen, einige Verben sind unregelmäßig, sogenannte "irregular verbs". Diese Verben haben ihre ganz eigene Form.

Regular/irregular verbs

Regular verbs (a few examples)

play - played

help - helped

talk - talked

stop - stopped

Irregular verbs (a few examples)

go - went

have - had

come - came

see - saw

Play

Auch bei regulären Verben gibt es einige Besonderheiten bei der Schreibweise!

Schau' dir mal die folgenden Beispiele an:

to score --> scored

to like --> liked

Das Verb "score" endet schon auf ein "e" - du fügst dann nur noch ein "d" hinzu!

to stop --> stopped

Das Verb "stop" endet auf einen Konsonanten ("p"), vor dem ein Vokal ("o") steht. Du fügst in diesen Fällen ein weiteres "p" hinzu!

Weitere Beispiele, die ähnlich sind:

to plan --> planned

to clap --> clapped

Eine letzte Besonderheit:

to cry --> cried

Bei Verben, die auf "y" enden, wird das "y" durch "-ied" ersetzt.

to try --> tried

to study --> studied

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