WEBVTT 00:00.620 --> 00:03.890 Hello welcome to this tutorial. 00:04.070 --> 00:09.600 Today we are going to talk about the past simple tense. 00:09.720 --> 00:10.620 Let's get started 00:13.910 --> 00:22.500 we use the past simple when we talk about an action which happened at a definite time in the past. 00:22.520 --> 00:28.080 Now this tense emphasizes that the action is finished. 00:28.110 --> 00:35.700 Note that we can also use this tense to talk about how someone felt about something. 00:35.700 --> 00:40.520 Let's have a look at the dialogue over here. 00:40.540 --> 00:42.940 When was your wedding. 00:43.070 --> 00:44.940 It was three years ago. 00:45.080 --> 00:48.860 I was beyond happy to marry the love of my life. 00:48.980 --> 00:50.460 Now in this sentence. 00:50.600 --> 00:52.370 When was your wedding. 00:52.590 --> 00:58.270 The past simple is used to ask a question about a past event. 00:58.730 --> 01:02.660 And in the sentence it was three years ago. 01:02.660 --> 01:13.380 It is used to describe exactly when this event took place and in this sentence I was beyond happy to 01:13.380 --> 01:15.770 marry the love of my life. 01:15.960 --> 01:21.390 The path simple is used to talk about how that person felt 01:26.040 --> 01:33.620 and with infinitives all we have to do is add EDI to create the past simple tense. 01:33.640 --> 01:46.990 Have a look at the examples we know he worked part time as a waiter we liked our stay at the hotel. 01:47.120 --> 01:55.730 Note that all persons have the same form now when a word ends for the continent. 01:55.890 --> 02:07.590 Plus why we keep the continent and turn the Y into i e d when we want to create the past simple. 02:07.590 --> 02:21.970 Have a look at the following words Fry cried try tried and when a word ends with a vowel and a consonant 02:22.660 --> 02:31.770 we keep the vowel double the constant and add E D as in the example below. 02:32.030 --> 02:34.580 Stop stop. 02:35.950 --> 02:38.470 Regret regretted 02:41.910 --> 02:50.860 and make sure to use the past tense form of the irregular verbs to make sentences in the past simple. 02:51.070 --> 03:08.460 For example B turns into was or were eats eight drink drink. 03:08.680 --> 03:15.120 Now the past tense form of the verb be depends on the person of the subject. 03:16.160 --> 03:17.960 Have a look at the tables. 03:17.960 --> 03:18.470 B No 03:21.630 --> 03:33.960 I was we were you were you were he she or it was. 03:35.250 --> 03:40.130 They were. 03:40.330 --> 03:42.340 Now let's have a look at the use of. 03:42.400 --> 03:47.120 Did or did not plus fur. 03:47.140 --> 03:56.960 Now let's start off with a positive sentence his sister lived in southern London the negative form of 03:56.960 --> 04:01.610 the sentence would be his sister did not live in Sandton. 04:02.120 --> 04:05.840 She lived in Harrow. 04:06.090 --> 04:12.570 The question form of this sentence would be did his sister live in Sutton 04:15.430 --> 04:15.870 bear. 04:15.870 --> 04:18.960 Did his sister live in London. 04:19.130 --> 04:30.380 Note that we can use yesterday last night not a long time ago two years ago etc to create the past simple 04:30.380 --> 04:32.870 tense. 04:32.950 --> 04:44.430 Have a look at the examples below take Speer died in sixteen sixteen Ryan did not go to work yesterday 04:45.180 --> 04:47.580 he got sick. 04:47.720 --> 04:52.360 When did you move to Spain a month there. 04:52.440 --> 04:53.820 Not a long time ago 04:57.020 --> 04:58.700 note that we used. 04:58.700 --> 05:05.430 Did or did not with the verb to have a look at the sentence. 05:05.480 --> 05:19.630 No it didn't have enough money to buy a new computer note how we used didn't the verb have but we do 05:19.630 --> 05:34.050 not use did with the verb to be buzz or verb other we use it as follow why were you so angry it wasn't 05:34.230 --> 05:35.180 angry. 05:35.220 --> 05:37.110 This was my usual self.