When should I use The Past Simple tense?

When should I use The Past Simple tense?

Past Simple – простий минулий час. Як утворюється Past Simple?

Present Simple: I, You, We, They.	Present Simple: He, She, It.
➡️ До правильних дієслів додається закінчення -ed, для неправильних – використовуємо другу форму неправильних дієслів.
I drank tea yesterday.	She drank tea yesterday.
➡️ Запитальна форма утворюється завдяки використанню допоміжного дієслова to do у минулій формі – did + subject + інфінітив без частки to.
Did you drink tea yesterday?	Did she drink tea yesterday?
➡️ Заперечна форма утворюється завдяки допоміжного дієслова to do у минулій формі – did + частка not + інфінітив без частки to.
I did not drink tea yesterday	She did not drink tea yesterday.
Слова, що вказують на Present Simple
➡️ two days ago, yesterday, last week, last night, last summer, etc.

Present Simple: I, You, We, They.

Present Simple: He, She, It.

➡️ До правильних дієслів додається закінчення -ed, для неправильних – використовуємо другу форму неправильних дієслів.

I drank tea yesterday.

She drank tea yesterday.

➡️ Запитальна форма утворюється завдяки використанню допоміжного дієслова to do у минулій формі – did + subject + інфінітив без частки to.

Did you drink tea yesterday?

Did she drink tea yesterday?

➡️ Заперечна форма утворюється завдяки допоміжного дієслова to do у минулій формі – did + частка not + інфінітив без частки to.

I did not drink tea yesterday

She did not drink tea yesterday.

Слова, що вказують на Present Simple

➡️ two days ago, yesterday, last week, last night, last summer, etc.

Коли ми використовуємо Past Simple?

We use Present Simple:	Examples
1) to describe completed actions in the past	Mary visited Scotland last year.
2) to talk about past actions that happened one after another (stories in the past)	He cooked a cake and ate it.
3) to talk about past habits (usually, seldom, often…)	When I was three years old, I often went to the park.
4) to talk about short actions that interrupted the longer one	While he was cooking, the telephone rang.
5) in second conditional (untrue facts in present)	If I were you, I would sell blue car.

We use Present Simple:

Examples

1) to describe completed actions in the past

Mary visited Scotland last year.

2) to talk about past actions that happened one after another (stories in the past)

He cooked a cake and ate it.

3) to talk about past habits (usually, seldom, often…)

When I was three years old, I often went to the park.

4) to talk about short actions that interrupted the longer one

While he was cooking, the telephone rang.

5) in second conditional (untrue facts in present)

If I were you, I would sell blue car.

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