tailieunhanh - Past Simple - Quá khứ thường

Tham khảo tài liệu 'past simple - quá khứ thường', ngoại ngữ, ngữ pháp tiếng anh phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | Past Simple - Quá khứ thường FORM of Simple Past The simple past expresses a completed action in the past without any association to present. Duration of action is not important. S V-ed I learned English. He swam well. They watched TV. I didn t learn English. S did not V He did not swim well. They didn t watch TV. Did you learn English 0Did S V Did he swim well Did they watch TV We always use the simple past to say when something happened so it is associated with certain past time expressions. I graduated in 1999. My father worked for the bank last year. We went shopping yesterday. He bought an expensive shirt for her. USEs of Past Simple 1. action in the past taking place usually once never or several times. He drove to the beach every Sunday. I used to swim in this river when I was small. Did he come to your party last week 2. to describe an action taking place one after another in the past. He came in said hello to everyone in the house and left for his room immediatly. 3. to describe an action or event happened at a specific time in the past. I ate lunch at noon today. He drove to work yesterday. Forms of Negatives and Questions For the Negative and Question in simple past we use the auxiliary did with ordinary verbs. For to be we use was or were in negative and question forms. In some cases we can use both negative and question in one sentence. They weren t in Rio last summer. We hadn t any money. We didn t have time to visit the Eiffel Tower. We didn t do our exercises this morning. Were they in Iceland last January Did you have a bicycle when you were a boy Didn t you do much climbing in Switzerland Signal Words Frequency often sometimes always A definite point in time last week when I was a child yesterday six weeks ago. An indefinite point in time the other day ages ago a long time ago etc. Note the word ago is a useful way of expressing the distance into the past. It is placed after the period of time . a week ago three years ago a minute .