Модели употребления. Past Simple употребляется:

Past Simple употребляется:

1. Для выражения фиксированных действий в прошлом: I wrote a letter to my sister yesterday. They moved to London in 1990.

2. Для выражения одиночных действий или ситуаций в прошлом: When did you go to the cinema last? I baked a cake for 40 minutes yesterday. It didn’t rain in the morning.

3. Для выражения последовательных действий в прошлом: I entered the office, looked around and came up to the secretary.

4. Для выражения обычных, повторяющихся действий в прошлом: I often went cycling last summer. We spent a lot of time in the laboratory last year.

Если необходимо подчеркнуть контраст между действиями и состояниями в настоящем и прошлом, употребляется конструкция used to V: I used to cycle last summer (but I don’t cycle this summer). We didn’t use to play badminton last summer. Did you use to go to the theatre when you were young?

Конструкция would V также используется для выражения повторяющихся в прошлом действий (не состояний). Употребление этой конструкции более типично для письменной речи, а также для выражения воспоминаний: When they worked in the same department they would have coffee together.

5. Для выражения настоящих и будущих действий в придаточных времени и условия, если сказуемое главного предложения стоит форме прошедшего времени: She promised to contact me when she returned. They asked me to call them up if I didn’t come back too late.

6. В косвенной речи для выражения действия в настоящем, если сказуемого главного предложения стоит в форме прошедшего времени: Helen said to me: “I always come to my classes on time”. Helen said to me (that) she always came to her classes on time. Ann asked me: “When do you usually have supper? ” Ann wondered when I usually had supper.

Grammar Practice

Ex.1. Form Past Simple of the following verbs. Organize them into three groups according to their pronunciation.

To work, to live, to like, to decide, to play, to spy, to plant, to intend, to laugh, to stop, to please, to talk, to study, to plan, to land, to cry, to want, to stage, to offer, to reveal, to travel, to limit, to omit, to stay, to dry, to die, to watch, to smash, to translate, to cancel, to refer, to order, to clear, to lie.

Ex.2. Put the words into 3 groups according to the pronunciation of the - ed endings.

Passed, annoyed, remembered, failed, asked, loved, painted, invented, used, listened, raised, filled, kissed, started, looked, waited, visited, concealed, pushed, enjoyed, fried, typed, climbed, closed, phoned, cooked, carried, preferred, labelled, walked, complained, tried, arrived, finished, helped, cleaned, expected, pronounced, prayed, switched, wished.