Past simple tense • the event is in the past • the event is completely finished • we say (or understand) the time and/or place of the event Past simple tense - minulý čas prostý the event - událost completely finished - zcela ukončený 2 USE: A Series of Past Completed Actions • I finished work, walked to the beach, and looked for a nice place to swim. • He arrived from the airport at 8:00, checked into the hotel at 9:00, and picked up the others at 10:00. • Did you add flour, pour in the milk, and then add the eggs? Icompleted - dokončený look for - hledat check - ubytovat se - zkontrolovat, pick up - vyzvednout pour - nasypat add -přidat 3 USE: Duration in Past I (live) in Brazil for two years. I lived in Brazil for two years. Jane (study) Japanese for five years. Jane studied Japanese for five years. They (stay) at the beach all day. They stayed at the beach all day. They (not stay) at the party the entire time. They did not stay at the party the entire time. How long ... you (wait)? We (wait) for one hour. How long did you wait? We waited for one hour. We use the past simple tense to talk about an action or a situation - an event - in the past. The event can be short or long. • The car exploded at 9.30 am yesterday. • I lived in Bangkok for 10 years. • The Jurassic period lasted about 62 million years. • I lived in that house when I was young. Last - trvat FORM - regular verbs affirmative the verb + (e)d I, you, he/she/it, we, they worked pracoval/a/i/y I, you, he/she/it, we, they moved prestehoval/a/i/y I, you, he/she/it, we, they called volal/a/i/y Irregular verbs have various forms: come came come meet met met see saw seen FORM - regular/irregular verbs the auxiliary verb DO -> DID is necessary: You did not (didn't) meet Debbie. Helen did not (didn't) buy a car. I did not (didn't) catch my train. Compare with the present simple tense: You do not (don't) meet Debbie. negative Helen does not (doesn't) wash her car. I do not (don't) finish my work. auxiliary - pomocný necessary - nutný finish - končit, skončit compare - porovnat FORM - regular/irregular verbs interrogative the auxiliary verb DO -> DID is necessary: Did you meet Debbie? Did Helen buy a car? Did he catch his train? Compare with the present Do you meet Debbie? Does Helen buy a car? Does he catch his train? simple tense: ■auxiliary - pomocný 1 1 necessary - nutný 1 Ifinish - končit, skončit 1 compare - porovnat be was/were, been write wrote, written catch caught, caught understand understood, understood do did, done take took, taken eat ate, eaten say said, said fall fell, fallen pay paid, paid get make got, got made, made lay laid, laid keep kept, kept mean meant, meant hang hung, hung put put, put give gave, given read read, read feel felt, felt Exercise Napsal mi e-mail. He wrote me an e-mail. Porozuměli tomu úkolu. They understood this task. Nerozuměli tomu. / didn't understand it. Zaplatili jste oběd? Did you pay for your lunch? Dali jsme šaty do šatníku. We put our clothes into the wardrobe. Nevěděl jsem o tom. / didn't know about it. Jak jsi se cítil? How did you feel? Stihl jsem vlak v šest. / cought the train at six.