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Welcome back to Lingoni English. My name

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is Emily. Today we will be talking about

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actions that happened in the past. Let's

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go. Today is Wednesday.

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Because today is Wednesday, that means

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yesterday was Tuesday.

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Today

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Yesterday

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What did you do yesterday? Yesterday I

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worked and then I went grocery shopping

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and I cooked dinner and I ate. Yeah.

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What about you?

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Yesterday I also worked and then I saw

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some friends. We went to a restaurant

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for dinner.

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Nice.

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If today is Wednesday, April 20th,

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then last week Wednesday was on April

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13th.

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this week.

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Last week?

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Did you go shopping last weekend?

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No, I didn't go shopping last weekend. I

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went shopping last Thursday. Did you go

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to the gym last week?

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Yeah, I went to the gym on Tuesday and

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Thursday last week.

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Nice.

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To make the simple past of many verbs,

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you add e d to the end.

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For example, work becomes worked.

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I worked last week.

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Worked is the same form for all

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subjects.

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So for example, I worked, you worked,

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she worked, he worked, it worked,

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we worked, they worked.

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If a verb ends with an e, then you

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simply add a d to make the simple past.

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So for example,

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live becomes lived.

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I lived in New York last year.

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There are many irregular verbs that do

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not use e d to form the past.

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For example,

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go becomes went,

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do becomes did,

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see becomes saw,

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can becomes could,

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have becomes had.

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For example,

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I had tofu for dinner last night.

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I had tofu for dinner last night.

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I went shopping last Thursday.

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I went shopping last Thursday.

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Note that be is the only verb with

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different forms based on who does the

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action. So for example, I was tired.

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You were tired.

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She was tired. He was tired. It was

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tired.

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We were tired. They were tired.

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So I, she, he, and it use was, and we,

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you, and they use were.

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When you ask a question about the past,

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you would say, for example,

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did you work yesterday?

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Notice that did comes first and work

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does not have ed d at the end of it.

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This is because did shows the past

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tense.

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You do not say did you worked yesterday.

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You say, "Did you work yesterday?"

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"Did you cook yesterday?"

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"No, I didn't cook yesterday, but my

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friend cooked."

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Also note that in the negative you say

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did not or didn't

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plus the base form of most verbs.

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So for example,

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I did not cook yesterday.

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Hey, what did you do yesterday?

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I went grocery shopping. While I was at

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the supermarket, I saw your friend Tom.

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Oh, nice. Did you say hi?

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Of course, I said hi. He said he wants

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to cook dinner for us soon.

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Ooh, that sounds like fun.

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What did you do yesterday?

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What did you do last week?

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Let us know in the comments below.

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Thanks for watching Lingoni English. See

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you next time.

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And then I met up with friends. AH.

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