National University Of Callao

Faculty of Electrical and Electronic Engineering

School of Electrical Engineering

Dedication

This project is dedicated to

the people and teachers who
have influenced our lives as
university students, giving us
advice, guiding and making us
good people and students

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School of Electrical Engineering

CONTENTS:
- INTRODUCTION OF PAST SIMPLE ……3
- GOALS OF PAST SIMPLE ……3
- USED OF TIME CLAUSES ……3
CASE 1 ……4
CASE 2 ……5
CASE 3 ……6
- USE OF OBJET PRONOUNS ……7

INTRODUCTION OF PAST SIMPLE

It serves to describe actions that took place once or several times in a row,
consecutively or interrupting an action that was already taking place. In
English it can be translated by a simple past tense (specific actions) or by an
imperfect past (repeated or continuous actions of the past).

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Last month a girl from China joined our class.

She came in, introduced herself, and began to talk
about her country. She showed us where
she was from on a map. While she was talking about
her home town, the school bell suddenly rang.

If I spoke Chinese, I would love to go on a holiday to

China.

GOALS OF PAST SIMPLE

1. Understand the use of the simple past.

2. Achieve autonomous methods for learning

USE OF TIME CLAUSES

The past continuous and simple past are often used together in sentences.
For these sentences, we need to use time clauses. These time clauses
include:
WHILE WHEN AS AFTER BEFORE

Case 1: Order of Past Events

Sometimes, we use time clauses to talk about two things that happened in
the past, and show the order in which they happened. Sentences
with two simple past clauses can show that one thing was completed, and
then another thing was completed. Here are some examples.

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Simple Past Simple Past Full Sentence

(1st Event) (2nd Event)

I took the test after I I took the test after I finished the
finished the book.
book.

Maggie called when she Maggie called me when she heard th

me heard the e news.
news.
After the we replanted After the storm happened,
storm all the trees. we replanted all the trees.
happened,

He ate all the before she He ate all the

food got home. food before she got home.

Observation: Notice that when the clause is in the first column, there
needs to be a comma (,) before the second part of the sentence.
In all these sentences, the two things in the two columns are both completed
actions. This is important because the simple past is used for things that are
completed.

Case 2: Interrupted Events

When we use one simple past clause and one past continuous clause, it
usually shows that a simple past event interrupted a past continuous event.
Here are some examples.

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(1st Event) (2nd Event) Full Sentence

They were when Mr. They were dancing in the

dancing in the Hickles fell ballroom when Mr. Hickles fell down.
ballroom down.

When Mr. they were When Mr. Hickles fell down,

Hickles fell dancing in the they were dancing in the ballroom.
down, ballroom.

when they
I was cooking arrived I was cooking when they arrived

when they I was cooking When they arrived, I was cooking

arrived

Case 3: Events at the Same Time

When we want to talk about two things in the past that were happening at
the same time, we use the past continuous. In these sentences, both events

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were continuing and were not completed. We can use while, when or as for
these sentences. Here are some examples.

Past Continuos Past Full Sentence

(1st Event) Continuos
(2nd Event)
I was singing while driving to I was singing along to the
along to the radio school in the radio while driving to school in the
morning. morning.

Was your dad as the storm was Was your dad working as the
working happening? storm was happening?

While she was I was planning While she was shopping in the
shopping in the her surprise mall, I was planningher surprise
mall, birthday party! birthday party!

While the the gorillas were While the zookeeper was

zookeeper was escaping! feeding the lions, the gorillas were
feeding the lions, escaping!

Observation: Sometimes when we use two past continuous clauses with

the same subject (I, you, he, she, it, we, they, you or a name), we can leave
out the subject in the second part of the sentence. The first sentence is a
good examples of this.

Use of object pronouns

They are pronouns that receive the action of the verb. They go after the verb
or a preposition.

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SUBJECT PRONOUN OBJECT PRONOUNS

I me
you you
he him
she her
it it
they them
we us

In the direct object. Examples

 I see the girl. I see her.

 The boy buys the car. He buys it.

In the indirect object. Examples

 I told my brother the truth. I told him the truth.

 The instructor assigned the homework to the students yesterday.
 The instructor assigned the homework to them yesterday.