past simple grammar explanation

Past Simple time expressions

yesterdaythe day before

yesterdaythe night before lastthe week before lastthe month before

lastwhen I was a childin 1999on December 19th

3 days5 minutes agoone year

monthlast year summer etc

PRESENT                 PAST

call                        calledwalk      + ed      walkedcheck                    checked 

PRESENT PAST

study studied

cry + ied cried

carry carriedWhen final “Y” is preceded by a consonant, you drop: “Y” and

add ied. 

PRESENT PAST

plan plannedpermit permittedcontrol controlledWhen the ending is: consonant + vowel + consonant and the stress is in the last syllable, you repeat the last consonant.

PRESENT                 PAST

dance                    dancedshare         + d      sharedlike                         liked

PRESENT PAST

Gosay

makecomeseegiveputhit

thinkteachleavefeelfall

Wentsaid

madecamesawgaveputhit

thoughttaught

leftfeltfell

Past Simple structure

Subject

She visited / left the zooVerb in past

Rest of the sentenceI

youwetheyhesheit

sawvisitedcleanedleft

the zoo

POSITIVE

Past Simple structure

Subject

She didn’t visit / didn’t leave the zoo didn’t + V. base

form(didn’t = did + not)

Rest of the sentenceI

youwetheyhesheit

didn’t seedidn’t visitdidn’t cleandidn’t leave

the zoo

NEGATIVE

Past Simple structure

Did

Did she visit / leave the zoo?Subjec

tRest of the sentence

Did

YoutheywesheheIit

the zoo?

INTERROGATIVE AND SHORT ANSWERS

Verb

seevisitcleanleave

Yes,

Iyouwetheysheheit

did.

No, didn’t

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