PAST SIMPLE TENSE

WHEN DO WE USE PAST SIMPLE TENSE?

We use Past Simple Tense when we talk about

completed actions in the past.

Example: I washed my car yesterday.

She ate pizza last night.

Yesterday I went for a swim.

KINDS OF VERBS

Remember regular and irregular verbs.

Turn regular verbs to the past by adding –ed or–d.

Regular Verb Past Simple

walk walked

want wanted

help helped

decide decided

agree agreed

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If the verb ends with y preceded by a vowel, add –ed.E : Add –D:I lived , you decided , he liked, …

If the verb ends with y preceded by a consonant, drop they, turn it into i and add

-ed.Consonant + Y: IED:I studied, He tidied, …(vs: I played)- 1 Vowel + 1 consonant: Double the consonant: She planned , they stopped, … (vs: he waited)

Study irregular verb list.

Regular Verb Past Simple

play played

stay Stayed

study Studied

bury buried

Regular Verb Past Simple

play played

stay Stayed

study Studied

bury buried

I worked in a shop last year, I lived in a big house when I was

younger.

I worked hard last weekend

KINDS OF SENTENCES REGULAR IN PAST SIMPLE TENSE

Affirmative sentences

Tom visited us last week.

I ran in the competition.

IRREGULAR IN PAST SIMPLE TENSE

Go went

Come came

Buy bought

Drink drank

Eat ate

Find found

See saw

SUBJECT VERB IN PAST TENSE COMPLEMENT.

I went to Paris last July

NEGATIVE SENTENCE

Tom didn’t visit us last week.

I didn’t run in the competition.

SUBJECT DID NOT

DIDN’T

VERB IN BASE FORM

COMPLEMENT.

I didn’t live in a flat during my

last Summer holidays.

I didn’t go to Berlin last July

I drank but he didn’t drink

We went but she didn’t go

She phoned but I didn’t phone

We studied but they didn’t study

KINDS OF QUESTIONS IN PAST SIMPLE

Yes/No Questions

Did Tom visit you last week?

SUBJECTDID VERB IN BASE FORM

COMPLEMENT?

Did you travel by boat last holidays?

Yes, I did.

Did you see any dolphins?

No I didn’t.

Did you go out last night?

Did you go to the container yesterday after class?

KINDS OF QUESTIONS IN PAST SIMPLE

Why did you tell me that?

Where did you meet him?

Where did you run last year?

WH WORD DID SUBJECT

VERB IN BASE FORM COMPLEMENT?

WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE USE THE VERB TO BE?

Recall its past tense

Negative Sentences

Use the negative form or the contractions.

Never use didn’t.

WAS WERE

WAS NOT

WERE NOT

WASN’T

WERENT

Yes/No Questions

Was Irene in the house?

Were they at the Mall?

Informative Questions

Why was Irene in the house?

Where were you last night?

WAS / WERE SUBJECT COMPLEMENT?

WH WORD WAS / WERE SUBJECT

COMPLEMENT?

TIME EXPRESSIONS

You will see it with Time expressions showing Past:

Yesterday, last week / month/ … , in 2002,

2 hours / 3 days / a week/ …ago , When, etc

Past simple

tense:

Affirmative

Regular verbs

Negative QuestionsShort

answer

Short

answer

I worked. I didn't work. Did I work? Yes, I did.No, I

didn't.

He worked. He didn't work. Did he work? Yes, he did.No, he

didn't.

She worked. She didn't work. Did she work?Yes, she

did.

No, she

didn't.

It worked. It didn't work. Did it work? Yes, it did.No, it

didn't.

You worked. You didn't work. Did you work? Yes you did.No, you

didn't.

We worked. We didn't work. Did we work? Yes we did.No, we

didn't.

They worked. They didn't work. Did they work?Yes they

did.

No,they

didn't.

1.To talk about actions that happened at a specific time in

the past. You state when it happened using a time adverb

(yesterday, last Mont.):

“Last year I took my exams”.

2. It can be used to describe events that happened over a

period of time in the past but not now:

"I lived in Asia for two years."

3. It is also used to talk about habitual or repeated actions

that took place in the past:

"When I was a child we always went to the seaside on bank

holidays."

The Simple Past Tense is used

READY FOR DOING AN ACTIVITY?

Complete the following sentences with the

past simple tense of the verb give.

1. I ______________ (go) to the movies with Ed.

2. She ______________ (decide) to read the story.

3. We ______________ (hurry) up doing the quiz.

4. They ______________ (walk) to school.

5. Sue _____________ (play) soccer.

6. My dog ____________ (bury) its bone outside.

Read the sentences, and rewrite them as

negative sentences.

1. My mom baked cookies for the party.

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2. Jim understood the exercise.

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3. We were at the concert.

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4. I was in the room with her.

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