Past Simple Tense

Past Simple: Form

Positive:
I
You
We
They
He
She
It

+ V+ed + modifier.

Past Simple: Form

Positive:
Subject
I

You/ We/ They

He/ She/ It

Verb

Modifier.

was

at home yesterday.

worked
worked

as the writer at home.

were

students.

studied
studied

in the university.

was

French.

came

from France.

Past Simple: Form

Spelling Rules: Verb+ed

most regular verbs:

+ed

Jimmy need
needed
eeded to see the doctor.
Marrie walked
walked to school.
Bobbie looked
looked at a bird on the tree.

regular verbs ending with e

+d

Jimmy (He) lived

lived in England.
Anne (She) died
died in 1982.

regular verbs ending in

consonant + y:

-y > ied

He studied
studied in London.
She cried
cried when Bobbie, her dog died.

regular verbs ending in

consonant + vowel + consonant:
double the last consonant

double He stopped
stopped learning in London last month.
the last She travel
travelled
led around the world.
consonant
+ed

Irregular verbs:

changed Jimmy went to London for his study.

Anne found her ring in his pocket.

Past Simple: Form

Negative sentence:
I
You
We
They
+
He
She
It

didnt + Vinfinitive + modifier.

Past
Simple:
Form
Negative: NOT
Subject
I

Verb
(positive)

Modifier.

was

I was not

at home yesterday.

worked
worked

didn
didnt work

as the writer at home.

were not

students.

studied
studied

didn
didnt study

in the university.

was

was not

French.

came

didn
didnt come

from France.

You/ We/ They were

He/ She/ It

NOT (negative)

Past
Simple:
Form
Yes/No Question:
Was /
+
S
+
(
adj.)
+
modifier
?
Were

Did + S + Vinfinitive+ modifier ?

Past Simple: Form

Yes/No Question:
To be

Subject

(adjective)

Modifier ?

Was

clever ?

Were

you

at home yesterday?

Was

he

from Germany ?

V. to do / Aux. V.

Subject

V infinitive

Modifier ?

Did

you

work

as the writer at home?

Did

they

study

in the university ?

Did

it

come

from Germany ?

Past Simple: Form

WHWH- Questions:
WH +

was/
+
were

S + (adj.) + modifier?

WH + did + S + Vinfinitive + modifier?

Past Simple: Form

WHWH-Question:
Question word

to be

Subject

(adjective)

Modifier ?

Where

was

yesterday?

Who

were

you

Where

was

he

from?

Question word

to do/
Aux V.

Subject

V infinitive

Modifier ?

Where

did

you

work

in the evening?

Where

did

they

study

Where

did

he

come

from?

Past Simple: Use

Completed action in the past
Jimmy failed in love with Anne.

A series of completed action

Jimmy went to the sea,
walked to the beach,
and found a nice play to swim.

Past Simple: Use

Duration in past
Anne lived in China for three years
when she was young.

Habits in the past

I liked to eat water melon when I was a child.

Past Simple: Use

Past facts or generalization

Anne was shy as a child,

but now she is very outgoing.