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We use the Simple Past for actions that happened in the past . The form of regular and irregular past tense verbs does not change according to person as in the present.

I liked that movie. My brother liked that movie too.

I saw that movie . My brother saw it too

We use the simple past to talk about : Actions which took place at a specific time in the past . Ernesto left work at 2 pm yesterday

Repeated actions in the past (habits or hobbies)

Maria often played the piano when she was young To talk about people who are no longer alive Elvis wrote a lot of songs .

Time expressions used with the S.P : yesterday , the day before Yesterday , last week / month /year , two hours /days/weeks Months/years ago , when , then , in 2003, etc.

Present To Open To Love To Help To Dance To Walk To Like

Past Tense Opened Loved Helped Danced Walked Liked

To start

Started

Verbs ending in - e take only d Change : Changed Try : Tried

Verbs ending in a consonant + y , drop the y and take ied

Verbs ending in a vowel(a,e,i,o,u) + y take ed Stay : stayed

Verbs ending in one stressed vowel between two Consonants , double the last consonant before the ed Plan : planned

Play Study Miss Love Listen Plan Dance Go

Played

Present Tense To Drink To Speak To Meet To Run To Shoot To Write

Past Tense Drank Spoke Met Ran Shot Wrote

To Win

Won

The only rule for the Irregular Verbs is .

We form the affirmative statements in S.P SUBJECT I You He, she , it We They VERB in past worked worked worked worked worked COMPLEMENT The last week The last week The last week The last week The last week

Fill in the blank with the past tense form of the verb in parentheses 1.- Last week I _______________ (miss) class because I _______ (be) sick.

2.- Daniel __________ (go) to the party with his girlfriend

3.- Jan ____________ ( play) soccer on Tuesday afternoon

Read the sentences . Decide if they are in the present or past , based on verb form and clue words like : yesterday , last night , etc.

1. He goes to school every day _____ 2. I finished my course two days ago _______ 3. I always eat breakfast ________ 4. They like movies ________ 5. We visited my grandma in paris last year _______ 6. I walked to the park last week ________

We form negative statements in the S.P :

Subject She

Did not / didnt Didnt

Verb in present go

Complement To class yesterday

In the simple past , the evrb takes the simple form in negative Statements and questions:

Correct She didnt go to school OK I didnt play yesterday OK

Incorrect She didnt went to school X I didnt played yesterday X

1. I didnt speak with him ________

2. I didnt took the bus ________

3. I didnt write the letter ________ 4. I dont clean the hause yesterday _________ 5. I didnt wash the dishes _________

Did Did

Subject She

Verb go

Complement To class yesterday?

1.-________________________ ( you /buy ) bread and cheese for the sandwiches?

2.-________________________ ( you / like) it)? No , I ___________

3.-________________________ ( you( go) to that new mexican restaurant last week? Yes , I _____________