The past tense to talk about: something that

happened in the past

I met my wife in 1983.
We went to Spain for our holidays. Irregular verb
They got home very late last night.
We swam a lot while we were on holiday.
They always enjoyed visiting their friends.
I lived abroad for ten years.
He enjoyed being a student. Regular verb
She played a lot of tennis when she was younger.
When I was a boy I walked a mile to school every day.
 We often use phrases with ago with the past
tense:
I met my wife a long time ago.
Questions and negatives
We use did to make questions with the past tense:
When did you meet your wife?
Where did you go for your holidays?
Did she play tennis when she was younger?
Did you live abroad?
We use didn’t (did not) to make negatives with the past tense:
They didn’t go to Spain this year.
We didn’t get home very late last night.
I didn’t see you yesterday.

Some verbs are irregular. Their past forms do not end in -ed.

So how do I know which verbs are regular and which are

irregular?
You have to learn them!
I took a taxi to the airport. (take → took)
That was when we spoke. (speak → spoke)
One person gave me his last bar of chocolate. (give → gave)
 Verb to make
. I made, you made, he made, she made, it made, we made,
they made!

Exactly! They're all the same. And the negatives are all formed

with did + not + the infinitive without to. The question forms are

very similar: did + subject pronoun + the infinitive without to.

What did you do all day in the airport?
Did you have enough food?
We didn't eat fish in the dinner
Exceptions?

Yes the verb to be. The past form is was for I, he, she and it,
but were for you, we and they.

It was wonderful!
I was so hungry!
We were in the airport yesterday.
EXERCISE WRITE SENTENCES

/did/homework/she/her/

/job/Clark and Bob/had/good/a/

Holiday/ Santa Marta/ I/to/o I/to/on/went /