1. Past simple tense

2. 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.
They ate pizza last night.

3. Kinds of verbs Regular Verb Past Simple walk walked want wanted help
Remember there are regular and irregular verbs.
To 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

4. Regular Verb Past Simple
If the verb ends with y preceded by a vowel, add –ed.
If the verb ends with y preceded by a consonant, drop the y, turn it into i and add -ed.
YOU MUST STUDY THE IRREGULAR VERB LIST.
Regular Verb
Past Simple
play
played
stay
Stayed
study
Studied
bury
buried

5. Kinds of sentences in past simple tense
Affirmative sentences
Tom _____ us last week (visit).
I _____in the competition (run).
Negative sentences
Tom _____ us last week.
I _____ in the competition.
SUBJECT
PAST TENSE
COMPLEMENT.
visited
ran
SUBJECT
DIDN’T
INFINITIVE
COMPLEMENT.
didn’t visit
didn’t run

6. Kinds of questions in past simple
Yes/No Questions
Tom ____you last week?
Informative Questions
Where ______ you last year?
DID
SUBJECT
INFINITIVE
COMPLEMENT?
Did Tom visit you last week?
WH WORD
DID
SUBJECT
INFINITIVE
COMPLEMENT?
Where did you run last year?

7. What happens when we use the verb to be?
REMEMBER its past tense
Negative Sentences
Use the negative form or the contractions.
Never use didn’t.
WAS
WERE
WAS NOT
WASN’T
WERE NOT
WERENT

8. WAS / WERE SUBJECT COMPLEMENT? Was Irene in the house?
Yes/No Questions
_____Irene in the house?
_____ they at the Mall?
Informative Questions
Why _____ Irene in the house?
Where _____ you last night?
WAS / WERE
SUBJECT
COMPLEMENT?
Was Irene in the house?
Were they at the Mall?
WH WORD
WAS / WERE
SUBJECT
COMPLEMENT?
was
were

9. Expressions used - yesterday - Past dates - Expressions with last ___
in 1998
on June 21st (if this date was before now)
on June 21st, 2000
during 1995
in the 19th Century
last Christmas
- Expressions with last ___
last night
last week
last month
last year
last Tuesday
last summer
- Expressions with a/an ___ ago
a / one minute ago
an / one hour ago
a / one week ago
a / one week ago
a / one month ago
a / one year ago
- Past events
on my last birthday
at the beginning of my class
during my childhood
when I got up this morning
when my grandfather was a boy

10. Let’s practice went decided hurried walked played buried
Complete the following sentences with the past simple tense of the verb give.
I ______________ (go) to the movies with Ed.
She ______________ (decide) to read the story.
We ______________ (hurry) up doing the quiz.
They ______________ (walk) to school.
Sue _____________ (play) soccer.
My dog ____________ (bury) its bone outside.
went
decided
hurried
walked
played
buried

11. Let’s practice went was walked Didn't rain Did you spend
Complete the following sentences with the past simple tense of the verb give.
7. Last year, I ____ to England on holidays. (go)
8. It _____ fantastic. (be)
9. In the mornings, we ___ the streets of London. (walk)
10. It _____ rain a lot. (not, rain)
11. Where _____ holidays? (you, spend)
went
was
walked
Didn't rain
Did you spend

12. Read the sentences, and rewrite them as negative sentences.
1. My mom baked cookies for the party.
2. Jim understood the exercise.
3. We were at the concert.
4. I was in the room with her.
5. We moved to a new house two years ago.
6. They sell second hand cars.
My mom didn’t bake cookies
Jim didn’t understand the exercise.
We weren’t at the concert.
I wasn’t in the room with her.
We didn’t move to a new house two years ago.
They didn’t sell second hand cars.