1. Grammatical tenses Past tense

2. Form: Simple Past I walked You walked He/she/it walked We/you/they walked So: verb + ed

3. Irregular verbs Problem: some verbs are irregular ‘Teach’ isn’t ‘teached’ But ‘taught’ So, use the form in the 2nd column of the irregular verbs Check this list first, if you’re not sure

4. Simple Past continued Questions and negative sentences They need a ‘helping verb’ For the Simple Past: to do So:

5. Simple Past: questions and negatives Did I walk? Did you walk? Did he walk? Did she walk? Did it walk? Did we walk? Did you walk? Did they walk? I didn’t walk You didn’t walk He didn’t walk She didn’t walk It didn’t walk We didn’t walk You didn’t walk They didn’t walk

6. Form: Past Continuous I was walking You were walking He/she/it was walking We/you/they were walking So: was/were + verb + ing

7. Past Continuous: questions and negatives Was I walking? Were you walking? Was he walking? Was she walking? Was it walking? Were we walking? Were you walking? Were they walking? I wasn’t walking. You weren’t walking. He wasn’t walking. She wasn’t walking. It wasn’t walking. We weren’t walking. You weren’t walking. They weren’t walking.