Past simple tense

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.

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

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

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

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?

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

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

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

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

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

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.