1. Simple Past Tense
We use the simple past tense to talk about what happened at a definite time in the past.
There are some common expressions we use:
yesterday,
last night,
a month ago,
last week,
yesterday afternoon, etc

2. Regular Verbs Most verbs ( + ed) walk→walked play →played
Verbs ending in e (+d)
live →lived use →used
Verbs ending in a consonant
(-y + ied) (consonant: p, t, r, etc)
cry →cried carry →carried
Short verbs ending in a vowel consonant (vowel: a, e, i, o, u)
(double the consonant + y)
stop →stopped shop →shopped

3. Irregular Verbs No change cost →cost put →put
Change the vowel or the consonant
come →came ring →rang
make →made sit →sat
Change the whole word
buy →bought do →did

4. Negative Sentences We add “did not” before the main verb to
form negative sentence. (did not = didn’t)
I did not see Sandy this morning.
John did not go to church last Sunday.
David did not watch TV last night.

5. Questions We add “Did” before the subject
and put a “ ? ” at the end to form question.
Did you have breakfast this morning?
Did you wash the dishes last night?
Did you bring the umbrella?

6. The Verb “to be” Statements: “I / He / She / It” was very good.
“You / We / They” were very smart.
Questions:
Was “I / he / she / it” very good?
Were “you / we / they” very smart?
Negative sentences:
“I / He / She / It” was not very good.
“You / We / They” were not very smart.