1. The simple Past tense

2. Indicates that something has happened at a specific time in the past.
The simple past tense
Indicates that something has happened at a specific time in the past.

3. The simple past tense Mary helped the teacher. I kicked the ball.
She kicked the ball.
We kicked the ball.
They kicked the ball.
Mary did not kick the ball.
Mary helped the teacher.
I helped the teacher.
We helped the teacher.
They helped the teacher.
You did not help the teacher.
Most verbs will take “-ed” to show the simple past tense.
To show a negative in simple past tense, use “did not” with the unconjugated verb.

4. The simple past Tense – Irregular verbs
TO Be
Have
I was in the park. He was not in the park. We were in the park. They were not in the park.
I had a blast! We had a blast! They had a blast! You had a blast!

5. laugh play add bless gather
More regular verbs
laugh
laughed
play
played
add
added
bless
blessed
gather
gathered

6. More regular verbs bake look walk sneeze twirl baked did not bake
looked
did not look
look
walked
did not walk
walk
sneezed
did not sneeze
sneeze
twirled
did not twirl
twirl
type
typed
did not type
paint
painted
did not paint
decorate
decorated
did not decorate
wipe
wiped
did not wipe
jump
jumped
did not jump

7. More irregular verbs quit leave drive sing lose teach tear fight begin
did not quit
leave
left
did not leave
drive
drove
sing
sang
did not sing
lose
lost
did not lose
teach
taught
did not teach
tear
tore
did not tear
fight
fought
did not fight
begin
began
did not begin
drink
drank
did not drink

8. caught saw fell met run knew lay made ate Irregular Verbs catch see
fall
fell
meet
met
ran
run
know
knew
let
lie
lay
make
made
eat
ate

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