1. The Simple Past Tense
The simple past tense is used to talk about actions that happened at a specific time in the past. You state when it happened using a time adverb (yesterday,last week,tow days ago, etc.)
For example:
1 - I lived in South Africa for two years.
2 - She cleaned her room yesterday.

2. You form the simple past of a verb by adding -ed onto the end of a regular verb ,but irregular verb forms have to be learned.

3. Spelling rules for regular verb
1) Double the consonant if the consonant is stressed stop – stopped swap – swapped
2)Add only –d, when the verb ends with –e
love – loved save – saved
3)Verbs ending in 'y' preceded by a consonant:
Change 'y' to 'i' Then add -ed.
hurry - he hurried (play – played)

4. did not + verb (base form)
Negative Sentences
did not + verb (base form)
Example 1 : I did not work yesterday or
I didn’t work yesterday
INCORRECT: I didn’t worked

5. ? I worked. Regular Verb (to work) Statements +
Questions ?
Short answer +
Short answer -
I worked.
I didn't work.
Did I work?
Yes, I did.
No, I didn't.
[He/She/It] worked .
[He/She/It] didn't work.
Did [he /she / It] work?
Yes, [he/she/It] did.
No, [he/she/It] didn't.
[You/ We/They] worked.
[You/ We/They] didn't work.
Did [you/ we/they] work?
Yes, [you/ we/they] did.
No, [you/ we/they] didn't.

6. Question In the past simple we use did as a helping
verb to form a question with Wh - word .
1 – He cleaned his car.
What did he clean?
2 – I cocked the dinner.
When did you cock?
3 – She wrote a book.

7. Past Continuous Tense
1 – We use this tense to talk about actions that were
going on, or happening at a certain moment in the past.
At this time last Saturday, Ahmad was playing in the
park with his friends.
2 - We often use past continuous to say what was in
progress, when something happened:
The phone rang while I was doing my homework.
I was reading a comic book while my sister was
watching TV.
When I was walking along the road, I saw a car hit a
motorbike.

8. Positive and Negative in Past Continuous
Subject + was + v-ing
1) I was studying.
2) He was playing.
Subject + were + v-ing
1) You were reading.
2) They were sleeping.
Negative
Subject+ wasn’t(not) + v-ing
1) I wasn’t (not) studying.
2)He wasn’t (not) playing.
Subject + weren’t(not) + v-ing
1) You weren’t (not) reading.
2) They weren’t (not) sleeping

9. Making Yes/No Questions in Past Continuous
Was + He, She, It + v-ing?
Was he working?
Yes, he/ she/ it + was.
No, he/ she/ it + wasn’t.
Were + you, we, they + v-ing?
Were they working?
Yes, you/ we/ they+ were.
No,You/ we/ they + weren’t.

10. Making Wh- word Question in Past Continuous
In the past continuous we use was or were to
form a question with Wh - word .
1 – He was playing tennis at 9 o'clock last night .
When was he playing tennis?
2 – You were cocking the dinner all the after
noon yesterday.
What were you doing all the after noon yesterday?
3 – She was writing a book When I visited her.

11. We often use the past continuous and the
past simple together with “while / when”.
Pastcontinuous: longer action or situation
Past simple: complete shorter action that happened
during the longer action.
While I was having dinner, the phone rang.
While I was talking to my brother, Bill came in.
At 8 p.m., when Jack came home, I was reading a
cartoon book.

12. What about you?
What were you doing yesterday at 9.15 a.m.?
I was….