SIMPLE PAST
REGULAR VERBS
IRREGULAR VERBS
STRUCTURE
AFFIRMATIVE FORM
NEGATIVE FORM
QUESTION FORM
IN THE SIMPLE PAST,
THERE ARE TWO TYPES OF VERBS:
REGULAR VERBS
Play Played
Watch Watched END IN -ED
Study Studied
IRREGULAR VERBS
Go Went DON’T END IN –ED
See Saw HAVE IRREGULAR
TERMINATIONS
Sleep Slept
SIMPLE PAST - REGULAR VERBS FORM
I
YOU
HE watched TV
SHE played soccer
IT studied English
WE
YOU
THEY
THE SAME VERB FOR ALL SUBJECTS
SIMPLE PAST - IRREGULAR VERBS FORM
I
YOU
HE went to the park
SHE
saw a snake
IT
WE slept late
YOU
THEY
THE SAME VERB FOR ALL SUBJECTS
SIMPLE PAST USE
ACTIONS THAT STARTED AND FINISHED
IN THE PAST.
I went to the beach last Sunday
She bought a new car yesterday.
Marcos read a book last week.
SIMPLE PAST – AFFIRMATIVE FORM
I
YOU went to the park.
HE saw a snake.
SHE slept late.
IT watched TV.
WE played soccer.
YOU studied English.
THEY
THE SAME VERB FOR ALL SUBJECTS
(REGULAR OR IRREGULAR)
He washed the They went to the
clothes yesterday theatre last weekend
evening.
wash go
SIMPLE PAST – NEGATIVE FORM
I
YOU go to the park.
see a snake.
X
He didn’t go to the park.
HE
SHE DID NOT sleep late.
X
IT DIDN’T watch TV.
WE play soccer.
YOU study English.
She didn’t sleep late.
THEY
I DIDN’T GO TO THE PARK
I DIDN’T WENT TO THE PARK
They didn’t play football yesterday.
SIMPLE PAST – QUESTION FORM
YES/NO QUESTIONS
I
YOU go to the park Did she sleep late?
HE see a movie Yes, she did.
?
No, she didn’t.
SHE sleep late
DID IT watch TV
Did you watch TV?
Yes, I did.
No, I didn’t.
WE play soccer Did they study English?
YOU study English Yes, they did.
No, they didn’t.
THEY
DID HE WATCH TV?
DID HE WATCHED TV?
Did they play tennis yesterday?
No,they didn’t.
Did they play foofball ?
Yes,they did.
PAY ATTENTION
AFFIRMATIVE SENTENCES
They went to the park. VERBS IN THE PAST ONLY IN
AFFIRMATIVE SENTENCES.
She saw a movie.
NEGATIVE SENTENCES VERBS GO BACK TO THE
They didn’t go to the park. BASE FORM. (DID NOT/
DIDN’T ALREADY INDICATES
She did not see a movie. PAST)
INTERROGATIVE SENTENCES
Did they go to the park? VERBS GO BACK TO THE
BASE FORM. (DID ALREADY
Did she see a movie? INDICATES PAST)
PAY ATTENTION
A QUESTION DOES NOT NECESSARILY
START WITH DID:
A: Where did you go yesterday?
Where (Places)
B: I went to the shopping mall.
A: What did you do last weekend? What (Specific
B: I ate pizza and watched TV. information)