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THE SIMPLE PAST

TENSE

THE SIMPLE PAST TENSE


Affirmative Statement
Negative Form
Question Form (Making yes/no questions)
Making wh Questions with
what,where,why,what time,when
Verbs-regular & irregular
Exercises

THE SIMPLE PAST TENSE


We use the simple past for an action that began
and ended at a particular time in the past.
We use it for an activity that took place regularly
in the past.

TIME EXPRESSIONS
If we want to say how
much time has passed
since the event happened
we use AGO

2 days ago
2 weeks ago
5 years ago
a long time ago

We can say how long the


event lasted with FOR

for 2 weeks
for 5 months

YESTERDAY

LAST

last week , month , year..

The adverbials often go at the end of the


sentence but not always
Eg.
Two weeks ago, I went to the cinema
I went to the cinema two weeks ago

V E R B S
R E G U L A R
V E R B S

I R R E G U L A R
V E R B S

IRREGULAR
VERBS
I n f i n i t i v e

P a s t

Past participle

Some of the Irregular Verbs


Present

Simple
Past Tense

Past
Participle

awake

awoke

awoken

be

was, were

been

become

became

become

began

begun

catch

caught

caught

eat

ate

eaten

begin

* The simple past tense is one of


the most common tenses in
English.
*Its form is the same with all
subjects
* It is usually formed by adding -ED
to the verb
* This page will explain the rules for
forming the tense with regular verbs

Verb ending in...

e
Consonant + y
One vowel + one
consonant (but
NOT w or y)
[anything else]

How to make the simple past

We add -d
Change y to i, we add -ed

Examples

Live - lived

try - tried

Double the consonant,


then we add -ed

commit committed

We add -ed

boil - boiled
fill - filled

AFFIRMATIVE SENTENCE
I went to Rome yesterday.
She cleaned the house last week.
We played

two hours ago.

SUBJECT + VERB 2 + OBJECT

swam
They(swim)in
the pool last week.

made
My mother(make)
a cake yesterday.

ran
Tom and Jane(run)
in the forest two days ago.

phoned phone ) his boyfriend three


Jane(
hours ago.

were
They.(be)
at the picnic last weekend.

went
I(go)
to a party
yesterday .
met
I(meet)
a new
girlfriend there.

GALATASARAY couldnt be the champion but


won
they..(
win ) the cup two weeks ago.

Negative Form
I did not go to Rome yesterday.
She didnt clean the house last week.
They didnt play football on Sunday.

S+ did not +V1 + O


Short form: didnt

didnt talk
She(talk)
to her husband last night.
watched
She.(watch)
television.

didnt work
John ..(
not / work ) yesterday. His family
thought
Werent
.(
not / be) at home. He (
think )
slept
his new car . Then , he (sleep
) in the garden .

QUESTION FORM

*Did you go to Rome last year ?


Yes,I did / Yes,I went to Rome last year.
No,I didnt. / No,I didnt go to Rome last year.

Did you study


English ?

Did she go shopping yesterday ?


Yes, she did. / Yes, she went shopping yesterday.

No,I didnt take my


medicines last week.

Did you take your


medicines last
week?

*Did Hakan Sukur kick a goal last week ?


Yes,he did. / Yes, he kicked a goal last week.

Did your grandmother clean the house yesterday ?


No , she didnt.

She only watched television and ate chips in her


living room yesterday.

Im
Tomy.

Im Timy.

danced
We .(dance)
together at the party
three days ago.

FORMING WH QUESTIONS
Questio
n Word

Auxiliary Subject
I
you
he
she
it
we
you
they

Verb
infinitiv
e

object

When
Why
How
Where
etc.

did

go

to the beach

yesterday

What

did the nurse bring for the patient Tom ?

She brought the medicines for him.

When did Janet and Jim get married ?

They got married three days ago .

Why didnt you talk to each other at the party?


Because we argued with each other two days ago.

WHY ?

BECAUSE .

Why

did John buy a gift and flowers for his wife ?

Because he cAme home late yesterday


evening.

What did the frogs talk about ?


They talked about the childhood
of the frog Kermit.
Ha ha ha..

Ha ha ha

Where did they play basketball ?


They played basketball in the garden .

It started at
08:30.

What time
did the
lesson start?

bought
I (
buy )
some new clothes from
Paris last week .

How can I pay the


credit card bills ?

- Where did Selami and Gonul go for


their honeymoon two weeks ago ?

- They went to Paris for their


honeymoon two weeks ago .

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