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Affirmative Subject: noun , thing, animals , name For an action which happened at a definite time in the past. We form the past simple of most regular verbs by adding ed to the main verb. Play -played. Pronounced d verbs ending in b, v, n, m, r Yesterday

I cleaned the house You washed the clothes He lived in Japan She studied French It ate its food.

Main verb Negative complement For an actions which happened immediately one after the other in the past We add d to verbs ending in e. likeliked

Pronounced t verbs ending in k, s, f,ch

Last night, week.

Last month Pronounced id Verbs ending in t, d.

Did+ not

We didnt have a good time You didnt go to the mall They didnt see a good movie She didnt worked yesterday She didnt study French

For past habits or states which are now finish

For verbs ending in a consonant + -y we drop y and add -ied

Question Time expression Tell stories. For example: snow white, Cinderella. For verbs ending in a stressed vowel between two consonants, we double the last consonant and add ed. Stop- stopped

Did I clean the house? Did she study English? Did they see a movie?