» CENGAGE Learning ‘Simple Past: Regular Verbs | studied last night. Use the simple past to talk about completed actions in the past. ‘She tked the movie. “They watched TV. ‘There was a scary movie on TV | To talk about singular nouns with there, use the singular simple past form of be, was, yesterday. There were two movies on TV | To talk about plural nouns with there, use the plural simple past form of be, were. last right. Type of Regular Verb Simple Past Form cua Most verbs ‘base verb + ed watched the scary movie. He enjoyed the scary movie. Verbs ending in e base verb + d ‘She liked the movie. Verbs ending in a consonant base verb -y+ i+ ed | studied last night. andy One-syllable verbs ending in base verb + double final consonant + ed (stop) We stopped studying consonant-vowel-consonant (plan) They planned to watch TV. Two-syllable verbs ending in ‘base verb + double final consonant + ed (preter) She preferred romantic consonant-vowel-consonant comedies. with last syllable stressed (admit) You admitted the problem. Simple Past Negative Statement ST seapaeehestous Se ee uo [Negative statements in the simple past | Questions in the simple past ere formed | Answers to questions inthe simple are formed the same for al regular the same forall regular verbs. past are formed the same fr all verbs.) regular verbs. subject + did noviidn’t + base did + subject + base verb..2 Yes, + subject + simple past verb Yes, | watched it. oR Yes, + subject + did. | did not watch the scary movie. Did you watch the scary movie? Yes, Idi No, + subject + did novididn't + base vero No, | did nowididn't watch it oR No, + subject + did nov didn’t No, I did not/No, | didnt, Grammar Caté Copyright © Cengage Learning Not reproducible without written permission of publisher