SIMPLE PAST TENSE

 When do we use the Simple Past tense?

We use the Simple Past to express the idea that an action started
and finished at a specific time in the past.

 What are some common time expressions used with the past
tense?
In 1989… Last week… Last year…
Yesterday… Last month… ago…
 How do we form the simple past Tense
?

English has two types of verbs in the past tense:

Regular verbs
 Irregular verbs
Regular verbs are verbs that end with “ed”…

Simple form Past tense

 walk walked
cry cried
live lived
practice practiced
play played
watch watched
 Irregular verbs are verbs that DON’T end with
“ed”
 Have a vowel change in the past tense:

Simple tense Past tense

give gave
run ran
 drink drank
forget forgot
drive drove
sit sat
 Some irregular verbs have a different kind of
change:

Simple tense Past tense

buy bought
eat ate
teach taught
bring brought
tell told
 see saw
hear heard
go went
And some irregular verbs don’t change at all

Simple tense Past tense

hit hit
put put
set set
hurt hurt