THE PAST SIMPLE TENSE

-yesterday, last_, _ago, dates in the past -

Positive sentences
1. I worked yesterday. 1. We
2. You saw a dog yesterday. 2. You made a cake last week.
He
3. She smiled at us. 3. They
It
+ V2/-ed
Negative sentences
1. I did not work yesterday. 1. We
2. You did not see a dog yesterday. 2. You didn’t make a cake last week.
He
3. She did not smile at us. 3. They
It
did not=didn’t
+ did not + V1

Interrogative sentences
1. Did I work yesterday? 1. we
2. Did you see a dog yesterday? 2. Did you make a cake last week?
he
3. Did she smile at us? 3. they
it

(Wh)+ Did + + V1?

eg:
1. Where did you go yesterday? – I went to the shop yesterday.
2. Did you have lunch yesterday? – Yes, I did. / No I didn’t.

Spelling rules
walk + ed walked
laugh + ed laughed
want + ed wanted
Note: cry - cried y»i
carry - carried y»i
love - loved no e
hope - hoped no e
stop - stopped if you speak a short vowel » doubling
drop -dropped if you speak a short vowel » doubling
 IRREGULAR VERBS
be was/were been hear heard heard
become became become hit hit hit
begin began begun hold held held
bite bit bitten keep kept kept
bleed bled bled know knew known
blow blew blown lose lost lost
break broke broken make made made
bring brought brought mean meant meant
buy bought bought meet met met
catch caught caught pay paid paid
choose chose chosen put put put
come came come read read read
cost cost cost say said said
cut cut cut see saw seen
do did done sell sold sold
draw drew drawn send sent sent
dream*** dreamt dreamt speak spoke spoken
drink drank drunk spend spent spent
drive drove driven stand stood stood
eat ate eaten steal stole stolen
fall fell fallen swim swam swum
feed fed fed swing swung swung
feel felt felt take took taken
fight fought fought teach taught taught
find found found tear tore torn
fly flew flown tell told told
forget forgot forgotten think thought though
freeze froze frozen understand understood understood
get got got, gotten wake* woke woken
give gave given wear wore worn
go went gone win won won
grow grew grown write wrote written
have had had
 THE PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE
-while, when-

Positive sentences

4. I was working yesterday. 1. We

5. You was walking a dog. 2. You were making a cake last week.
He
6. She was smiling at us. 3. They
It
+ was/were+V1-ing

Negative sentences

4. I was not working yesterday. 1. We

5. You were not walking a dog. 2. You weren’t making a cake.
He
6. She was not smiling at us. 3. They
It

+ was/were not + V1+ing

Interrogative sentences

4. Was I working yesterday? 1. we

5. Were you walking a dog? 2. Were you making a cake all day?
he
6. Was she smiling at us? 3. they
it

(Wh)+ Was/Were + + V1+ing?

eg:
3. Where were you going yesterday? – I was going to the shop yesterday.
4. Were you having lunch when I called? – Yes, I was. / No, I wasn’t.

Spelling rules
walk + ing = walking
make + ing = making
swim + ing = swimming
begin + ing = beginning