Positive

Yesterday
Verb in _______ ago
last ________
past in _________

FUNCTIONS:

1. For actions completed in the past, mentioning or not the exact time.
Examples: William Shakespeare died on April 23rd, 1616.
The candidate got 45% of the votes.

2. When speaking about something that was done and cannot be repeated.
Examples: Did you ever go to a Freddy Mercury´s concert? (he´s dead and he cannot give more concerts)
I saw Pope John Paul II when he visited Mexico.

3. For past habits, including a frequency adverb.

Example: My grandpa always drank tea after lunch.
I rarely said a bad word when I was a child.

REMEMBER

§ It is necessary to practice both regular and irregular verbs exhaustively. The most important is to remember the
pronunciation for regular verbs.

Spelling rules for regular verbs in past:

§ Add “ed” to the verb: work-worked, play-played, clean-cleaned, visit-visited…

§ When the verb ends with “consonant + y”, write “ied”: study-studied, cry-cried, try-tried…
§ Consonant + vowel + consonant, the last consonant is doubled if the final syllable is stressed, except W, X, Y, and
Z: Stop-stopped, trap-trapped, prefer-preferred, permit-permitted..
§ but never, never and never: fix-fixed, allow-allowed, travel-traveled…

We use the verb in past just in affirmative, yes just affirmative, no negative no interrogative, just affirmative!

Ecamples:

I drank a delicious coffee yesterday.

She went to the market last Friday.
Richard met his wife 8 years ago.
We made a cake for you.
They studied English verbs last course.
Negative

Simple Yesterday
did not _______ ago
form last ________
didn´t
verb in _________

The auxiliary did is for everybody.

For negative we have to use didn’t + the verb in the base form.

The verb is always in present, in the base form.

Remember not to use for she, he and it the verb with s, es and ies because that is for simple present and this is simple past.

I didn´t drink coffee.

You didn´t drink coffee.
she didn´t drink coffee.
he didn´t drink coffee.
It didn´t drink coffee.
We didn´t drink coffee.
They didn´t drink coffee.
You didn´t drink coffee.

Examples:

I didn´t drink a delicious coffee yesterday.

She didn´t go to the market last Friday.
Richard didn´t meet his wife 8 years ago.
We didn´t make a cake for you.
They didn´t study English verbs last course.

Interrogative

?
Simple Yesterday
Did form
_______ ago
last ________
verb in _________

The auxiliary did is for everybody.

The verb is always in present, in the base form.

Did you drink a delicious coffee yesterday?

Did she go to the market last Friday?
Did Richard meet his wife 8 years ago?
Did we make a cake for you?
Did they study English verbs last course?