PAST SIMPLE

TENSE
M I S S DA N I E L A P I N O G A L L E G O S
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• The simple past is a verb tense that is used to talk about things that happened or existed
before now.

• EXAMPLES:
He lived in New York in 1994.
We saw a good film last week.

• You have to change the verbs into past, to form the past simple.

• There are two different types of verbs: Regular and Irregular ones.
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• The English language uses both regular and irregular verbs.

To form the past tense of a regular verb

If the regular verb ends with a
ending with a vowel (a, e, i, o, u) we add
consonant, add “ed” for the past tense.
a “d” to the word.
For example, the verb pour ends with
For example, the verb share ends with
the consonant r.
the vowel e.
pour = present tense
share = present tense
poured (pour + ed) = past tense
shared (share + d) = past tense
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• The English language uses both regular and irregular verbs.

Unlike regular verbs, irregular verbs do not

follow a pattern. You must memorize them.

For example, the irregular verb “see”:

I see the stars = present tense

I saw the stars = past tense
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Affirmative Structure

Subject verb (past simple) complement.

REGULAR VERBS I
He
She
It worked yesterday.
You
We
They

Affirmative Structure

Subject verb (past simple) complement.

IRREGULAR I
VERBS He
She
It bought a car.
You
We
They
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Negative Structure

Subject didn’t verb complement.

(infinitive)
REGULAR I
VERBS He
She
It didn’t work yesterday.
You
We
They

Negative Structure

Subject didn’t verb complement.

(infinitive)
IRREGULAR I
VERBS He
She
It didn’t buy a car.
You
We
They
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Interrogative Structure

Did subject verb complement?

(infinitive)
I
REGULAR I
he
he/she/it
VERBS
she Yes, we did.
Did it work yesterday? you
you they
we
they

Interrogative Structure
I
Did subject verb complement? he/she/it
(infinitive) No, we didn’t.
IRREGULAR I you
VERBS he they
she
Did it buy a car?
you
we
they