THE SIMPLE PAST

TENSE
 THE SIMPLE PAST TENSE
• Affirmative Statement
• Negative Form
• Question Form (Making yes/no questions)
• Making ‘wh’ Questions with
what,where,why,what time,when “
• Verbs-regular & irregular
• Exercises
 THE SIMPLE PAST TENSE
• We use the simple past for an action that began
and ended at a particular time in the past.
• We use it for an activity that took place regularly
in the past.
 TIME EXPRESSIONS
If we want to say how 2 days ago
much time has passed 2 weeks ago
5 years ago
since the event happened
a long time ago
we use AGO

We can say how long the for 2 weeks

event lasted with FOR for 5 months

YESTERDAY
last week , month , year..
LAST
The adverbials often go at the end of the
sentence but not always …

Eg.
Two weeks ago, I went to the cinema
I went to the cinema two weeks ago
 V E R B S
R E G U L A R I R R E G U L A R
V E R B S V E R B S
 IRREGULAR
VERBS

I n f i n i t i v e P a s t Past participle
Some of the Irregular Verbs

Present Simple Past

Past Participle
Tense
awake awoke awoken

be was, were been

become became become

began begun
begin

catch caught caught

eat ate eaten

 * The simple past tense is one of
the most common tenses in
English.

*Its form is the same with all

subjects
* It is usually formed by adding -ED
to the verb
* This page will explain the rules for
forming the tense with regular verbs …
 Verb ending in... How to make the simple past Examples

e We add -d Live - lived

Consonant + y Change y to i, we add -ed try - tried

One vowel + one Double the consonant, commit -

consonant (but then we add -ed committed
NOT w or y)

boil - boiled
[anything else] We add -ed fill - filled
AFFIRMATIVE SENTENCE
I went to Rome yesterday.
She cleaned the house last week.
We played two hours ago.

SUBJECT + VERB 2 + OBJECT

 swam
They…………………(swim)in the pool last week.
 made
My mother…………………(make) a cake yesterday.
 ran
Tom and Jane……………(run) in the forest two days ago.
 phoned phone ) his boyfriend three
Jane…………………(
hours ago.
 were
They…………………….(be) at the picnic last weekend.
 went
I……………(go) to a party
yesterday .
met
I…………(meet) a new
girlfriend there.
GALATASARAY couldn’t be the champion but
won
they…………………..( win ) the cup two weeks ago.
 Negative Form
I did not go to Rome yesterday.
She didn’t clean the house last week.
They didn’t play football on Sunday.

S+ did not +V1 + O

Short form: didn’t
 didn’t talk
She………………………(talk) to her husband last night.
watched
She………………….(watch) television.
 John …………………..(
didn’t work not / work ) yesterday. His family
………………….(
Weren’t thought
not / be) at home. He ……………………( think )
his new car . Then , he ……………(sleep
slept ) in the garden .
 QUESTION FORM

*Did you go to Rome last year ?

Yes,I did / Yes,I went to Rome last year.

No,I didn’t. / No,I didn’t go to Rome last year.

Did you study
English ?
Did she go shopping yesterday ?

Yes, she did. / Yes, she went shopping yesterday.

No,I didn’t take my Did you take your
medicines last
medicines last week.
week?
*Did Hakan Sukur kick a goal last week ?

Yes,he did. / Yes, he kicked a goal last week.

Did your grandmother clean the house yesterday ?

No , she didn’t.

She only watched television and ate chips in her

living room yesterday.
 I’m Timy.
I’m
Tomy.

danced
We ……………………….(dance) together at the party
three days ago.
FORMING “ WH “ QUESTIONS

Verb
  Questio
n Word
Auxiliary Subject  infinitiv object
e

 I
you
he

?
 When
Why she
 did  go
to the beach
How it yesterday
Where
we
etc.
you
they
John
What did the nurse bring for the patient ‘ Tom ‘ ?

She brought the medicines for him.

When did Janet and Jim get married ?

They got married three days ago .

Why didn’t you talk to each other at the party?
Because we argued with each other two days ago.

WHY ? BECAUSE ….
Why did John buy a gift and flowers for his wife ?

Because he cAme home late yesterday

evening.
What did the frogs talk about ?
They talked about the childhood
of the frog ‘Kermit’.
Ha ha ha.. Ha ha ha…
Where did they play basketball ?

They played basketball in the garden .

It started at
08:30.

What time
did the
lesson start?
 bought
I …………………………( buy ) How can I pay the
some new clothes from credit card bills ?
Paris last week .
 - Where did Selami and Gonul go for
their honeymoon two weeks ago ?

- They went to Paris for their

honeymoon two weeks ago .