Simple past
Simple past is used to talk about experiences from the past
SIMPLE PAST (VERB .SIMPLE PAST (OTHER
TO BE) VERBS)
Positive statement: subject +
verb in past of the verb to be (was/
were) + complement.
The Holocaust was in 1944
SIMPLE PAST
Negative statement: Subject + verb
in negative+ Complement
The 9-11 attack wasn’t in 1878
Questions form:
Was the Holocaust in 1933?
Yes, it was / No, it wasn’t.
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Positive statement: subject +
verb in past of the verb to be +
complement.
Thomas Alva Edison invented the light
bulb in 1878.
Negative statement: Subject + verb in
negative+ Complement
Alexander Bell didn’t invent the light
bulb in 1878.
Questions form:
Did Fatima Al Fihri find Al
Quaraouiyine University?
Yes, she did / No, she didn’t.Photo
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 Verbs in simple past

Regular verbs Irregular verbs

accepted grow  grew
added speak  spoke
admired tell told
admited send sent
go went
advised
VOCABULARY

keep kept
afforded
know knew
agreed can could
alerted ride rode
allowed
ring rang
ended write wrote

enjoyed see saw

entered do did

entertained feel felt

escaped arise arose

examined