Miss Erika Steppes

Past Simple
Regular verbs

Miss Erika Steppes C.

 We use the past
simple to talk about
things that happened
in the past.

Miss Erika Steppes

 Time expressions:
Yesterday
last week/month/year
a year ago
the day/week before
in 2010…

Miss Erika Steppes

 Affirmative
I played
He, she, it played
We, you, they played

Miss Erika Steppes

 Spelling rules
visit – visited
Infinitive + ed/d
love – loved
Vowel + y: ed enjoy – enjoyed

Consonant + y: ied study – studied

One-syllable verb
1 vowel + 1consonant: stop – stopped
Double consonant + ed bat – batted

Two-syllable with stress

on second syllable and permit – permitted
ending with a single
consonant:
Double consonant + ed commit – committed
Miss Erika Steppes
 Tom phoned his best friend.
Miss Erika Steppes
 Negative
Subject + didn’t + infinitive
I didn’t play
He, she, it didn’t work
Watch
We, you, they didn’t

Miss Erika Steppes

They didn’t study for the Maths test.
They studied for the History test.
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 Interrogative
Did + subject + infinitive
Did I
play?
Did he, she, it work?
Did we, you, they like?

Miss Erika Steppes

 Yes, they did.
Miss Erika Steppes
Did Kate walk to school?
Miss Erika Steppes No, she didn’t
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Grammar practice
Look at the pictures and make true
sentences. Use the past simple.
Miss Erika Steppes
 Yes, they did. They
asked a question.
No, they didn’t.
Miss Erika Steppes
 Yes, she did. She visited it.
Miss Erika Steppes
 No, they didn’t. They
Miss Erika Steppes played basketball.
 Yes, we did. We danced a lot.
Miss Erika Steppes
Yes, he did. He studied hard. Miss Erika Steppes
Yes, she did. She stayed in bed late.
Miss Erika Steppes
 No, he didn’t. He
Miss Erika Steppes played the guitar.
 Yes, he did. He smiled at me.
Miss Erika Steppes