SIMPLE

PAST
TENSE
BY teacher Manuela
Vásquez
Definition of the simple past tense
The simple past tense, sometimes called the preterite, is
used to talk about a completed action in a time before now.
The simple past is the basic form of past tense in English.
The time of the action can be in the recent past or the
distant past and action duration is not important.
 FORMING THE SIMPLE PAST TENSE
PATTERNS OF SIMPLE PAST TENSE FOR REGULAR VERBS

AFFIRMATIVE
SUBJECT + VERB + ED
EXAMPLES:
I CLOSED THE ENVELOPES.
HE SAVED THE DOCUMENTS.
SHE OMITED THE DETAILS.
WE TYPED THE INVOICE.
NEGATIVE FORM
FOR THE NEGATIVE AND INTERROGATIVE SIMPLE PAST FORM OF "TO DO" AS
AN ORDINARY VERB, USE THE AUXILIARY "DID".
THE NEGATIVE OF "HAVE" IN THE SIMPLE PAST IS USUALLY FORMED USING
THE AUXILIARY "DID", BUT SOMETIMES BY SIMPLY ADDING NOT OR THE
CONTRACTION "N'T".
NEGATIVE FORM
SUBJECT + DID NOT + INFINITIVE + COMPLEMENT
EXAMPLES:
I DIDN´T CLOSE THE ENVELOPES.
HE DIDN´T SAVE THE DOCUMENTS.
SHE DIDN´T OMITE THE DETAILS.
WE DIDN´T TYPE THE INVOICE.
 INTERROGATIVE FORM
PATTERNS OF SIMPLE PAST TENSE FOR REGULAR VERB
DID + SUBJECT + INDEFINITE + COMPLEMENT + QUESTION MARK
EXAMPLES:
DID I CLOSE THE ENVELOPES?
YES, YOU DID. YES, YOU DID CLOSE THE ENVELOPES.

DID HE SAVE THE DOCUMENTS?

YES HE DID. YES, HE DID SAVE THE DOCUMENTS.

DID SHE OMITE THE DETAILS?

NO, SHE DIDN´T. NO, SHE DIDN´T OMITE THE DETAILS.
DID WE TYPE THE INVOICE?
NO, WE DIDN´T. NO, WE DIDN´T TYPE THE INVOICE.
QUESTIONS WITH QUESTION WORDS IN THE SIMPLE PAST
QUESTION WORD AUXILIARY SUBJECT VERB REST
WHAT DID YOU PAY FOR?
WHY DID SHE OPEN THE PACKAGE?
WHEN DID ROBERT WATCH THE MOVIE?
WHOM DID WE HAVE TO INTERVIEW?
HOW THE PACKAGE ARRIVE?
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