The past simple tense

Time line

Past Present Future

Completed action in a specific time in the past
‫أحداث تمت وأنتهت فى زمن محدد فى الماضى‬
 Subject + Verb in the past ( regular or irregular )

d ied
Verb + ed
 Verbs
 Regular Irregular
Help Write
Helped Wrote
Live go
Lived Went
Cry See
Cried Saw
Examples:
 1: Doaa visited her uncle.
 2: She decided to paint the house.
 3: Ahmed played football last night.
 4: Last week, Ahmed left Cairo.
Negative form:
 Subject + didn't + verb infinitive .

Did + not

 We didn't go to school yesterday .

Key words :
 Yesterday – last ( week , month , day , Sunday, year) –
(2 weeks , 5 days ) ago .