Past Simple Tense

• Past Simple Tense

• Actions that happened in a known point in time.

• Markers: yesterday, last month, back then…
Be, do, have – auxiliaries
1. I was 1. We were
2. You were 2. You were
3. He/She/It was 3. They were

• Do – did
• Have – had
Formation - Regular verbs
• To put regular verbs into the Past Simple Tense, you add –ed suffix to
the infinitive
• If the verb ends in –e, you just add –d suffix (smile)

• If the verb ends in –y, then the y turns to i, then add –ed suffix (try –
tried)
• Short verbs double last letter before adding –ed suffix (stop – stopped)

• Irregular verbs – 2nd column

Sentence types
• Affirmative (+)
John watched TV all night long.
Mary ate her breakfast this morning.
The police were searching his home, but Mark was fine. He had nothing.
Usain Bolt just broke the record! He did it!
• Negative (-)
John did not watched TV all night long.
Mary did not ate eat her breakfast this morning.
The police were not searching his home, but Mark was not fine. He did not had have anything.
Usain Bolt did not just broke break the record! He did not do it!
Sentence types - continuation
• Interrogative (?)
Did John watch TV all night long?
Did Mary eat her breakfast this morning?
Were the police searching his home? Was Mark fine? Did he have anything?
Did Usain Bolt just break the record? Did he do it?

• Negative interrogative (?)

Did not John watch TV all night long?
Did not Mary eat her breakfast this morning?
Were the police not searching his home? Was Mark not fine? Did he not have anything?
Did not Usain Bolt just break the record? Did not he do it?