Rules to form the past simple of regular and irregular verbs:

Regular verbs
Add –ed to the end of the verb.
Walk – walked
Watch – watched
Add only –d at the end of If the verb ends with short Verbs that end in a
verbs that end with an “e”. vowel and a consonant, we consonant and “y”, we
double the end consonant. change the “y” for an “i”.
Change – changed
Believe – believed Stop – stopped Study – studied
Commit – committed Try – tried

Irregular verbs
There is no rule to form irregular verbs.
Be – was/were
Drink - drank
 Verb to be
Structure: (-) Negative:
(+) Affirmative: Subject + was/were not + complement
My mom was not a doctor.
Subject + past simple verb + complement The keys were not in the drawer.
I bought a blue car.

(-) Negative:
Subject + did not + infinitive verb + complement
I did not buy a blue car.

(?) Interrogative:
Did + Subject + infinitive verb + complement + ?
Did I buy a blue car? Contracciones:
Short answer: Did not = didn’t
Yes, I did. Was not = wasn’t
No, I did not. Were not = weren’t
Uses:
1.An action that started and finished in
the past.
Tom stayed home last Saturday.

2. Repeated actions in the past.

We always traveled to Cancun for
vacations when we were Young.

3. Actions that took place for a long

period in the past.
I worked for many years in a museum.
 SIMPLE PAST VERB TO BE

Structure
Verb to be (+) Affirmative
Pronoun Subject + was/were + complement
Present
tense Past tense I was in London in 2005.
They were together at the party.
I am
She was (-) Negative
He is Subject + was/were not + complement
It I wasn’t in London in 2005.
They weren’t together at the party.
You
We are were
They (?) Interrogative
Was/were + subject + complement?
Was I in London in 2005?
Were they together at the party?
 USED TO – USE TO
Past habits
We use used to for past habits or things that happened repeatedly in the past,
but they don’t happen anymore.

I used to play chess every day, but now I don’t play very often.
When the economy was better, we used to eat out every week.

Past states
We use used to for past states: things that were true in the past, but they are
not true anymore.

She used to be very shy when she was a child.

I used to like her music, but now I hate it.
Structure

(+) Affirmative
Subject + used to + infinitive verb + complement
I used to have long hair, but now I have short hair.

(-) Negative
Subject + didn´t + use to + infinitive verb + complement
She didn't use to like chocolate, but she does now.

(?) Interrogative
Did + subject + use to + infinitive verb + complement?
Did he use to study French?