PAST SIMPLE

TENSE
Past Simple Tense is used to :
a. Express the activities or events that occurred during
the past time by using the time information.
Example : -We played basketball last week.
-She wrote a letter an hour ago.
b. Express the activity that occurred during past time
without a clear description of time.
Example : -We did not play chess.
-She wrote a novel.
 FORMULA AND NOTE
• First Formula
a.Positive (+) : Subject + Past verb + Object/Complement
b.Negative (-) : Subject + Did+ Not + Base verb + Object/Complement
c.Interrogative (?) : Did + Subject + Base verb + Object/Complement

*Example : (+) I bought a bike yesterday.

(-) I did not buy a bike yesterday.
(?) Did i buy a bike yesterday?

• Second Formula
a.Positive (+) : Subject + Was/Were + Object/Complement
b.Negative (-) : Subject + Was/Were + Not + Object/Complement
c.Interrogative (?) : Was/Were + Subject + Object/Complement

*Example : (+) We were high school students last year.

(-) We were not high school students last year.
(?) Were we high school students last year?
NOTE!
 I can be used Was or Were
 He,She, it used Was
 You,We,They used Were
KINDS OF SENTENCES IN PAST SIMPLE
TENSE
 Affirmative sentences
SUBJECT VERB IN PAST TENSE COMPLEMENT.

Tom visited us last week.

I ran in the competition.
 Negative sentences

SUBJECT DIDN’T VERB IN BASE FORM

COMPLEMENT.

Tom didn’t visit us last week.

I didn’t run in the competition.
KINDS OF QUESTIONS IN PAST SIMPLE
 Yes/No Questions
DID SUBJECT VERB IN BASE FORM

COMPLEMENT?

Did Tom visit you last week?

 Informative Questions
WH WORD DID SUBJECT

VERB IN BASE FORM COMPLEMENT?

Where did you run last year?

Simple Past Tense
Verb to Be.
Basic English
Structure
Affirmative Sentences.
•I
• HE was a kid.
• SHE
• IT
• WE
• YOU were friends.
• THEY
Structure
Negative Sentences.
•I
• HE was not a kid.
• SHE (wasn’t)
• IT
• WE
• YOU were not friends.
• THEY (weren’t)
Structure
Simple Questions or Yes/ No Questions

• I I I
• WAS HE a kid? Yes, he WAS or No, he WASN’T
• SHE she she
• IT it it

• WE we we
WERE YOU friends? Yes, you WERE or No, you WEREN’T
• THEY they they
Structure
Informative Questions or WH
Questions
• WHY
• WHEN I
• WHERE WAS HE ?
• HOW SHE
• WHICH IT

• WHY
• WHEN WE
WHERE WERE YOU friends?
HOW THEY
WHICH
 FORM
There are regular verbs and irregular verbs.
 All regular past tense verbs end in “ed”
Regular: study studied
live lived
stay stayed
 Some verbs have irregular past tense forms :
Irregular: go went
be was – were
do did
These verbs don’t follow any spelling rules.
Irregular past verb forms must be learned.
 Spelling of “ed” form
 Most verbs – add “ed”
Example: walk walked
order ordered
 Verbs that end in “e” – add only “d”
Example: live lived
decide decided
 Verbs that end in consonant “y”- change y to i and add “ed”
Example: study studied
carry carried
 Verbs that end in CVC [stressed vowel] double the last consonant
Example: shop shopped
stop stopped
permit permitted
admit admitted
Do not double the last consonant if the last syllable is not stressed:
listen listened
 LOOK AT THESE VERBS! ARE
THEY REGULAR OR IRREGULAR?
 DANCED
 PLAYED
 WENT
 READ
 WROTE
 CUT
 CAME
 BOUGHT
 LIKED