SIMPLE PAST TENSE

Presented by:
SEBASTIAN ACOSTA RAMIREZ.

Teacher:
OLGA BIVIANA RAMIREZ GOMEZ.

GROUP: 2167250
 CONTENT.

1- Definition: Simple past.

2- Affirmative sentences.
3- Negative sentences.
4- Interrogative sentences.
 DEFINITION

The simple past, sometimes

called preterite, is used to talk
about 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.
 Affirmative sentences
STRUCTURE: - He saw her on the street the last week.
SUBJECT + PAST VERB + COMPLEMENT

SENTENCES:

- She read the newspaper yesterday.

- I lost my wallet the last weekend when I went

out with my Friends.
- She sent her child to a summer camp.

- He finally bought his sport car.

We ate together in a restaurant the last night.

 Negative Sentences
STRUCTURE:
SUBJECT + AUXILIARY VERB + NOT + PRINCIPAL VERBS + COMPLEMENT

SENTENCES:

- You didn’t work very hard the last week.

She didn’t live in Japan the last year.

They didn’t learn how to swim a long time ago.

 He didn’t walk to the school, He went by bus.

He didn’t like to sit in the sun.

I didn’t want to paint my house the last year, now i

have to do it.
 Interrogative sentences
STRUCTURE:
AUXILIARY VERB + SUBJECT + PRINCIPAL VERB + COMPLEMENT
SENTENCES:
- Did you do your homework?

- Did she cook our dinner?

- Did you spend the money in new videogames?

 - Did she like the movie that we saw?

- Did he play the guitar in a rock band?

Did they travel to Europe the last month?