Past Simple:

Regular and Irregular

Verbs
English File Elementary, 3rd Edition, file 7C
TOEFL ITP
 To remember:
PAST TENSE
REGULAR VERBS IRREGULAR VERBS

……..ED THE WORD CHANGES

SAME FORMULA FOR POSITIVE, NEGATIVE, AND QUESTIONS

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 For Example:
REGULAR VERBS:
A: Sandy played tennis all day yesterday. (POSITIVE)
B: Did Sandy play with Richard? (QUESTION)
A: She didn’t play with Richard. She played with her friends. (NEGATIVE)

IRREGULAR VERBS:
A: Martin went to the movies last night. (POSITIVE)
B: Who did he go with? (QUESTION)
A: He went with Wendy. Their friends didn’t go with them. (NEGATIVE)

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 What is the Formula?
POSITIVE: NEGATIVE QUESTIONS

subject + verb in past + subject + didn’t + verb in (Question Word) + did +

complement infinitive + complement subject + verb in infinitive
+ complement

Lou stayed in a hotel. Mark did not / didn’t

finish his homework. Did your brother pass the
exam?
Marissa made a cake.
Susy did not / didn’t
write my phone number. Where did you go on
vacation?
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 More Examples:
POSITIVE:
Last year I visited my family in Chicago.
My family bought a new car last week.
Marianne spent the summer in Miami.
Lilly wanted a bicycle for her birthday.
NEGATIVE:
My mom didn’t have dinner with us last night.
Sonya did not go to school yesterday.
Mike and Tom didn’t drink coffee.
Tom didn’t wash his uniform.

QUESTIONS: ?
Did you enjoy the food?
Where did you find that money?
Did your sister read the book?
Who did you see at the party?
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