Past Simple

Regular verbs
Past Simple - Regular verbs

We use the past

simple to talk about
things that happened
in the past.
Past Simple - Regular verbs

Time expressions:
Yesterday
last week/month/year
a year ago
the day/week before
in 2010…
Past Simple - Regular verbs

Affirmative
I played
He, she, it played
We, you, they played
Past Simple - Regular verbs

Spelling rules
visit – visited
Infinitive + ed/d
love – loved
Vowel + y: ed enjoy – enjoyed

Consonant + y: ied study – studied

One-syllable verb
1 vowel + 1consonant: stop – stopped
Double consonant + ed bat – batted

Two-syllable with stress

on second syllable and permit – permitted
ending with a single
consonant:
Double consonant + ed commit – committed
 danced
wanted watered liked
helped
smiled [t]
watched skated
pushed
painted
 [d]

painted
played smiled loved
watered finishedcried
walked needed watched
 [id]
helped
wanted added collected
needed listened painted
tried studied talked
ANSWERED
ANSWER ARRESTED
ARREST BRUSH
BRUSHED CARRIED
CARRY CLIMBED
CLIMB

CLOSED
CLOSE COMBED
COMB COOKED
COOK COUNTED
COUNT CRIED
CRY

DANCED
DANCE DROPPED
DROP FINISHED
FINISH HELPED
HELP FRIGHTENED
FRIGHTEN
JUMPED
JUMP LEARNED
LEARN LISTEN
LISTENED LIVED
LIVE LOOKED
LOOK

OPENED
OPEN PAINTED
PAINTED PLANTED
PLANT PLAYED
PLAY PRAYED
PRAY

PULLED
PULL PUSHED
PUSH REMEMBER
REMEMBERED RETURNED
RETURN SAVED
SAVE
 SCREAMED
SCREAM SHOWED
SHOW SMELLED
SMELL SMILED
SMILE STARTED
START

STAY
STAYED STOP
STOPPED STUDIED
STUDY TALKED
TALK TASTED
TASTE

TELEPHONED
TELEPHONE TRAVELLED
TRAVEL WALKED
WALK WATCHED
WATCH WORKED
WORK
Past Simple - Regular verbs

Tom phoned his best friend.

bake pack
brush peel
collect phone
cook post
cry smile
hug snow
iron wait
knit watch
bake pack
brush peel
collect phone
cook post
cry smile
posted a
Molly _______
hug letter to her cousin snow
iron yesterday morning. wait
knit watch
bake pack
brush peel
collect phone
cook post
cry smile
Last Christmas my
hug knitted a
granny _______ snow
iron nice scarf for me. wait
knit watch
bake pack
brush peel
collect phone
cook post
cry smile
_______ the snow
hug Thomas watched
iron birds in the country. wait
knit watch
bake pack
brush peel
collect phone
cook post
cry smile
Our neighbours’ baby
hug ______
cried loudly last snow
iron night. wait
knit watch
bake pack
brush peel
collect phone
cook post
cry smile
hug It _______
snowed a lot in snow
iron my town last winter. wait
knit watch
bake pack
brush peel
collect phone
cook post
cry smile
baked a
Jen ______
hug cheesecake for her snow
iron mum last Sunday. wait
knit watch
bake pack
brush peel
collect phone
cook post
cry smile
phoned Sue
Roger _______
hug at her office snow
iron yesterday. wait
knit watch
bake pack
brush peel
collect phone
cook post
cry smile
cooked delicious
Liz _______
hug stew on the campfire snow
iron last weekend. wait
knit watch
bake pack
brush peel
collect phone
cook post
cry smile
waited quite
John _______
hug long for his computer snow
iron to boot. wait
knit watch
bake pack
brush peel
collect phone
cook post
cry smile
collected
My uncle ________
hug stamps at the age of snow
iron ten. wait
knit watch
bake pack
brush peel
collect phone
cook post
cry smile
ironed
Mrs. Swan ______
hug her son’s shirts snow
iron yesterday. wait
knit watch
bake pack
brush peel
collect phone
cook post
cry smile
smiled at Pam
Kevin ______
hug when she saw him at snow
iron the corridor. wait
knit watch
bake pack
brush peel
collect phone
cook post
cry smile
Peter packed
______ his
hug snow
sleeping bag in his
iron rucksack. wait
knit watch
Past Simple - Regular verbs

Negative
Subject + didn’t + infinitive
I didn’t play
He, she, it didn’t work
Watch
We, you, they didn’t
Past Simple - Regular verbs

They didn’t study for the Maths test.

They studied for the History test.
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Interrogative
Did + subject + infinitive
Did I
Did he, she, it play?
work?
Did we, you, they
like?
Did they visit London last year?
Yes, they did.
Did Kate walk to school?
No, she didn’t
 ?

Grammar practice
Look at the pictures and make true
sentences. Use the past simple.
F ol l ow the They / ask a question.
exemple.

Did they ask a question?

Yes, they did. They
asked a question.
No, they didn’t.
 Emily / visit / the Coliseum in Rome.

Did Emily visit the Coliseum in Rome?

Yes, she did. She visited it.
 They / play / football in the morning.

Did they play handball in the morning?

No, they didn’t. They
played basketball.
 We / dance / a lot last Saturday.

Did we party a lot last Saturday?

Yes, we did. We danced a lot.
 Paul/ study / hard

Did Bill study hard?

Yes, he did. He studied hard.

 Sarah/ stay / in bed late

Did Daisy stay in bed late?

Yes, she did. She stayed in bed late.
 My cousin / play / the piano

Did my cousin play the piano?

No, he didn’t. He
played the guitar.
 Henry / smile / at me

Did Henry smile at you?

Yes, he did. He smiled at me.