Past simple verb to be

https://agendaweb.org/exercises/verbs/to-be/past-simple-
forms
https://agendaweb.org/exercises/verbs/to-be/past-simple-
forms-2
https://first-english.org/english_learning/english_tenses/si
mple_past/2/43_simple_past_to_be.htm
https://agendaweb.org/verbs/tobe-past-simple/index.html
https://agendaweb.org/exercises/verbs/to-be/past-simple-
write-2
https://agendaweb.org/exercises/verbs/to-be/past-simple-
affirmative-negative-interrogative
Past simple
Past simple

To
Is used to talk about things that happened or existed

re
before now.

m
em
The simple past tense shows that you are talking

be
about something that has already happened.
• Verb in past

r
Unlike the past continuous tense, which is used to
talk about past events that happened over a period
• Aux Did
of time, the simple past tense emphasizes that the
action is finished.
 Past simple

Regular irregular

For regular verbs we just add –ed at the end For irregular verbs we use the special form for past
tenses

worked Awake awoke awoken

I worked
She awoke at 10

Irregular verbs: https://jajayaja.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/irregular-verb-groups.pdf

 How to make questions How to make negative

I I
The W The W
y e y e
Didn’
Did Yo t Yo
it u it u
Sh H Sh H
e e e e

Ex: Did you clean the house? Ex: They didn’t know the answer
Intensifier too
Forms of Intensifier Too

too before an adjective that expresses a negative meaning.

• My vacation is too short.
• This place is too noisy.
• Kevin’s bag is too heavy.

It is also found before an adverb.

• The teacher speaks too fast.
• My friend reacted to the news too loudly.
• She is walking too slowly.

Put too after a verb.
• I eat too much.
• He arrived too early.
• She talks too fast.

Another use of this word

To agree with an opinion

• I like dogs/¡yeah, I like dogs too!