SIMPLE PAST TENSE - AFFIRMATIVE

VERB “TO BE” REGULAR AND IRREGULAR VERBS

•I was in the park. • Regular verbs –ed, -d, ied
• You were in the park. • Mary cooked lunch yesterday.
• He/She/It was in the park. • Sarah and Peter booked a single
• We were in the park. room at Radison hotel.
• They were in the park. • Irregular verbs (different spelling)
• They went to the supermarket last
Saturday.
• My sister wrote a poem for the
mother’s day.
 SIMPLE PAST TENSE - NEGATIVE
VERB TO BE
• Use WAS NOT(WASN’T) OR
WERE NOT (WEREN’T)
• The child WAS NOT in his bed
last night.
• Mr. And Mrs. Perez WEREN’T in
the courtroom two days ago.
REGULAR AND IRREGULAR VERBS
• Use auxiliary DID NOT(DIDN’T)+
VERB (base form)
• The judge didn’t give the veredict
yesterday.
• The ambulance chaser didn’t go to
the hospital last week.
• The legal assistant didn’t help the
clients and didn’t stay with them
during the hearing.
SIMPLE PAST TENSE-INTERROGATIVE
VERB TO BE REGULAR AND IRREGULAR VERBS
• Use WAS or WERE at the beginning of the • Use auxiliary DID + VERB(base form)
question.

Did you collect enough evidence?

• Was the professor sick last Monday?
Yes, I did. / No, I didn’t.
• Yes, he was. /No,he wasn’t.
Did the lawyer write the contract?
• Were the clients satisfied with the veredict?
• Yes, they were. / No, they weren’t. Yes, he did. / No, he didn’t.

• When was your birthday? When did you visit the prisioner?
• It was last month. I visited him one week ago.
• Where were your colleagues last night? What did the criminal do?
• They were at the police station. He robbed a jewelry shop.