Simple Past Tense –

Active Voice
© Ayesha Rajapakse
 Affirmative Form
 Verb Form 2 – Simple Past Tense
V1 V2

1.Run 1.Ran
2.Speak 2.Spoke
3.Sing 3.Sang
4.Walk 4.Walked
5.Talk 5.Talked
6.Smoke 6.Smoked
7.Like 7.Liked
8.Believe 8.Believed
Regular Verbs

 Regular verbs form their past tense by adding –ed

to the end.
V1 V2
1. Kick 1. Kicked
2. Cook 2. Cooked
3. Dance 3. Danced
4. Smile 4. Smiled
5. Laugh 5. Laughed
6. Live 6. Lived
7. Finish 7. Finished
8. offer 8. Offered
Irregular Verbs

V1 V2

1. Fight 1. Fought
2. Teach 2. Taught
3. Catch 3. Caught
4. Buy 4. Bought
5. Bring 5. Brought
6. Sing 6. Sang
7. Write 7. Wrote
8. Speak 8. Spoke
9. Sell 9. Sold
10.Throw 10.Threw
11.Meet 11.Met
 Verbs that Don’t Change

V1 V2
1. Cut 1. Cut
2. Hurt 2. Hurt
3. Hit 3. Hit
4. Let 4. Let
5. Broadcast 5. Broadcast
6. Spread 6. Spread
7. Quit 7. Quit
8. Shut 8. Shut
9. Bet 9. Bet
10.Put 10.Put
Verbs that Don’t Change

V1 V2
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Uses of Simple Past Tense

 To express things that were done in the past.

I jogged last year.

 Subject + V2 + Past time expression

 Simple Past Tense – Affirmative Form

 Subject + V2 + Past Time Expression

1. I ran to work yesterday.

2. You ate the mango this morning.
3. She sang a song last night.
4. He drank the milk during the interval.
5. The cat sat on the mat this afternoon.
6. It worked well two days ago.
7. They played the piano last month.
8. The children danced at the party three years ago.
1. Last night, the
gypsies sat
around the fire.
2. They laughed and
clapped to the beat
of the drums.
3. A gypsy girl
danced.
4. They enjoyed the
lovely evening.
 The gypsies parked
their caravans in an
empty field.
 They set up tents.
A gypsy girl cooked
dinner.
A gypsy mother held
her baby.
 Some gypsy kids played
together; others
washed their clothes.
A gypsy boy played
a guitar.

A gypsy maiden
danced to the
tune of the guitar.
The suspect was
interrogated (questioned).
Interrogative Form – Question Form

 Did + Subject + Base Form of Verb+ Rest?

 Did you eat the biscuit?

Interrogative Form – Question Form

 Did + Subject + Base Form of Verb?

 Did I set the alarm?

 Did you eat the hamburger?
 Did he sing the song?
 Did she write the letter?
 Did it work in the morning?
 Did we fix the problem?
 Did they laugh loudly?
 Did the girls play with the Barbie dolls?
1. Did a gypsy girl dance
yesterday?
2. Did the gypsies arrive
the day before
yesterday?
3. Did they park their
caravans in an empty
field?
4. Did they play music?
5. Did they play cards?
6. Did they enjoy the
evening?
 Simple Past Tense – Be Verb –
Was/were
It
was a lovely evening.
Was it a lovely evening?

Thegypsies were beautiful.

Were the gypsies beautiful?
Simple Past Tense – Negative Form

 Subject + did not/didn’t + base form of the verb

Affirmative Form Negative Form

I ate. I did not eat.
Simple Past Tense –Negative Form
 Subject + did not/didn’t + base form of the verb
Complete Form Contracted Form – Shortened Form

• I did not dance at the party. • I didn’t dance at the party.

• You did not fry potatoes for the get • You didn’t fry potatoes for the get

together. together.

• He did not write that article. • He didn’t write that article.

• She did not catch the bus on time. • She didn’t catch the bus on time.

• It did not work yesterday. • It didn’t work yesterday.

• The child did not read the book. • The child didn’t read the book.
Simple Past Tense –Negative Form
 Subject + did not/didn’t + base form of the verb

Complete Form Contracted Form

• We did not type the passage. • We didn’t type the passage.

• They did not scream loudly. • They didn’t scream loudly.

• The parents did not meet the • The parents didn’t meet the

Principal. Principal.
Simple Past Tense – Negative
Interrogative Form
 Did + Subject + not + base form of verb?

 Did I not put the kettle on the stove?

 Did you not send the letter?
 Did she not sing the song?
 Did he not administer the medication to the patient?
 Did we not order new stock?
 Did they not read the prescription properly?
 Did the doctor not prescribe that medicine?
Simple Past Tense – Negative
Interrogative Form
 Didn’t + Subject + Base form of verb?

 Didn’t I check the expiry date?

 Didn’t you dispose the expired medicine?
 Didn’t she finish her work?
 Didn’t he label the boxes?
 Didn’t we give you the receipt?
 Didn’t they drink the medicine?
 Didn’t the children swallow the tablets?