Past Simple

Past Simple - Regular verbs

We use the past simple

to talk about:
- An action that started and
finished in the past;
- Habitual actions in the past;
- A sequence of completed actions.
Past Simple - Regular verbs

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

Tom phoned his best friend.

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.
Past Simple - Regular verbs

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 Jack cycle to school?
No, he didn’t
 Past S i mp l e
Irregul a r v e r b s
Irregular verbs make
the past form in
different ways.

Ex: go - went
eat - ate
take - took
 Negative sentences
Subject + didn’t +
infinitive

Ex: You didn’t buy tickets for

the concert.
Interrogative sentences
Did + subject + infinitive

Ex: Did she buy a CD?

Grammar practice