The Past Simple Tense:

regular and irregular verbs.

 Compare:
every day yesterday

I help my parents. I helped my parents.

I play games. I played games.
I watch cartoons. I watched cartoons
 We use the Past Simple for an action or
event at a definite point in the past
yesterday
the day before yesterday
last week
last month
last year
two days ago
in 2005
 -ed
help + ed = helped
play + ed = played
live + d = lived
 [t] [d] [ id ]
helped phoned visited
cooked played acted
washed lived painted
 walk visit help play watch

watched cartoons yesterday.

Ted __________
walked in the park last week.
Mary __________
helped her granny two days ago.
Sally __________
visited his cousins last month.
Bill __________
played football at school
Nick __________
the day before yesterday.
 did not ( - )
( + ) He visited his friend yesterday.

( - ) He did not visit__ his friend

yesterday.

did not = didn’t

Make the sentences negative.
We walked in the park.
We did not walk in the park.
Boys played football.
Boys did not play football.
He cleaned his teeth.
He did not clean his teeth.
She watched a film.
She did not watch a film.
 Did ?

Did you watch TV yesterday?

Yes, I did.
No, I didn’t.
 Answer the questions.
Did you watch cartoons yesterday?
Did you play football yesterday?
Did you help your mum yesterday?
Did you listen to music yesterday?
Did you walk in the park yesterday?
Did you dance yesterday?
Did you learn English yesterday?
 Make up questions.
I phoned my friend.
Did you phone your friend?
He lived in the hotel.
Did he live in the hotel?
They played chess.
Did they play chess?
She washed the plates.
Did she wash the plates?
 Irregular Verbs

I do my homework every day.

I did my homework yesterday.

do - did
 Irregular Verbs
+ I went to the cinema yesterday.
- I did not go to the cinema yesterday.
? Did you go to the cinema yesterday?
+ went
- did not go
? Did __ go