Simple past tense: affirmative,

negative, and interrogative forms

 AFFIRMATIVE
FORM
Express the idea that an
action started and finished
at a specific time in the
past.

I listened to the song.

Subject + regular or irregular

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verb in the past form +
complements
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NEGATIVE FORM
Express something that was
not done in the past.

I did not / didn’t listen

to the song.
Subject + did not (or didn’t ) +
verb in the infinitive form +
complements
 INTERROGATIVE FORM
We use did to make questions about past situations.

Did you listen to the song?

Did + subject + verb in the base form + complements
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Write in your notebook, affirmative sentences in the simple

past.
 Write in your notebook, negative sentences
in the simple past.

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Write in your notebook interrogative

sentences in the simple past.
Possible answers: