PAST TENSE

PAST SIMPLE
Rules
 When the verb ends in –e,the past simple is
formed by adding -d ( care-cared ).

 When the verb ends in a consonant + -y, and

adding –ied ( study- studied ).
The Past Simple is used:
 To talk about a sequence of action in the
past:
He got up, paid the bill and left.
I didn’t read the letter, I just gave it to Lee.
What did you say?
To talk about actions that happened regularly
in the past:
I often played tennis with her.
They never went to the cinema when they
lived in the country.
I went to school in Scotland.
Did she really work there for ten years ?
TIME EXPRESSION:
 Yesterday, two days ago, last week, last
month, last year, in 2005, …