Past Simple Tense

We use this tense when we talk about actions we did in the past.

Affirmative:SUBJECT+DID+OBJECT

I You He She It We They

watched  went

a movie to school

last night.   yesterday.

Negative:SUBJECT+DID NOT DO+OBJECT

I You He She It We They

did not (didn’t) watch   did not (didn’t) go

a movie   to school

last night.              yesterday.

Question:DID+SUBJECT+DO+OBJECT?

Did

I you he she it we they

watch go

last night? yesterday?

Verbs have 2 forms in Past Simple Tense: regular and irregular

some regular verbs	some irregular verbs
looked worked watched talked started posted decided invited   traveled enjoyed cooked passed opened walked created	did went saw spoke began sent chose read wrote came had bought took made said ate

Beware of

• verbs ending in –e : used, lived, died, closed, believed, smiled, baked etc.
• verbs ending in –y: studied, cried, tried, envied, tidied, fried,etc. BUT stayed, played, delayed
• also: stopped, tapped, admitted, committed, referred

Time expressions: yesterday, last night, last month, last year, last summer, five minutes ago, an hour ago, two weeks ago, on Wednesday, on Friday, on the weekend, in the winter, in August, in 1998, in the 18^th century etc.