2. THE PAST SIMPLE TENSE USE
The Past Simple is used:
1. to talk about actions or situations
completed at a definite time in past
I visited Berlin last week.
Andrew watched TV yesterday.
2. even when the exact time when the event
happened is not mentioned , but it is clear that the
action is finished.
I bought these shoes in London.

3.  In English there are REGULAR VERBS and
 IRREGULAR VERBS
 For REGULAR VERBS add –ed to the verb
 I workED for ten hours yesterday.

4. SIGNAL WORD FOR THE PAST SIMPLE
•YESTERDAY
•3/4/5 DAYS AGO
•3/4/5 MONTHS AGO
•LAST MONTH
•LAST YEAR
•IN 1995

5. TO BE
singular plural
I was We were
You were You were
He/she/it was They were
singular plural
Was I? Were we?
Were you? Were you?
Was he/she/it? Were they?
QUESTIONS
Singular plural Singular plural
Yes, I was Yes, we were No, I was
not/wasn’t
No, we were
not/weren’t
Yes, you
were
Yes, you
were
No, you were
not/weren’t
No, you
were
not/weren’t
Yes, he/she
it was
Yes, they
were
No, he/she/it
was
not/wasn’t
No, they
were
not/weren’t
POSITIVE NEGATIVE

6. singular plural
I worked We worked
You worked You worked
He/she/it worked They worked
THE PAST SIMPLE TENSE FORM

7. QUESTIONS
singular plural
Did I workED? Did we workED?
Did you workED? Did you workED?
Did he/she/it workED? Did they workED?
* We use DID, the Past Simple form of DO, to make questions.
•ED is not added to the verb because DID already marks that we are
talking about Past Simple

8. POSITIVE ANSWERS
singular plural
Yes , I did Yes, we did
Yes, you did Yes, you did
Yes, he/she/it did Yes, they did

9. NEGATIVE ANSWERS
singular plural
No, I did not/didn’t work No, we did not/didn’t
No, you did not/didn’t No, you did not/didn’t
No, he/she/it did not/didn’t No, they did not/didn’t
•You can say :
No, I didn’t.
or
No, I didn’t workED for 10 hours yesterday.

10. SPELLING RULES
Verb ending -ed form
CONSONANTS + e
change changeD
CONSONANTS + Y
study
Delete -y, add -ied
studied
VOWEL +Y
play
No change
played
SHORT VOWEL +
CONSONANT/
tap
stop
Double the consonant
tapped
stopped

11. THE PAST SIMPLE TENSE WITH IRREGULAR
VERBS
IRREGULAR VERBS have different forms for The Past
Simple which we have to learn.
I went home at 10.
Infinitive Past Simple *past participle
Go went gone
Do did done
* Form of the verb which we will need for some
tenses (Present Perfect, Past Perfect)
went

12. questions positive answer negative answer
Did
I/you/he/we/they
went go?
Yes, I /you/he/we /
they did.
No, I /you/he/we /
they did not / didn’t.
THE PAST SIMPLE TENSE WITH IRREGULAR
VERBS