1. THE PAST SIMPLE

2. USE
• Actions that started and finished in the past
Examples
I went to the beach last Sunday
I bought a new car yesterday.
• Actions that happened one after the other in
the past (like in a story)
Examples
I went into the disco and I saw my favourite girl, then I
asked her to dance,...
He came in, took off his coat and sat down.

3. FORM
Two types of verbs
• REGULAR
• IRREGULAR

4. Regular verbs
-ed for all persons
Play  played
Work  worked
Stay  stayed
Listen  listened

5. Spelling
• 1) Double the consonant if the verb ends in consonantvowel-consonant and has only one syllable
stop – stopped
swap - swapped
• 2)Add only –d, when the verb ends with –e
love – loved
save – saved
• 3)Verbs ending in 'y' preceded by a consonant:
Change 'y' to 'i' Then add -ed.
hurry - he hurried (watch out! play – played)

6. Irregular verbs
The form CHANGES from infinitives
Examples
speak  spoke
eat  ate
see  saw
fly  flew
think  thought

7. Verb TO BE
I
he
she
it
was
you
we
they
were

8. Negative Sentences
DID NOT + VERB (base form)
Example: I did not work yesterday
or
I didn’t work yesterday
INCORRECT: I didn’t worked

9. More examples:
- I didn’t go on holiday last year
- I didn’t went on holiday last
year

10. Negative Sentences
verb TO BE
WAS / WERE + NOT
Examples
I was not at school yesterday afternoon
or
I wasn’t at school yesterday afternoon
They were not at home last weekend
or
They weren’t at home last weekend

11. Yes /No Questions
DID + subject + main verb + rest of sentence ?
Example
Did you work yesterday?
- Yes, I did.
- No, I didn’t.

12. Yes /No Questions
verb TO BE
WAS / WERE + subject + rest of sentence ?
Example:
Were you at home last weekend?
- Yes, I was.
- No, I wasn’t.

13. REMEMBER!!
• Positive sentences:
– I played football yesterday
– I went home early on Saturday
• Negative sentences:
– I didn’t play football yesterday
– I didn’t go home early on Saturday
• Yes/No questions:
– Did you play football yesterday?
– Did you go home early in Saturday?

14. REMEMBER!!
Verb TO BE
• Positive sentences:
I was in London last year
• Negative sentences:
They weren’t at home last weekend
• Yes/No questions:
Were you ill yesterday?

15. What’s the past form?
break
broke
buy
bought
feel
felt
find
found
fly
flew
forget
forgot
give
gave
hear
heard
keep
kept
leave
left
lose
lost
make
made
meet
met
read
read
send
sent
steal
stole
take
took
teach
taught
think
thought
throw
threw

16. How do you pronounce the –ed ending?
There are three rules we should take into account to know how
to pronounce the –ed ending:
Rule 1: If a present tense verb ends with the sound of a voiced
consonant or a vowel sound, the pronunciation in past tense
is /d/
Rule 2: If the present tense verb ends with the sound of a
voiceless consonant sound (f, k, s, x, sh, ch, or p), the
pronunciation in past tense is /t/
Rule 3: If the present tense verb ends with the sound of /t/
or /d/ consonant sound, the pronunciation in past tense is
always /id/
Note: it’s the ending sound, not spelling that determines
pronunciation.

17. How do you say these past verbs?
ended
stopped
decided
talked
walked
listened
rented
liked
arrived
parked
landed
hoped
argued
stayed
booked
hated
laughed

18. WELL DONE!!