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

3. 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.

4. 3. to list a series of completed actions in the past
He went to work, had two meetings and went home.
4. to talk about past habits
I played football when I was a child.

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

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

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.
•If you are using the long form, don’t add –ED to the verb
because didn’t already indicates that we are talking about
The Past Simple

10. SPELLING RULES
Verb ending -ed form
CONSONANTS + e
change changeD
CONSONANTS + Y Delete -y, add -ied
study
studied
VOWEL +Y No change
play played
SHORT VOWEL + Double the consonant
CONSONANT/
tap tapped
stop 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 wentwent gone
Do did done
* Form of the verb which we will need for some
tenses (Present Perfect, Past Perfect)

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

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