Past Simple Tense 1

Past Simple – spelling of regular

verbs
 The normal rule is to add -
ed.
Worked – started – walked -
2) If the verbs ends in -e, add -
d.
Lived – loved – changed –
agreed – arrived – danced
3)Verbs that end in consonant
+ -y change to -ied.
Carry = carried cry = cried
4) If the verbs has only one
syllable and one vowel and
one consonant, double the
consonant.

Stopped – planned – admitted

– conferred

5)When the verbs not ends in -

e, add -ed.

Enjoy – enjoyed – listen –

listened – play - played
6)When the verbs ends
in -ic, add -k followed
– ed.

Panic = panicked
traffic = trafficked
 Forms
1) The form of the past simple is the same for all
persons.
Affirmative
I
You finished
He/She/ It arrived yesterday.
We went
You
They
 Negative
The negative of the past simple is formed
with didn't.

I
You
He/She/It didn't ( did not ) arrive yesterday
We
You
They
 Interrogative ( Question )
 The question in the past simple is formed with
did.
I
you
When did he/she/it arrive ?
we
you
they
Short answer
 Did you go to work
yesterday ?
 Yes, I did.

 Did it rain last night ?

 No, it didn't
 Use
1) The Past Simple expresses a past action that is
now finished.
We played tennis last Sunday.
I worked in Tokyo from 1994 to 1999.
John left two minutes ago.
2) Notice the time expressions that are used with
the past simple.
Yesterday morning
I did a lot of housework last year.
last month.
five years ago
 Past time words
1) YESTERDAY 2) LAST 3) AGO
(a) Bob was here (b) Sue was here ( c )Tom was
yesterday. last night. here
yesterday morning. last week. five min. ago.
yesterday afternoon. last month. two hours ago.
yesterday evening last year. three days ago.
last spring. one week ago.
last summer. six months ago.
last fall. One year ago.
last winter. etc
 Example
 Did you do your homework
last night ?
 Yes, I did.

 What did you do yesterday

evening ?
 I was watching TV.

 We use did in past simple

negative and questions.
 I clean my teeth every morning. This morning I
cleaned my teeth.

 Terry worked in a bank from 1981 to 1986.

 Yesterday it rained all morning. It stopped at

lunchtime.

 We enjoyed the party last night. We danced a

lot and talked to a lot of people. The party
finished at midnight.
The Past Simple Tense:
irregular verbs
 Note: Irregular verbs
don't end in ED in the
past tense.
 Some verbs are
irregular. The past
simple is not -ed.
Here are some
important irregular
verbs.
 Infinitive Past tense
 Go (ir) went
 Say (dizer) said
 Be (ser/ estar) was/ were
 Pay (pagar) paid
 Bring (trazer) brought
 Hear (escutar) heard
 Blow (soprar) blew
 Take (pegar) took
 Come (vir) came
 Have (ter) had
 Begin (começar) began
 Bet (apostar) bet
 Cut (cortar) cut
 Drink (beber) drank
 Dream (sonhar) dreamt
 Make (fazer) made
 Sleep (dormir) slept
 Put (colocar) put
 Let ( deixar) let
 Lead (conduzir) led
 Know (conhecer) knew
  Affirmative
 I
 You
 He/she/it broke the leg.
 We
 You
 they
  Negative
 I
 You
 He/ she/ it didn't break the leg.
 We
 You
 They
  Interrogative
I
You
 Did He/ she/ it break the leg ?
We
You
They
 I usually get up early but this
morning I got up at 9:30.

 We did a lot of housework yesterday.

 Caroline went to the cinema three

tomes last week.

 Mr. Todd came into the room, took

off his coat and sat down.
 The past simple refers to an action that
happened at a definite time im the
past.

 He died in 1882

subject + verb -ed + complement.

 I did not watch television yesterday.

Subject + did + not + infinitive + complement.

( didn't )
 Did she go out last night ?

Did + subject + infinitive + complement

 Did you see Joe yesterday ? No, I didn't.

 Did your friends have a good holidays ? Yes, they
did.
 Did Helen come to the party ? No, she didn't.