2. Three simple verb tenses in English language:
Simple Present tense.
Simple Past tense.
Simple Future tense.
3. Simple past and its usage:
Simple past is used to indicate that an activity or
situation began and ended at a particular time in
the past
4. Affirmative statement
To make an Affirmative simple past statement,
simply follow this pattern:
Subject+main verb in past form
5. Examples:
•I walked to school yesterday.
•I bought a new car three days ago
•She gave you the book.
6. Negative statement
To make a negative simple present statement, simply
follow the following pattern:
Subject+did not/didn’t+main verb in base form
7. Examples:
I walked to school yesterday. I didn’t walk to school
yesterday.
I bought a car last week.
I didn’t bought a car last week.
She gave you the book.
She didn’t give you the book.
8. Question
To make a question in the simple present, simply
follow the following pattern:
Did+subject+main verb in base form
9. Examples:
I walked to school yesterday. Did I walked to school
yesterday?
I bought a car last week.
Did I buy a car last week?
She gave you the book.
Did She give you the book?
10. Exercise:
Make sentences in simple past tense
Affirmative
We went to
sarah’s party.
you closed the
door yesterday.
Negative
We didn’t go to
sarah’s party.
you didn’t close
Did you close the door
the door
yesterday?
yesterday.
She lived in New She didn’t live in
York two years
New York two
ago.
years ago.
They ate eggs for
the breakfast.
Question
Did we go to sarah’s
party.
They didn’t eat
eggs for the
breakfast.
Did She live in New
York two years ago?
Did they eat eggs for
the breakfast?
