The document provides information about forming sentences in the simple past tense in English. It discusses the forms of regular and irregular verbs in the past, how to form affirmative, negative, and interrogative sentences, and examples of time expressions used with the simple past. Some key points include: - Regular verbs are formed by adding "-ed" and irregular verbs have unique past forms - Affirmative sentences use the base verb form, negative sentences use "did not/didn't", and interrogative sentences use "did" + base verb form - The simple past is used to talk about completed actions that started and finished in the past

1. SIMPLE PAST
Did you study English yesterday?
Yes, I did.
No, I didn’t.

2. IN THE SIMPLE PAST,
THERE ARE TWO TYPES OF VERBS:
 REGULAR VERBS
Play Played
Watch Watched
Study Studied
 IRREGULAR VERBS
Go Went
See Saw
Sleep Slept
END IN -ED
DON’T END IN –ED
HAVE IRREGULAR
TERMINATIONS

3. SIMPLE PAST - REGULAR VERBS FORM
I
YOU
HE
SHE
IT
WE
YOU
THEY
Watched TV
Played soccer
Studied English

4. REGULAR VERBS - SPELLING
1) Double the consonant if the word ends in consonant + vowel + consonant
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.
Study – Studied
Cry - Cried

5. SIMPLE PAST - IRREGULAR VERBS FORM
I
YOU
HE
SHE
IT
WE
YOU
THEY
Went to the park
Saw a movie
Slept late
 THE SAME VERB FOR ALL SUBJECTS

6. SIMPLE PAST USE – ACTIONS THAT STARTED
AND FINISHED IN THE PAST
 I went to the beach last Sunday
 She bought a new car yesterday.
 Marcos read a book last week.

7. SIMPLE PAST – TIME EXPRESSIONS
YESTERDAY
LAST
MONDAY (DAY OF THE WEEK)
SUMMER (SEASON OF THE YEAR)
WEEK
MONTH
YEAR
ONE DAY
TWO WEEKS
THREE MONTHS
TEN DAYS
AGO
EX.: Laura ate pizza yesterday.
EX.: My father and I went to the park last week.
EX.: I went to the zoo three days ago.

8. SIMPLE PAST – AFFIRMATIVE FORM
I
YOU
HE
SHE
IT
WE
YOU
THEY
Went to the park
Saw a movie
Slept late
Watched TV
Played soccer
Studied English
 THE SAME VERB FOR ALL SUBJECTS
(REGULAR OR IRREGULAR)

9. SIMPLE PAST – NEGATIVE FORM
I
YOU
HE
SHE
IT
WE
YOU
THEY
go to the park
see a movie
sleep late
watch TV
play soccer
study English
DID NOT
DIDN’T
I DIDN’T GO TO THE PARK
I DIDN’T WENT TO THE PARK
X
XHe didn’t go to the park.
She didn’t sleep late.

10. SIMPLE PAST – QUESTION FORM
DID
I
YOU
HE
SHE
IT
WE
YOU
THEY
go to the park
see a movie
sleep late
watch TV
play soccer
study English
?
DID HE WATCH TV?
DID HE WATCHED TV?
YES/NO QUESTIONS
Did she sleep late?
 Yes, she did.
 No, she didn’t.
Did you watch TV?
 Yes, I did.
 No, I didn’t.
Did they study English?
 Yes, they did.
 No, they didn’t.

11. PAY ATTENTION
AFFIRMATIVE SENTENCES
 They went to the park.
 She saw a movie.
NEGATIVE SENTENCES
 They didn’t go to the park.
 She did not see a movie.
INTERROGATIVE SENTENCES
 Did they go to the park?
 Did she see a movie?
VERBS IN THE PAST ONLY IN
AFFIRMATIVE SENTENCES.
VERBS GO BACK TO THE
BASE FORM.
VERBS GO BACK TO THE
BASE FORM. (DID ALREADY
INDICATES PAST)

12. PAY ATTENTION
A QUESTION DOES NOT NECESSARILY
START WITH DID:
A: Where did you go yesterday?
B: I went to the shopping mall.
Where (Places)
A: What did you do last weekend?
B: I ate pizza and watched TV.
What (Specific
information)

13. AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE QUESTIONS
I slept late yesterday.
I didn’t go to school.
Did you study English?
She didn’t eat pizza.
Robin watched TV last night.
Did Mark see a movie last week?
COMPLETE THE SPACES WITH THE RESPECTIVE
AFFIRMATIVE, NEGATIVE AND INTERROGATIVE SENTENCES
I didn’t sleep
late yesterday.
Did you sleep late
yesterday?
I went to school. Did you go to school?
I studied English. I didn’t study English.
She ate pizza. Did she eat pizza?
Robin didn’t watch
TV last night.
Did Robin watch
TV last night?
Mark didn’t see
a movie last week.
Mark saw a movie
last week.

14. AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE QUESTIONS
I slept late yesterday.
I didn’t go to school.
Did you study English?
She didn’t eat pizza.
Robin watched TV last night.
Did Mark see a movie last week?

15. CHECK THE SENTENCES THAT ARE CORRECT AND
CORRECT THE WRONG SENTENCES
1. I didn’t went to university yesterday. ____________________________
2. Sarah slept late last night. ____________________________________
3. I ate pizza last weekend. _____________________________________
4. She did play soccer with her friends. ____________________________
5. Susan and I drink beer yesterday. ______________________________
6. Lucas saw a movie with his family. _____________________________
7. I didn’t worked yesterday. ____________________________________
8. Did Marcelo bought a car? ______________________________________
I didn’t go to university yesterday.
CORRECT
CORRECT
- She didn’t play soccer with her friends.
- She played soccer with her friends.
Susan and I drank beer yesterday.
CORRECT
I didn’t work yesterday.
Did Marcelo buy a car?

16. CHECK THE SENTENCES THAT ARE CORRECT AND
CORRECT THE WRONG SENTENCES
1. I didn’t went to university yesterday. ____________________________
2. Sarah slept late last night. ____________________________________
3. I ate pizza last weekend. _____________________________________
4. She did play soccer with her friends. ____________________________
5. Susan and I drink beer yesterday. ______________________________
6. Lucas saw a movie with his family. _____________________________
7. I didn’t worked yesterday. ____________________________________
8. Did Marcelo bought a car? ______________________________________