How to use Simple Past Tense with Affirmative (Yes) and Negative (No). Learn about Simple Past Tense and how it is used with I, you, we, they, he, she. Also how the words are changed with the change in actor. Edufect's (www.edufect.com) Perfect English provides a way to learn English on phone and mobile with 1 on 1 classes. You can become a fluent and confident English speaker.

1. Past Tense
I/You/He/She/We/They
Affirmative / Negative

2. Example - 1
• I ate an apple.
• I did not eat an apple.
• You ate an apple.
• You did not eat an apple.
• We ate an apple.
• We did not eat an apple.
• They ate an apple.
• They did not eat an apple.
• He ate an apple.
• He did not eat an apple.
• She ate an apple.
• She did not eat an apple.
• She ate an apple.
• She did not eat an apple.

3. Example - 2
• I went to the market.
• I did not go to the market.
• You went to the market.
• You did not go to the market.
• We went to the market.
• We did not go to the market.
• They went to the market.
• They did not go to the market.
• He went to the market.
• He did not go to the market.
• She went to the market.
• She did not go to the market.
• Jack went to the market.
• Jack did not go to the market.

4. Word List – Simple Present / Past
Simple Present Simple Past
watch watched
have had
sleep slept
listen listened
play played
work worked
run ran
drive drove
cook cooked

5. Make two sentence (Affirmative
and Negative) :
• I / wrote / a story
• You / wrote / a story
• We / wrote / a story
• They / wrote / a story
• He / wrote / a story
• She / wrote / a story
• Jack / wrote / a story
Exercise - 1

6. Make two sentence (Affirmative
and Negative) :
• I / wrote / a story
• You / wrote / a story
• We / wrote / a story
• They / wrote / a story
• He / wrote / a story
• She / wrote / a story
• Jack / wrote / a story
Exercise - 1
NOW
• Pause the lesson
• Make the sentences
• Play the lesson and check them

7. • I wrote a story.
• I did not write a story.
• You wrote a story.
• You did not write a story.
• We wrote a story.
• We did not write a story.
• They wrote a story.
• They did not write a story.
Exercise - 1
• He wrote a story.
• He did not write a story.
• She wrote a story.
• She did not write a story.
• Jack wrote a story.
• Jack did not write a story.

8. Make two sentences (Affirmative and Negative) starting with I / You / We / They
/ He / She / Jack for each clue below:
1. watched / television
2. slept / early
3. listened / to music
4. worked / in an office
5. ate / a banana
6. played / football
7. ran / to the park
8. drove / a car
Exercise - 2

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