This slide show the usages and rules of the Present Simple Tense

1. PAST
SIMPLE
CREATED BY:
ISABEL MORÓN ROBLES
ARELY BALAN GUEVARA
MONICA JANETH CHARLES
MARTINEZ
RUTH SALAS JULIAN

2. OBJECTIVE
This slide will show you about the
Past Simple Tense. You going to see
its usages, rules and even exception
with theory, tables and examples.

3. We use Past Simple for:
Actions that started and were completed at a specific
time in the past.
Habits or repeated actions in the past.
Completed actions that happened one after the other
in the past.
Talking about a past state of being.

4. EXAMPLES
 I sailed my car three days ago.
 Mario always came to my
house when I lived in Paris.
 Last summer I went to the
beach, swam in the ocean and
got house early.
 He was proud of her victory.

5. FORMATION RULES
Formation of Past Simple of Regular Verbs
Rule Example
Most verbs take -ed Want – Wanted
Verbs ending in -e, take -d Like – Liked
Verbs ending in a consonant + -y take -ied Try – Tried
One-syllable verbs ending in a vowel + a consonant double the
consonant before the -ed
Stop – Stopped
Verbs with two or more syllables ending in a vowel + one
consonant, double the consonant before the -ed
Prefer – Preferred
Verbs ending in one vowel + -l double the -l before the -ed Travel – Travelled

6. Common Irregular Verbs
Base Form Past Simple
Be Was/Were
Can Could
Do Did
Have Had
Go Went
Break Broke
Build Built
Buy Bought
Eat Ate
Choose Chose
Find Found
Hit Hit
 Irregular verbs
don’t take -ed.
Some of them
looks exactly like
the base form.

7. NEGATIVE
SENTENCES
Did not/ Didn’t + Base Form of the
Verb
Examples:
 His girlfriend did not answer his
call.
 They didn’t come to the party.
 I didn’t hit the ball.

8. QUESTIONS
Did + Subject + Base Form of the Verb
 E.g. A: Did you do the homework yesterday? B:
No, I didn’t.
What/Who/Where/When/Which/Why + Did +
Subject + Base Form of the Verb
 E.g. A: Why did you go to the hospital? B:
I went to hospital because I had stomachache.

9. THE VERB
TO BE
Affirmative Negative
Full Forms Short Forms
I/He/She/It was I/He/She/It was
not
I/He/She/It
wasn’t
You/They/We
were
You/They/We
were not
You/They/We
weren’t
Questions ShortAnswer
Affirmative Negative
Was
I/He/She/It…?
Yes, I/He/She/It
was
No, I/He/She/It
wasn´t
Were
You/They/We…
Yes,
You/They/We
were
No,
You/They/We
weren’t

10. BIBLIOGRAPHY
 British Council. (n.d.). Past simple. Retrieved from
https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/english-grammar/past-simple
 Grammarly Bolg. (2018, November 22). Simple Past Tense–Grammar Rules.
Retrieved from https://www.grammarly.com/blog/simple-past/