1. Simple Past Tense
 We use the simple past tense to
talk about what happened at a
definite time in the past.
There are some common expressions we
use:
 yesterday,
 last night,
 a month ago,
 last week,
 yesterday afternoon, etc

2. Regular Verbs
• Most verbs ( + ed)
walk→walked play →played
• Verbs ending in e (+d)
live →lived use →used
• Verbs ending in a consonant + y
(-y + ied) (consonant: p, t, r,
etc)
cry →cried carry →carried
• Short verbs ending in a vowel + a
consonant (double
the consonant + y)
stop →stopped shop →shopped

3. Irregular Verbs
 No change
cost →cost put →put
 Change the vowel or the
consonant
come →came ring →rang
make →made sit →sat
 Change the whole word
buy →bought do →did

4. Negative Sentences
We add “did not” before the main verb to
form negative sentence. (did not = didn’t)
didn’t
 I did not see Sandy this morning.
 John did not go to church last Sunday.
didn’t
 David did not watch TV last night.
didn’t

5. Questions
We add “Did” before the subject
and put a “ ? ” at the end to form
question.
 Did you have breakfast this morning?
 Did you wash the dishes last night?
 Did you bring the umbrella?

6. The Verb “to be”
Statements:
 “I / He / She / It” was very good.
 “You / We / They” were very smart.
Questions:
 Was “I / he / she / it” very good?
 Were “you / we / they” very smart?
Negative sentences:
 “I / He / She / It” was not very good.
 “You / We / They” were not very smart.