The document discusses the past simple tense in English. It provides examples of regular and irregular verbs in the positive, negative, and interrogative forms of the past simple tense. It also discusses rules for forming the past tense of verbs ending in "e" and "y" and gives examples of how the past simple tense is used to talk about completed past actions, past states, and past habitual actions. It concludes by listing common time expressions used with the past simple tense.

1. PAST TENSE
PAST SIMPLE

2. EXAMPLE-regular verbs
 Work
1.I worked 1.We worked
2.You worked 2.You worked
3. He 3. They worked
She worked
It

3. Negative form
1. I didn’t work
2. You didn’t work
3. He
She didn’t work
It
1.We didn’t work
2.You didn’t work
3.They didn’t work

4. Interrogative form ( ? )
1. Did I work ?
2. Did you work ?
3. Did he work ?
she
it
1. Did we work ?
2. Did you work ?
3. Did they work ?

5. Irregular verbs
 Speak
1. I spoke 1. We spoke
2.You spoke 2. You spoke
3. He 3. They spoke
She spoke
It

6. Negative form
1. I didn’t speak
2. You didn’t speak
3. He
She didn’t speak
It
1.We didn’t speak
2.You didn’t speak
3.They didn’t speak

7. Interrogative form ( ? )
1. Did I speak ?
2. Did You speak ?
3. Did he speak ?
she
it
1. Did we speak ?
2. Did you speak ?
3. Did they speak ?

8. Rules
 When the verb ends in –e,the past simple is
formed by adding -d ( care-cared ).
 When the verb ends in a consonant + -y, and
adding –ied ( study- studied ).

9. The Past Simple is used:
 To talk about an action that took place in the
past:
 He got up, paid the bill and left.
 I didn’t read the letter, I just gave it to Lee.
 What did you say?

10.  To talk about a state continued for some time,
but that is now finished:
 I went to school in Scotland.
 Did she really work there for ten years ?
 To talk about actions that happened regularly
in the past:
 I often played tennis with her.
 They never went to the cinema when they
lived in the country.

11. Time Expressions
 Yesterday, two days ago, last week, last
month, last year, in 2005, …

12. Pronunciation of ED