This document provides information about the simple past tense in English. It defines the simple past tense as the verb form used to narrate events that occurred at a specific time in the past. It discusses the features of the simple past tense, including how it indicates a specific past time and uses the past form of verbs. It provides examples of regular and irregular verb forms in the simple past tense. Finally, it includes exercises with affirmative and negative sentences in the simple past tense for practice.

1. República Bolivariana de Venezuela
Ministerio del Poder Popular para la
Educación Universitaria
Instituto Universitario Politécnico
“Santiago Mariño”
Extensión Porlamar
Realizado Por: Carlos Eduardo Pirela
del Toro

2. UNIT:8
THESIMPLEPASTTENSE
 Meaning & Use
Form (structure)
Exercise

3. Definition
• The past simple, also known as the simple past, is
the verb used in the English language to narrate
events that occurred at a specific time in the past.

4. Features of the past
simple:
• Indicates the action taken at a specific time in the past.
• The main verb of the sentence is always in the past.
• It has a simple composition of "subject and predicate
verb".
• It is the only grammatical tense that uses verbs in the
past.
• The predicate expressions can be used that determine
the time of the sentence, although it will always be the
verb that indicates whether or not the sentence is in the
past tense.

5. • Regular Verbs: For regular English verbs, the past simple
is formed by adding 'ed' to the end of the verb. This form
is the same for all personal pronouns (I, you, he, etc).
There are many irregular verbs in the past simple but in
this section we only present common verbs that are
regular.
• Irregular Verbs: To form the past simple of irregular
verbs, simply put the subject, the verb in the past simple
and the necessary complements. For example: I ate
chocolate yesterday. (I had chocolate yesterday).

6. Infinitive Past Meaning
To Eat Ate Comer
To Break broke Romper
To Run Ran Correr
To Bite Bit Morder
To Buy Bought Comprar
To Do Did Hacer
To Drink Drank Beber

7. Infinitive Past Meaning
To Ask Asked Preguntar
To Believe Believed Creer
To Call Called Llamar
To Clean Cleaned Limpiar
To Comb Combed Peinar
To Cook Cooked Cocinar
To Destroy Destroyed Destruir

8. Examples of sentences
in past simple
I traveled around your country last summer.
Yesterday I met your husband at the cinema.
He was the man who saved my life.
Did you see his face?
We went by bus in that occasion.
I bought this car in January.
Suddenly, Tom appeared in my house and asked for his
brother.
I didn't think about that, sorry!

9. Exercises Past Simple
 Yes, I Bought two bags with my girlfriend
 Yes, I went to the cinema with my family
 Yes, She danced with me all night
 Yes, We played free fire in the celphone
 Yes, She was in the beach with me all day
 Yes, I cambed to my brother
 Yes, They ate in that restaurat
 Yes, He ran very fast ij the competition
 Yes, I come to your house yesterday
 Yes, We wrote many letters last week

10. Affirmative
Did you buy two bags with you girlfriend?
Did you go to the cinema with your family?
Did she dance with you all night?
Did we Play free fire in the celphone?
Did she is in the beach with you all day?
Did you camb to your brother?
Did they eat in that restaurat?
Did he run very fast in the competition?
Did you come to my house yesterday?
Did we write many letters last week?

11. Negative Questions
No, I Didn't buy two bags with my girlfried
No, I Didn't go to the cinema with my family
No, she Didn't dance with me all night
No, we Didn't play free fire in the celphone
No, she Didn't is in the beach with me all day
No, I Didn't camb to my brother
No, they Didn't eat in that restaurat
No, he Didn't run very fast in the competion
No, I Didn't come to your house yesterday
No, we Didn't write many letter last week