learn how to use the past simple with any verb

1. PAST SIMPLE
INGLÉS 4
Elaborado por:
Sandrine Lafontant Diaz
Educación a Distancia

2. USES
Remember that we use the past simple to talk
about actions and events that happened in the
past.
It emphasizes that the action is finished.

3. STRUCTURE REGULAR VERBS
Subject + verb + “ed” + object/complement
For example:
She walked alone for hours.
They washed the clothes in the morning.
I played soccer last year with my cousins.

4. STRUCTURE IRREGULAR VERBS
Subject + verb in past + object/complement
There are no rules for the irregular verbs. We have to learn
them by heart.
For example:
She threw the trash when the truck appeared.
I built my house in 2010.
We swam at the beach last summer.

5. NEGATIVE
Subject + DIDN’T + verb in base form +
object/complement
For example:
She didn’t eat the pizza yesterday.
They didn’t sleep a lot last night.
I didn’t visit my grandmother last week.
We didn’t bring some water for the food.

6. QUESTIONS
DID + subject + verb in base form +
object/complement
For example:
Did they talk to the teacher?
Did she burn her arm with the stove?
Did you cook last week for your family?

7. Créditos
Tecnológico nacional de México
Tecnológico de Estudios Superiores de
Cuautitlán Izcalli
Coordinación del Área de
Educación a Distancia