This document discusses the past simple tense in English. It is used to talk about completed actions in the past. There are regular and irregular verbs. Regular verbs are conjugated by adding "-ed" to the base form, while irregular verbs have unique past forms that do not follow regular patterns. Examples of affirmative, negative, and question sentences in the past simple tense are provided along with their structures.

1. PAST SIMPLE
TENSE

2. WHEN DO WE USE PAST SIMPLE TENSE?
 We use Past Simple Tense when we talk about
completed actions in the past.
Example: I washed my car yesterday.
She ate pizza last night.

3. REGULAR
VERBS 3
There are two groups of verbs when we talk about the past simple:
IRREGULAR
VERBS

4. REGULAR VERBS
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To form the affirmative past tense of most regular verbs:
•Add –ed to the base form of the verb (wash- washed).
• If the verb ends in –e, add –d (live-lived)
Regular Verb Past Simple
walk walked
want wanted
help helped
decide decided
agree agreed

5. REGULAR VERBS
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•If the verb ends in a consonant preceded by a vowel, double the
final consonant (stop-stopped)
•If the verb ends in –y preceded by a consonant, omit the “y”
and add –ied ( copy-copied)

6. Other examples…
Regular Verb Past Simple
play played
stay Stayed
study Studied
bury buried

7. Count
Laugh
Close
Open

8. Watch TV
Play TV games Dance
Cry

9. Push
Pull Look at
Fix

10. Colour Look for
Wash Ask

11. PRONUNCIATION
OF REGULAR
VERBS
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12. IRREGULAR VERBS
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•Irregular verbs are verbs that don’t take on the regular –d, -ed, or -
ied spelling patterns of the past simple.
•Many of the irregular forms are the same, such as: cut: cut, have:
had, let: let, hurt: hurt, fed: fed, sold: sold
•BUT, most of them change: Irregular verb Past Simple
Think Thought
Say Said
Tell Told
Know Knew

13. Win
Give
Find
Break

14. Hit
Hold
Hurt
Buy

15. Read
Write
Sleep Run

16. Ride Sing
Go
Come

17. Eat
Drink

18. AFFIRMATIVE AND NEGATIVE STRUCTURE
 Affirmative sentences
Tom visited us last week.
I ran in the competition.
 Negative sentences
Tom didn’t visit us last week.
I didn’t run in the competition.
SUBJECT VERB IN PAST TENSE COMPLEMENT.
SUBJECT DIDN’T VERB IN INFITINIVE COMPLEMENT.

19. QUESTIONS IN PAST SIMPLE
 Yes/No Questions
Did Tom visit you last week?
 Informative Questions
Where did you run last year?
SUBJECT
DID VERB IN INFINITIVE COMPLEMENT?
WH WORD DID SUBJECT VERB IN INFINITIVE COMPLEMENT?

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