This document discusses the past simple tense in English grammar. It explains how to form the past simple tense using the verb "to be" in positive, negative, and interrogative forms. It also covers using the auxiliary verb "did" to form the past simple tense in negative and interrogative sentences. Examples are provided to illustrate forming sentences in the past simple tense.

1. PAST SIMPLE
TENSE

2. PAST SIMPLE TENSE

3. PAST SIMPLE WITH VERB
TO BE (positive)
 AM -
IS WAS WERE
 ARE
I / HE/ SHE/IT WE/ YOU/THEY
She Was in the house
They Were at the Mall

4. Use the negative form or the contractions.
PAST SIMPLE WITH VERB TO BE
(Negative)
She Was not in the house
They Were not at the Mall

5. PAST SIMPLE WITH VERB TO BE
(Interrogative)
Was she in the house?
Were they at the Mall?

6. PAST SIMPLE TENSE Auxiliary DID
Negative and
Questions
Use with all Pronouns
Affirmative
I washed my car yesterday.
She ate pizza last night.

7. PAST SIMPLE TENSE Auxiliary DID
Negative
I did not wash my car yesterday.
She did not eat pizza last
night.

8. PAST SIMPLE TENSE Auxiliary DID
Interrogativ
e
Did you wash the car yesterday?
Did She eat pizza last night?