The document provides an overview of the past simple tense in English, detailing its definition, characteristics, and types of verbs (regular and irregular). It includes examples of positive, negative, and interrogative sentences, along with a list of regular and irregular verbs. The content is part of an educational material from a Venezuelan technical institution focusing on English language learning.

1. Past Simple
República Bolivariana de Venezuela
Ministerio del Poder Popular para la Educación Superior
Instituto Universitario Politécnico
“Santiago Mariño”
Extensión Porlamar
Architecture (41)
Subject: Ingles I (1A)
Professor:
Lic. Cesar Velásquez
Student:
Rodríguez, Yulianngy
C.I 29.655.130
Porlamar, July 2.020.

2. TABLE OF
CONTENTS
Definition01
Characteristics
Types (Regular and Irregular)
02
03
Examples and Exercises04
Past
Simple
05 The List Of Regular And
Irregular Verbs ( Examples)

3. Past Simple
Definition
The past simple tense describes
an action that started and finished
in the past.
That is to say, it is use the past
simple to describe actions and
events that occurred at a particular
time in the past.

4. Past Simple
Characteristics
Use the auxiliary 'did' to ask and answer
questions with all the pronouns.
Past time is indicated by words such as
yesterday, last and ago.
Also it is write that auxiliary 'did' after
question words.
It is the only grammatical tense that uses
verbs in the past tense.

5. Past Simple Types (Regular and Irregular)
The ending ‘-ed' is added to
the verb in the present tense.
Regular Verbs Irregular Verbs
The form is the same for
everyone (I, You, He, She, It,
We, They).
Example:live → lived
work → worked
study → studied
They have the same or
different form to the verb in
the present tense, that is, it
changes totally.
Example:
do → did
break → broke
go → went

6. Past Simple Examples and
Exercises
Positive
Sentences
Subject + Verb (in past) + Complement
We studied at the library yesterday
Negative
Sentences
Subject + Verb (to be) + ‘Not’ + Complement
The keys were in the car
The keys weren’t in the house
Subject + Verb Aux + ‘Not’ + Principal Verb + Complement
(to did) (in infinitive)
I didn’t go in the house
Anthony didn’t eat a sandwich two days ago.

7. Past Simple Examples and
Exercises
Interrogative
Sentences
Verb (to be) + Subject + Complement + ?
Was she a architect?
and Answer
(positive and
negative)
• Yes, She was.
• Yes, She was a architect.
• No, She wasn’t.
• No, She wasn’t a architect.
Positive
Negative
Were we best friends?
• Yes, We were.
• Yes, We were best friends.
• No, We weren’t.
• No, We weren’t best friends.
Positive
Negative

8. Past Simple Examples and
Exercises
Interrogative
Sentences
Did you study geography?
and Answer
(positive and
negative)
• Yes, I did.
• Yes, I studied geography.
• No, I did’t.
• No, I didn’t study geography.
Positive
Negative
Did she buy a new computer last week?
• Yes, She did.
• Yes, She bought a new computer
last week.
• No, We didn’t.
• No, We didn’t buy a new computer
last week.
Positive
Negative
Verb Aux + Subject + Principal Verb + Complement + ?
(to did) (in infinitive)

9. Past Simple Examples and
Exercises
Interrogative
Sentences
Did you study geography?
and Answer
(positive and
negative)
• Yes, I did.
• Yes, I studied geography.
• No, I did’t.
• No, I didn’t study geography.
Positive
Negative
Did she buy a new computer last week?
• Yes, She did.
• Yes, She bought a new computer
last week.
• No, We didn’t.
• No, We didn’t buy a new computer
last week.
Positive
Negative
Verb Aux + Subject + Principal Verb + Complement + ?
(to did) (in infinitive)

10. Past Simple The List of Regular and
Irregular Verbs ( Examples)
Infinitive Past
to be was / were
to buy bought
to drink drank
to eat ate
to find found
to have had
to know knew
to make made
to meet met
to put put
to read read
Irregular VerbsRegular Verbs
Infinitive Past
to run ran
to sit sat
to see saw
to speak spoke
to sing sang
to sleep slept
to swing swam
to take took
to think thought
to win won
to write wrote
Infinitive Past
to ask Asked
to bake Baked
to cook Cooked
to dance danced
to finish finished
to jump jumped
to look looked
to place placed
to stop stopped
to talk talked
to walk walked
Infinitive Past
to wash washed
to clean cleaned
to fail failed
to love loved
to play played
to end ended
to need needed
to paint painted
to past pasted
to start started
to want wanted

11. THANKS!