This document provides information about using past simple tense in English. It discusses the formation of regular and irregular past tense verbs, including spelling rules for doubling consonants. Examples are given of affirmative, negative, and interrogative sentence structures in past simple tense. Common time expressions that indicate past simple tense are listed. The purpose and uses of past simple tense to describe completed actions in the past are explained. A short exercise is included to practice transforming sentences into the past simple tense form.

2. I
He
She
It
We
You
They
was/wasn’t at school yesterday.
were/weren’t at the beach last week.
AFFIRMATIVE &
NEGATIVE FORM

3. Was
Were
I
He
She
It
We
You
They
hungry?
Yes, she was hungry.
Yes, she was.
No, she wasn’t hungry.
No,she wasn’t.
at the theatre
last weekend?
Yes, we were.
No,we weren’t.
QUESTION FORM

4. I
You
He
She
It
We
You
They
worked in the garden yesterday.
danced at the party last night.
carried the heavy box.
bought new shoes.
AFFIRMATIVE
FORM

5. I
You
He
She
It
We
You
They
didn’t play tennis last weekend.
didn’t clean the windows.
didn’t go the dentist.
NEGATIVE
FORM

6. Did
I
You
He
She
It
We
You
They
find your umbrella?
Yes, I found my umbrella.
Yes, I did.
No, I didn’t find my umbrella.
No, I didn’t.
QUESTION FORM

7. TIME EXPRESSIONS

8. PAST SIMPLE: REGULAR VERBS
 The Past Simple tense of the most English
verbs (regular verbs) is formed by adding "-ed"/"-
d" to their base form. (If the verb ends in "-e", we
add "-d" to form the past simple)
Examples:
 We arrived at 9:00 o'clock.
 My brother lived in London four years ago.
 When she was young, she danced beautifully.

9. SPELLING RULES
 If a regular verb ends
in consonant + y change y to i and add -ed:
carry - carried, study - studied, fry - fried,
try - tried
 If a one syllable regular verb ends
in consonant + vowel + consonant double the final
consonant and add -ed -- > stop - stopped, plan -
planned, rob - robbed, beg - begged
 If a regular verb has more than one syllable and ends
in consonant + vowel + consonant, we double the final
consonant only if the final syllable is stressed --
> preFER - preferred, regRET - regretted

10. IRREGULAR VERBS
 There are also some verbs called irregular verbs that have
special past tense forms.
See list of irregular verbs
 We went (go) to school yesterday.
 The children read (read) that story last year.
 Tamar wrote (write) the letter to her friend on Sunday.
 The students forgot (forget) to do the homework.

11.  She is at the park now.
(+)
(-) - She wasn’t at the park yesterday.
(?) - Was she at the park yesterday?
 She goes to the hospital to visit her friend.
- She went to the hospital to visit
her friend last week.
- She didn’t go to the hospital to
visit her friend last week.
- Did she go to the hospital to visit
her friend last week?
(+)
(-)
(?)
- She was at the park yesterday.
Transform the sentences into Past Simple Tense.

12. Why do we use Simple Past Tense?
A series of completed actions in the past.
Completed actions in the past.
- I finished my work, walked to the beach, and
found a nice place to swim.
- My mom made some pancake for us yesterday.

13. 1)Minnie________(bake) a huge cake for
Mickey’s birthday party.(+)
2)John________(break) a window while he was
playing football.(+)
3)____ you____(ask) a question during the
lesson(?)
4)They __________(have) a picnic at the
weekend(-)
5)____ they at the party last night(?)
Fill in the blanks with the correct form of verbs.
baked
broke
Did ask
didn’t have
Were

14. 6)My mother________(make) a sandwich for
me.(+)
7)He ____ ill so he ___________(go) to
school yesterday.(+,-)
8)He _______(buy) an expensive car
last year.(+)
9) ____she _____ (clean) the house at
the weekend(?)
10)Students _________(listen) to the
teacher(-)
made
was didn’t go
bought
Did clean
didn’t listen