This document summarizes the past simple tense in English. It outlines the conjugations of to be (was/were) and regular verbs (verb+ed) in the positive and negative past simple forms. It also provides examples of questions using the past simple tense with was/were and did/didn't. Key uses include talking about completed actions in the past, especially with time expressions like yesterday, last night, and last week.

1. Past simple Review

2. WAS, WERE I, he, she, it … was You, we, they … were I was ugly We were at home last night Negative : was / were + not Short forms: wasn’t / weren’t I was not a fat baby They weren’t hungry

3. WAS, WERE Question : Was / Were at the beginning. Were you an ugly baby? Was he at home yesterday? We use: yesterday, yesterday morning and last Monday with the past simple We were in the country last Monday

4. Regular verbs Positive : VERB + ED They watch ed TV yesterday Negative : VERB + DID NOT Short form: didn’t We did not wash the car last week We didn’t wash the car last week Question : DID + VERB? Did she play in the park yesterday?