The document discusses the simple past tense in English. It provides the structure for affirmative, negative, and interrogative sentences in the simple past. Examples are given for regular verbs like "play" and "study" in the simple past. A comparison is made between the simple present and simple past tenses in terms of their affirmative, negative, and interrogative forms.

1. SIMPLE PASTSIMPLE PAST: Past of
regular verbs

2. Affirmative form structure
Subject Verb
I
You
He
She
It
We
You
They
played
studied
soccer last weekend
math yesterday

3. Negative form: Did + not + verb
in simple form
Subject
Aux.
Did
Not
Verb in
simple form
I
You
He
She
It
We
You
They
did not
play
study
soccer last weekend
math yesterday

4. Yes/no questions:Did + subject +
verb in simple form
Aux.
Did
Subject
Verb in
simple form
Did
I
You
He
She
It
We
You
They
play
study
soccer last weekend?
math yesterday?
Short answers: Yes, I did
No, I didn’t

5. Information questions: Question
word + did + subject + verb in
simple form
Question
word
Aux.
Did
Subject
Verb in
simple form
When did I
You
He
She
It
We
You
They
play soccer?
What did study yesterday?
Where did go last week?
Who did called 5 minutes ago?

6. Simple present vs. Simple past
Simple present Simple past
Affirmative I study everyday
He studies everyday
I studied yesterday
He studied yesterday
Negative I don’t study everyday
He doesn’t study everyday
I didn’t study yesterday
He didn’t study yesterday
Questions Do you study everyday?
Does he study everyday?
Did you study yesterday?
Did he study yesterday?

7. Simple present vs. Simple past
Simple present Simple past
Affirmative I study everyday
He studies everyday
I studied yesterday
He studied yesterday
Negative I don’t study everyday
He doesn’t study everyday
I didn’t study yesterday
He didn’t study yesterday
Questions Do you study everyday?
Does he study everyday?
Did you study yesterday?
Did he study yesterday?