The document provides an overview of the simple past tense, including its usage to describe actions that have already occurred. It explains how to form sentences in affirmative, negative, and interrogative forms, differentiating between regular and irregular verbs. Examples and common time phrases associated with the simple past are also included.

2. Simple Past tense

3. Learning objective
● To identify the use of Simple Past.
● To use the Simple Past in sentences.

4. What do you know about Simple Past tense?

5. Simple Past tense
● It indicates an actions that already finished in the past. Talking about the past
it means something that happened 1 minute ago or even years ago. The
duration of the actions is not relevant.
Example:
● I studied for the English test.

6. Common complements
● When we refer to the past, we can use phrases such as:
A definite point in time An indefinite point in time
Last week. The other day.
Yesterday. Ages ago.
Two weeks ago. A long time ago.
A year ago. Few days ago.
Last night. Some hours ago.

7. Regular vs. Irregular verbs
● Regular verbs are verbs in which you add –ed at the end of the verb (root).
● For example:
● Jump Jumped
● Walk Walked
● Love Loved

8. Regular vs. Irregular verbs
● Regular verbs that end in –y, it follows this rule.
● For example:
● Play Played
● Study Studied

9. Regular vs. Irregular verbs
● Irregular verbs are verbs that do not follow the previous rules. They are totally
different.
● For example:
● Write Wrote
● Read Read
● Go Went

10. List of Irregular verbs
● https://www.gingersoftware.com/content/grammar-rules/verbs/list-of-irregular-
verbs

11. Formulas

12. Affirmative sentences
● S + V (simple past) + C.
● I studied English.
● She walked to the hospital.
● They went to the mall.

13. Negative sentences
● S + did not + V (root) + C.
● I did not study English.
● She did not walk to the hospital.
● They did not go to the mall.

14. Interrogative sentences
● Did + S + V (root) + C + ?
● Did I study English?
● Did she walk to the hospital?
● Did they go to the mall?

15. What have we learned?