The simple past tense is used to describe events that occurred in the past, whether recently or further in the past. There are two types of verbs in the simple past: regular verbs and irregular verbs. Regular verbs form the past tense by adding "-ed" to the base verb. Irregular verbs have variations in their past and past participle forms. Sentences in the simple past can be affirmative, interrogative, or negative. Interrogative and negative sentences use auxiliary "did" plus the base verb form.

2. The simple past is used to
narrate events that took
place sometime in the
past, either three years or
a minute ago.

3. In the simple past all verbs except the verb
to be or be run the same way with all
personal pronouns.
TO - BE
I
WORKED HARD
YESTERDAY
YOU
SHE
HE
IT
WE
YOU
THEY
I
WAS
SHE
HE
IT
WE
WERE
YOU
THEY
YOU

4. In the past simple two kinds of verbs are regular
verbs and irregular verbs are identified.
REGULAR VERBS
They are those that form the adding ed past.
Work - worked
Play - played
I
WALKED IN THE JUNGLE
YOU
SHE
HE
IT
WE
YOU
THEY

5. Regular verbs have three rules to know:
1) When a regular verb ends in E only added to
form last D : Dance – danced, love – loved
2) When a regular verb ends Y It is preceded by a
consonant changes Y for I and you add ed.
Study - studied, Carry-carried
3) When a regular verb is monosyllabic and ends
with a consonant preceded by a single vowel and
consonant doubles add ed: Stop – stopped, Shop
- Shopped, Prefer - Preferred

6. IRREGULAR VERBS
are those whose present, past and past participles
can be different or the same
 They are classified into 4 groups:
1) When its three forms are equal:
 Cut cut cut
 Read read read
2) When his three forms are different:
 Go went gone
 Do did done

7. 3) When present and past participle are the same but
their past is different.
 Become bécame become
 Come came come
4) When his past and past participle are the same but
this is different.
 Feel felt felt
 Sleep slept slept

8. STRUCTURE OF THE SENTENCES IN THE
SIMPLE PAST TENSE.
AFFIRMATIVE SENTENCES:
Pronoun + verb +complement.
 She learnend a lot of words in that course
 He taught the simple past tense
 I played tennis last summer
INTERROGATIVE SENTENCES:
With negative and interrogative sentences the assistant
did that besides being the verb do, is also an assistant
appears.

9. Did + pronoun +verb + complement.
 Did she learn a lot of words in that course?
 Paul didn't go to school today. ---> Didn't Paul go to
school today?
 My mother liked this game. ---> Did my mother like
this game?
 They wanted to call Lucy. ---> Did they want to call
Lucy?

10. Nota:
Obsérvese que al aparecer el did el verbo va en
presente.
 Did he teach the regular verbs?
NEGATIVE SENTENCES:
Pronoun + did + not +verb +complement
 Did not = didn`t
 Paul didn't go to school today. (Paul no fue a la
escuela hoy)

11.  My mother didn't like this game (A mi mamá no le gustó
este juego)
 They didn't want to call Lucy (Ellos no quisieron llamar a
Lucy)
No matter what person singular or plural is the subject,
we will always use didn’t
 I didn't
 You didn't
 He, she, it didn't
 We didn't
 You didn't
 They didn't