SIMPLE PAST
February 7, 2019
The Simple Past Tense
It is used to talk about a completed action in a time before now.
Examples:
Johnny Depp sailed the Caribbean in the movie Pirates of the Caribbean.
My dog died last year.
I lived in Moca in 1996.
We crossed the busy street a few minutes a go.
The affirmative
Subject
+
verb + ed
TIP The verb will always end in -ed
Examples:
I screamed.
Karla,these are only the regular verbs. There are
irregular verbs and they do not change to past like
that. You need to establish they are regular verbs.
You jumped.
She skipped.
Irregular verbs in the simple past form
Now, after explaining the previous slide,
this one makes sense.
to go
He went to a club last night.
Did he go to the cinema last night?
He didn't go to bed early last night.
to give
We gave her a doll for her birthday
They didn't give John their new address.
Did Barry give you my passport?
TIP: when using irregular verbs with“did” or “didn’t” , always use the root of the verb.
The negative
TIP When you use the negative form of the past simple tense, the verb will not end in
–ed.
Subject
+ did not
+ verb
I
didn’t
scream.
You
didn’t
jump.
She
didn’t
skip.
Where are the exercises???