PAST SIMPLE TENSE (finished actions) \ + \ Regular Verbs Irregular verbs play►played / work►worked eat-ate live►lived / hate►hated / like►liked go-went stop►stoPPED / plan►plaNNED / prefer►prefeRRED come-came marry►marrIED / study►studIED / try►trIED / worry►worrIED cut-cut Regular verb: + I lived in Istanbul 5 years ago. - I didn’t live in Istanbul 5 years ago. ? Did you live in Istanbul 5 years ago? Yes, I did. / No, I didn’t. Irregular verb: + She drove her car yesterday. - She didn’t drive her car yesterday. ? Did she drive her car yesterday? Yes, she did. / No, she didn’t. Time Expressions of PAST: Ago (5 days ago, 3 years ago, 10 weeks ago) Yesterday (yesterday morning, yesterday afternoon, yesterday evening) Last (last weekend, last summer, LAST NIGHT) In 1988 When I was a child / when I was 10 years old PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE (Actions in progress at a particular time in the past) WAS/WERE +Ving I was sleeping... You were dancing.... He/She/It was eating... We were swimming... They were playing... Yesterday while my father was fixing (past cont) the computer, my brother came (past simple) in. Last summer while my mother was sunbathing, my little sister started to cry. While the beautiful snow white was walking in the forest, 7 dwarfs appeared.
