SIMPLE PAST
TENSE
5TH
We use the Past Simple Tense to talk about:
Actions that happened and were completed in the past.
Actions in a sequence of events in the past.
AFFIRMATIVE
I went to Europe last summer. (affirmative irregular)
I played football with my friends in the park yesterday.(affirmative regular)
NEGATIVE
My friends didn’t go to the park yesterday.They had to study.
(negative irregular)
I didn’t play football after school.I was really tired.
(negative regular)
INTERROGATIVE
Did you eat chicken yesterday?
(interrogative irregular)
Did your mum cook fish with chips last week?
(interrogative regular)
Attention!
In the English language, the verbs are divided into two:
REGULAR VERBS
Regular verbs form their past forms by adding -d, -ed or -ied to the base form.
IRREGULAR VERBS
Each irregular verb has a unique past form!
REGULAR VERBS
How to spell?
If the verb ends in a silent e, simply add -d.
live
hate
bake
lived
hated
baked
Mum baked a pie yesterday.
How to spell?
For most verbs, simply add -ed.
talk
clean
watch
talked
cleaned
watched
She watched a film last night.
How to spell?
If the verb ends in a consonant + y,
change the "y" to "i" and add -ed.
cry
carry
study
cried
carried
studied
He studied English yesterday.
IRREGULAR VERBS
Here’s a list of some of the most common irregular verbs:
Here’s a list of some of the most common irregular verbs:
be
was/were
cut
cut
fly
flew
begin
began
do
did
get
got
bite
bit
draw
drew
give
gave
break
broke
drink
drank
go
went
bring
brought
drive
drove
grow
grew
build
built
eat
ate
have
had
buy
bought
fall
fell
keep
kept
catch
caught
feel
felt
know
knew
come
came
find
found
leave
left
TIME EXPRESSIONS
We usually use the following time expressions:
yesterday
ago
last
Examples: My dad didn’t go to work yesterday.
I learned Spanish last year.
We visited Barcelona two years ago.