Simple Past Tense

Its form describes actions that were completed in the past. For example, “I visited my grandmother last weekend.” The simple past is typically formed by adding "-ed" to regular verbs, while irregular verbs have unique forms (e.g., “go” becomes “went”).

Affirmative Form:

• Subject + past verb (regular/irregular) + (object)

Negative Form:

• Subject + did not (didn’t) + base verb + (object)

Question Form:

• Did + subject + base verb + (object)?

Adverbs:

yesterday, last week, last month, last year, a week ago, earlier, in 2010 

be careful > quickly, carefully, suddenly, happily

be careful > always, often

Examples

Affirmative:

1. Regular Verb:

   • She walked to the store.
   • They played soccer yesterday.

2. Irregular Verb:

   • He went to the party last week.
   • I saw a great movie on Friday.

Negative:

1. Regular Verb:

   • She did not walk to the store.
   • They did not play soccer yesterday.

2. Irregular Verb:

   • He did not go to the party last week.
   • I did not see a great movie on Friday.

Question:

1. Regular Verb:

   • Did she walk to the store?
   • Did they play soccer yesterday?

2. Irregular Verb:

• Did he go to the party last week?
• Did I see a great movie on Friday

Practices

Yesterday, I (go) ________ to the market.

She (watch) ________ a movie last night.

They (play) ________ basketball last weekend.

He (finish) ________ his homework before dinner.

We (visit) ________ our grandparents last summer.

She __________ (visit) her grandmother last weekend.

They __________ (play) soccer in the park yesterday.

I __________ (finish) my homework before dinner.

He __________ (watch) a movie last night.

We __________ (travel) to Bali last summer.

The teacher __________ (give) us a test last week.

My brother __________ (buy) a new bike last month.

I __________ (meet) her at the conference last year.

They __________ (eat) dinner at a restaurant last Friday.

She __________ (read) three books last month.

I eat breakfast at 7 AM.→ I ________ breakfast at 7 AM

She reads a book every night. She ________ a book every night

They go to the gym on Fridays.→ They ________ to the gym on Fridays. 

He takes the bus to school.→ He ________ the bus to school.

We write letters to our friends.→ We ________ letters to our friends.

yesterday / I / an / book / read / interesting.

went / to the beach / we / last summer / on vacation.

the project / completed / they / last week.

did / she / her / last night / homework 

visited / we / our relatives / last holiday.

ate / dinner / he / restaurant / at / new / the 

found / they / a wallet / on the street / last Saturday.

watched / I / a / about history / last night / documentary

took / the bus / to school / she / this morning.

sang / the choir / beautifully / at the concert / last month.