Simple Past Tense

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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.

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