THE SIMPLE PAST TENSE
THE SIMPLE PAST TENSE
• Affirmative Statement• Negative Form• Question Form (Making yes/no
questions)• Making ‘wh’ Questions with
what,where,why,what time,when “• Verbs-regular & irregular• Exercises
THE SIMPLE PAST TENSE• We use the simple past for an action that
began and ended at a particular time in the past.
• We use it for an activity that took place regularly in the past.
If we want to say how much time has passed since the event happened we use AGO
2 days ago2 weeks ago5 years agoa long time ago
We can say how long the event lasted with FOR
for 2 weeksfor 5 months
YESTERDAY
LAST last week , month , year..
TIME EXPRESSIONS
The adverbials often go at the end of the sentence but not always …
Eg. Two weeks ago, I went to the cinema I went to the cinema two weeks ago
V E R B S
R E G U L A RV E R B S
I R R E G U L A RV E R B S
IRREGULARVERBS
I n f i n i t i v e P a s t Past participle
Simple Past Tense
awoke
was, were
became
began
caught
ate
Present
awake
be
become
begin
catch
eat
Some of the Irregular Verbs
* The simple past tense is one of the most common tenses in English.
*Its form is the same with all subjects
* It is usually formed by adding -ED to the verb
* This page will explain the rules for forming the tense with regular verbs …
Verb ending in... How to make the simple past Examples
e We add -d Live - lived
Consonant + y
Change y to i, we add -ed
try - tried
One vowel + one consonant (but NOT w or
y)
Double the consonant, then we
add -ed
commit - committed
[anything else]
We add -edboil - boiledfill - filled
AFFIRMATIVE SENTENCE
I went to Rome yesterday.
She cleaned the house last week.We played two hours ago.
SUBJECT + VERB 2 + OBJECT
They…………………(swim)in the pool last week.
swam
My mother…………………(make) a cake yesterday.
made
Tom and Jane……………(run) in the forest two days ago.
ran
Jane…………………( phone ) his boyfriend three hours ago.
phoned
They…………………….(be) at the picnic last weekend.
were
I……………(go) to a party yesterday .
went
I…………(meet) a new girlfriend there.
met
GALATASARAY couldn’t be the champion but they…………………..( win ) the cup two weeks ago.
won
Negative Form
I did not go to Rome yesterday.She didn’t clean the house last week.
They didn’t play football on Sunday.
Short form: didn’t
S+ did not +V1 + O
She………………………(talk) to her husband last night.
didn’t talk
She………………….(watch) television.watched
John …………………..( not / work ) yesterday. His family ………………….( not / be) at home. He ……………………( think ) his new car . Then , he ……………(sleep ) in the garden .
didn’t work
Weren’t thought
slept
QUESTION FORM
*Did you go to Rome last year ?
Yes,I did / Yes,I went to Rome last year.
No,I didn’t. / No,I didn’t go to Rome last year.
Did you study English ?
Did she go shopping yesterday ?
Yes, she did. / Yes, she went shopping yesterday.
Did you take your medicines last week?
No,I didn’t take my medicines last week.
*Did Hakan Sukur kick a goal last week ?
Yes,he did. / Yes, he kicked a goal last week.
Did your grandmother clean the house yesterday ? No , she didn’t.
She only watched television and ate chips in her living room yesterday.
We ……………………….(dance) together at the party three days ago.
danced
I’m Tomy.
I’m Timy.
Question Word
Auxiliary
Subject Verb infinitive
object
WhenWhyHowWhereetc.
did
I you he she it we you they John
go to the beach yesterday?
FORMING “ WH “ QUESTIONS
What did the nurse bring for the patient ‘ Tom ‘ ?She brought the medicines for him.
When did Janet and Jim get married ?
They got married three days ago .
Why didn’t you talk to each other at the party?
Because we argued with each other two days ago.
WHY ? BECAUSE ….
Why did John buy a gift and flowers for his wife ?
Because he cAme home late yesterday evening.
Ha ha ha..
Ha ha ha…
What did the frogs talk about ?They talked about the childhood of the frog ‘Kermit’.
Where did they play basketball ?They played basketball in the garden .
What time did the lesson start?
It started at 08:30.
I …………………………( buy ) some new clothes from Paris last week .
bought How can I pay the credit card bills ?
- Where did Selami and Gonul go for their honeymoon two weeks ago ?
- They went to Paris for their honeymoon two weeks ago .