Transcript English Grammar Made Easy

The Simple Past Tense
Teacher: Estefanía
The Simple Past Tense
 The Simple Past Tense is used:
To express an action wholly completed in
the past
Ex.
I went to Riyadh last weekend.
Fayez arrived at our house yesterday.
Simple Past Tense
AFFIRMATIVE
 A verb is turned into past by adding (d or ed) at the end of
the infinitive
Ex. He arrive(d) yesterday.
She cook(ed) food last night.
 There are some irregular verbs
Ex. I (write) wrote a letter last week.
I (buy) bought a car last year
I (read) read a book yesterday
Sell- sold , drive-drove, go-went, meet-met, give-gave, get-got
Take-took, forget-forgot, come-came
The Simple Past Tense
 The Simple Past Tense is usual with words or
phrases that are time indicators:
Yesterday, last, ago, in the past, in 1973
Ex.
We played football yesterday.
I visited my family last week.
I was in England a year ago.
In the past, man used horses for traveling
In 1973, Arabs defeated Israel.
In 2006, Lebanon defeated Israel.
Verb to be
Present
am
Past
was
Past Participle
He
She
It
is
was
been
We
You
They
are
were
I
I have been to England two times.
He is always busy.
Past Simple Tense
 I (study) English yesterday.
 I studied English yesterday.
 He (go) to school everyday.
 He went to school everyday in 2009.
 She (buy) fruits last week.
 She bought fruits last week.
 In 2007, I (get) my PhD.
 In 2007, I got my PhD.
Simple Past Tense
INTERROGATIVE
A verb in past is turned into interrogative by
adding the auxiliary verb DID
Aff: I studied English yesterday
Neg: I didn´t study
Int: Did you study?
Aff: I went to London last year
Neg: I didn´t go to London last year
Int: Did you go?