Past Simple Tense

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  • English Language

  • High School

  • 10th grade

  • Writing

  • English

Author's Instructions

πŸ“ Student Instruction: Past Simple Tense

  1. When do we use Past Simple?

    • To talk about finished actions in the past.
    • Example: I visited my grandmother yesterday.
  2. Form

    • Affirmative (+): Subject + past verb

      • I played football.
    • Negative (–): Subject + did not (didn’t) + base verb

      • I didn’t play football.
    • Question (?): Did + subject + base verb

      • Did you play football?
  3. Regular verbs β†’ add -ed

    • play β†’ played
    • watch β†’ watched
    • clean β†’ cleaned
  4. Irregular verbs β†’ change form

    • go β†’ went
    • eat β†’ ate
    • have β†’ had
  5. Time words for Past Simple

    • yesterday
    • last week/month/year
    • two days ago
    • in 2010