Use:

We use the Past Simple to

talk about a completed event Regular and Irregular Form
in the past. verbs:
We often say when it Negative:
happened (e.g yesterday, two There are two types of verbs
years ago…) in English: Regular and *We form the
e.g I…bought…….(buy) a Irregular Verbs.
Spelling rules: negative with
present * We form the Past Simple of
*If the verbfor you
ends last
with –e, we add – didn’t +verb in
Tuesday.
d: regular verbs by adding –ed
e.g live-lived to the verb: infinitve
e.g open-opened
*Verbs endings with a consonant walk-walked e.g I didn’t go to
+y ,we put : -ied ask-asked the gym yesterday.
e.g study-studied
*The Past Simple form of
*Verbs ending with one vowel and *We form
one consonant, double the many verbs is irregular:
questions with did
consonant:
e.g stop-stopped and the infinitve
e. g do-did
Negative Questions
take-took e.g Did you go to
Affirmative
say-said .…… I ………….the cinema
I …………..……… yesterday?
(eat)yesterday?
I ……………… (eat)yesterday.
(eat)yesterday.
You ………. ..…… (drink) ……… you …………(drink)
You …………(drink) yesterday. yesterday?
yesterday.
He ………..…….. (swim)
………. he …………..(swim)
He …………..(swim) yesterday. yesterday?
yesterday.
She …….……… (run)
She ………….(run) yesterday. ……… she ………….(run)
yesterday. yesterday?
It .……..………. (jump)
It ……………. yesterday. ……… it …………….
(jump)yesterday.
(jump)yesterday?
We ……....…… (come )
We ……………(come ) yesterday. ………… we ……………(come)
yesterday. yesterday?
Complete the sentences with the past simple of the verbs in brackets ():
You ………..…… (go)
You ………… yesterday. ……….you …………(go)
She ……………… (write)
(go)yesterday. a letter to her friend, and then, she ……….. (post) it.
yesterday?
They ………… ………. ………..they…………
I ……………………. (not/go)
They …………………. to yesterday.
(walk) school last Friday. I ………… (be) ill.
(walk)yesterday?
(walk) yesterday.
…………. they (buy) some clothes yesterday? Yes, they ………. (buy) a pair of
trousers.

……………. the steak good? No, it ………… (not / be).

The cat ……………. (jump) the fence when it …………. (see) the dog.

My cousins ……………….. (not /enjoy) the party.

Your parents ………………. (not/study) English at school. They ……… (study)

French.

I …………(wait) for an hour but he …………….(not/phone).

When …………… you ……………….(finish)your exams?

She ……………. (live) there for a few years, but she ……………… (not /like) the
place.

They ………………. (come) to our house yesterday but they ………………..

(not/stay).

What ………… you …………. (say)? I …………………….. (not/hear) you.