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 .