SIMPLE PAST

B Y : C O L E G I O R E A L D E L B O S Q U E

1. WE USE “SIMPLE PAST TENSE” TO EXPRESS AN ACTIVITY COMPLETED IN THE PAST

2. WE FORM THE SIMPLE PAST OF REGULAR VERBS BY ADDING THESUFFIX –ED TO THE INFINITIVE.

SPELLING RULES OF REGULAR VERBS• Inf. + -ed:

e.g. want - wantedlike - likedplay - played

• Inf. ending –e + -d:e.g. arrive - arrived

hate - hatedlove - loved

• Inf ending consonant + -y: -iede.g. try - tried

• One-syllable verbs: double the cons. + -ede.g. plan - planned

stop - stopped

3. WHEN THE VERB IS IRREGULAR THEN IT SHOULD BE IN THE SIMPLE PAST FORM

4. THERE ARE THREE TYPE OF SENTENCES: AFFIRMATIVE, NEGATIVE AND INTERROGATIVE

S I M P L E P A S T S T R U C T U R E

T Y P E S O F S E N T E N C E S

• Affirmative

• They went to school.

• Negative

• They did not go to school.

• Interrogative

• Did they go to school?

T Y P E S O F S E N T E N C E S

• Affirmative

• He swam for three hours.

• Negative

• He did not swim for threehours.

• Interrogative

• Did he swim for three hours?

WHAT DID THEY DO YESTERDAY? •They studied at the library.

•Yesterday

• Last week

• Last night

•Two days ago

•On Saturday

• Last weekend

5. EXAMPLES

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F E R R A R I

S E L E N A G O M E ZS A N G A S O N G

A R I A N A G R A N D EA T E P A N C A K E S