Simple Past - Form
- Simple Past
- Summary
- Use
- Signal words
- Form of affirmative, negative sentences and questions
- Spelling
- Special verbs
- Diagram
- Pronunciation of the ending -ed
- Simple Past - Complex Test 1
- Exercises - Simple Past
- Exercises - Irregular verbs
Form of the Simple Past
Form the Simple Past:
- with regular verbs: infinitive + -ed
- with irregular verbs: 2nd column of the table of the irregular verbs
Affirmative sentences:
Use the same form of the verb every time regardless the subject.
| regular verbs |
irregular verbs |
| I played football. |
I went to the supermarket. |
Negative sentences:
Use the auxiliary did (Simple Past of do) every time regardless the subject.
| regular verbs |
irregular verbs |
| I did not play football. |
I did not go to the supermarket. |
NOTE: Short forms in negative sentences in the Simple Past are used quite often.
| regular verbs |
irregular verbs |
| I didn't play football. |
I didn't go to the supermarket. |
Questions:
Use the auxiliary did (Simple Past of do) every time regardless the subject.
| regular verbs |
irregular verbs |
| Did you play football? |
Did I go to the supermarket? |
