Simple Past

BY: Keven Harold Loaiza

THE SIMPLE PAST:REGULAR VERBS

• Use the simple past to talk about an event that happened in the past.

• Regular verbs in the simple past end in-ed. If the base form ends in (e), add only (d). If the base form ends in (y) after a consonant, change the (y) to (i) and add (ed). For regular verbs that end in a vowel+y, add -ed.

• Use did not + the base form of the verb for a negative statement in the simple past. We usually use didn´t for speaking and informal writing.

• Time expressions come at the beginning or the end of a sentence.

Exceptions

• The verbs DO and GO are irregular.

• The verbs SAY and BUY are irregular.

• The verb FLY is irregular.

PAST TIME EXPRESSIONS

YESTERDAY AGO LAST

Yesterday morning Two days ago Last night

STRUCTURE OF THE SIMPLE PAST: REGULAR VERBS

AFFIRMATIVE

• Subject + Past form verb + Complement. EXAMPLE

I arrived at 2:00 P.M.

NEGATIVE

• Subject + Did not + Base form of verb + Complement EXAMPLE

I did not arrive at 3:00 P.M.

ACTIVITY• COMPLETE THE SENTENCES WITH THE PAST OF THE VERBS IN THE BOX.

USE EACH VERB ONCE.

Jane loves flowers. As a child she always ___________ her mother in their garden.

Six yeras ago she __________ from art school. She ____________ in a flower shop after graduation. She ____________ at the flowers shop for three years. She ___________ a lot about flowers and about the flower business. Three years ago she _____________ her own flower shop. Today her flowers shop is doing very well.

GRADUATE HELP LEARN OPEN STAY WORK

THE SIMPLE PAST: REGULARS AND IRREGULARS VERBS;YES/NO QUESTIONS

• Irregulars verbs have different forms in the simple past.

BASE FORM

SIMPLE PAST

BASE FORM

BASE FORM

BASE FORM

BASE FORM

BUY Bought GET Got PUT Put

COME Came GO Went SEE Saw

DO Did HAVE Had SLEEP Slept

EAT Ate LEAVE Left

STRUCTURE OF THE REGULARS AND IRREGULARS VERBS;YES/NO QUESTIONS

SIMPLE PAST IRREGULARS VERBS

Affirmative

• Subject + Past form verb + Complement. EXAMPLE

I ate the cookies.

Negative

• Subject + Did not + Base form of irregular verb + Complement EXAMPLE

I did not eat the chocolate.

STRUCTURE OF THE REGULARS AND IRREGULARS VERBS;YES/NO QUESTIONS

YES/NO QUESTIONS

• Did + subject + Base form + complement and add (?) EXAMPLE

Did you sleep late?

SHORT ANSWER EXAMPLE

• Yes, I did. (+)

• No, I didn´t. (-)

ACTIVITY• Read this conversation. Underline the three yes/no questions in

the simple past. Then circle the irregulars verbs in the simple past.

A) Wow! I´m starved. Let´s go have lunch.

B) Why are you so hungry? Did you eat breakfast?

A) Not really. I got up at 8:15. I just drank a glass of orange juice. That´s all I had time for. Did you eat anything this morning?

B) Sure. I always do. I had my usual big breakfast.

A) What did you have?

B) Scramble eggs, toast, cereal, juice and milk. Why did you get up late? Did you stay up late last night?

A) Yes. I went to a movie and got home about 11:00. Then I studied for a couple of hours.

THE SIMPLE PAST: Wh-Questions

The Wh-Questions are:

• What

• When

• Where

• Which

• Who

• Why

STRUCTURE OF THE Wh-Questions

SIMPLE PAST -Wh-Questions

Wh-Questions:

• Wh-Question Word + Did + Subject + Base Form Of Verb + Complement + ? EXAMPLE

Where did he go there?

ANSWER

He wanted to get a video.

Wh-Questions about the subject

• Wh-word + the simple past form of the verb. EXAMPLEWho drove? Israel (did).

What happened? He had a car accident.

ACTIVITYWrite questions in the past. Begin whit Who. Use the world in parentheses. • (go to the post office last week) Who went to the post office last

week?

• (eat sushi last night) ______________________________

• (teach you to ride a bicycle) ______________________________

• (come late today) ______________________________

• (visit you last weekend) ______________________________

• (give you a special gift last year) ______________________________