Past Simple

Past Simple

Lesson 3

Use

We use the past simple to talk about things in the past, using the past simple helps us tell stories that happened to us or to our family. We can also tell anecdotes and historical events.

FORM

We form most regular verbs by adding -ed to the main verb.

wash – washed

kiss – kissed

play - played

For verbs ending in a consonant + y, we drop the –y and add –ied .

cry – cried

carry – carried

FORM

For irregular verbs their spelling in the simple past tense is totally different, check these examples:

 

think - thought

see - saw

write - wrote

say - said

draw - drew

do - did

Examples

1) We went to the beach

2) My dad decided to go to El Quisco

NEGATIVES

The formula is did not + [verb]. You can also use the contraction didn’t.

e.g. He didn't go to the beach this summer because of covid.

QUESTIONS

The formula for asking a question in the simple past tense is did + [subject] + [verb] ?

e.g Did you go to the beach?

Did you wash your hands?

COMPLETE THE SENTENCES WITH THE CORRECT REGULAR VERBS

Multiple Choice

Children _________ (dress) quickly this morning.

• dress

• dressed

• dressing

Multiple Choice

I _________ (help) my mother in the kitchen.

• helping

• helps

• helped

Multiple Choice

We _________ (walk) in the park yesterday.

• walked

• walking

• walks

Multiple Choice

They _________ (wash) their clothes in the bathroom two days ago.

• washed

• washes

• washing

Multiple Choice

We _________ (watch) an interesting film in class last Thursday.

• watch

• watches

• watched

Multiple Choice

Students _________ (work) in the garden.

• works

• worked

• working

COMPLETE THE SENTENCES WITH THE CORRECT IRREGULAR VERBS

Multiple Choice

My dog ________ (sleep) on my bed last night.

• sleeped

• slept

Multiple Choice

Our English course ________ (begin) three months ago.

• begined

• began

Multiple Choice

The students________ (take) an exam yesterday.

• took

• taked

Multiple Choice

Mark ________ (pay) for the meal in the restaurant.

• payed

• paid

Multiple Choice

You ________ (break) my mobile phone.

• broke

• breaked

Multiple Choice

We ________ (go) to Argentina last year.

• went

• goed

Poll

About today's class and the past simple in general, I feel like