Past Simple

Past Simple

Short theory

• The simple past tense shows that you are talking about something that has already happened.

• the simple past tense emphasizes that the action is finished.

How to form Past Simple

• For regular verbs, add -ed to the root form of the verb (or just -d if the root form already ends in an e):

  Play→Played Type→Typed Listen→Listened Push→Pushed Love→Loved

• For irregular verbs, things get more complicated. The simple past tense of some irregular verbs looks exactly like the root form:

  Put→Put Cut→Cut Set→Set Cost→Cost Hit→Hit

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Children (dress) quickly.

• dressed

• dress

• did dress

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I ... ( help) my mother in the kitchen

• helped

• had helped

• did help

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I... (come) to England in 1928.

• came

• come

• had come

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They ... ( do) their homework yesterday.

• did

• done

• had done