Past Simple Tense

Past Simple Tense

What do we use it for?

​To talk about events that STARTED in the past and FINISHED in the past

​Things are not like that anymore

AFFIRMATIVE SENTENCES

Regular verb

+ED

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​Irregular verb

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​2^nd column

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​NEGATIVE SENTENCES

​We add DID NOT before the verb in infinitive form

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​DID NOT = DIDN'T

​* With the verb "to be", we add NOT after the present simple form (was/were)

WAS NOT = WASN'T

WERE NOT = WEREN'T

​INTERROGATIVE SENTENCES

​[Wh-] + DID + Subject + Verb + Complements ?