Simple Past Tense

The Simple Past Tense

• We use this tense in order to decribe actions or situations wich started and finished in the past.

Subject + Past form of the verb + Complement

​Examples:

​The structure of a sentence in the past form is:

1. She ate a salad for lunch.

​2. I drank a glass of orange juice for breakfast.

3. You played volley ball last night.

4. He studied Medicine.

Negative form:

Subject+Auxiliar did+not+ Base form of the verb+Complement

​The cat didn´t eat fish.

​She did not fix the car.

​We didn´t go to the park.

​They did not clean the restaurant.

Multiple Choice

What is the auxiliar of the Simple Past?

• Do

• Does

• Did

• Would

Interrogative form:

Auxiliar Did + Subject+Base form of the verb+Complement?

No, I didn´t.

​Yes, I did.

did you work yesterday?

No, I didn´t.

​Yes, I did.

did yoU SLEEP EIGHT HOURS LAST NIGHT?

No, she didn´t.

​Yes, She did.

did SHE DANCE IN THE PARTY?

No, They didn´t.

​Yes, They did.

did they travel to cochabamba last month?

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