Simple past

The simple past help us to talk about ...

• actions that will happen in the future

• finished actions in the past

• actions that are happening right now

The next are some keywords for the simple past tense

• Go, play, sleep, buy

• Did, did not, went

• Last month, yesterday, 2 weeks ago

What is the auxiliary for the simple past?

• Did

• Does

• Do

What is the charactieristic of irregular verbs?

• it does not follow any rule to be conjugated

• we add ED at the end of the verb in past

• it does not change is present, past and participle

What is the main characteristic of regular verbs?

• It does not follow any rule to be conjugated

• We add ED at the end of the verb in past

• It does not change is present, past and participle

The next are regular verbs.

• Buy - Read - See - Know

• Listen - Play - Climb - Live

The next are irregular verbs

• Go - Do - Find - Cut

• Finish - Discover - Visit - Open

What is the correct structure of simple past in affirmative? in order.

• verb in past + subject + keyword + complement

• subject + did not + verb + complement

• subject + verb in past + complement + keyword

What is the correct structure of simple past in negative? in order.

• subject + did not + verb in infinitive + complement + keyword

• subject + verb in past + keyword + complement

• keyword + verb + did not + subject

What is the correct structure of simple past in interrogative? in order

• ? + keyword + subject + did + verb is past

• Did + verb in infinitive + keyword + complement + ?

• Did + subject + verb in infinitive + complement + keyword + ?