2. Simple Past Tense
uses
1. Completed actions
• To talk about events, actions or situations which
occurred in the past and are now finished, and the
time reference must be given.
•I walked with Julian yesterday.
•It must be understood from the context:
•I saw Peter in town. (i.e. when I was there this morning)
•I never met my grandfather. (i.e. he is dead)

3. Time signals
Yesterday
Last
night
Last summer
I saw Jane yesterday/last summer.
ago
Two years
ago
Ten minutes
ago
I met Robert many years ago in Berlin.
a long time
ago

4. Regular verbs form
Regular verbs form
Ed for all persons
Play
Work
Stay
listen
played
worked
stayed
listened

5. Spelling
1. Verbs ending in -e add only d:
Phone
Smile
Love
phoned.
smiled.
loved.
Pronunciation /D/
after vowels and
/B/ /l/ /g/ /v/ m/ n/
Pronunciation /t/ after
/p/ /k/ /s/ /f/ /s/ /id/
after /t/ and /d/ and
/B/ /l/ /g/ /v/ m/ n/
2. Verbs not ending in -e add -ed:.
Ask
Clean
Follow
asked
cleaned
followed

6. Spelling
3. Short verbs ending in one vowel + one consonant
Stop
Beg
stopped
begged
4.Verbs ending in consonant + y
study
cry
try
studied
cried
tried.
Pronunciation /D/
after vowels and
/B/ /l/ /g/ /v/ m/ n/
Pronunciation /t/ after
/p/ /k/ /s/ /f/ /s/ /id/
after /t/ and /d/ and
/B/ /l/ /g/ /v/ m/ n/

7. Simple Past Tense
affirmative
Regular Verbs (ED) Irregular Verbs
I
You
He
She
It
We
You
They
played
played
played
played
played
played
played
played
I
went
You went
He went
She went
It
went
We went
You went
They went

8. Simple Past Tense
Negative
Regular Verbs
(didn´t + verb)
I
didn´t play
Irregular Verbs
(didn´t+ verb)
I
didn´t
go
You didn´t play
He didn´t play
She didn´t play
It
didn´t play
You
He
She
It
didn´t
didn´t
didn´t
didn´t
go
go
go
go
We didn´t play
You didn´t play
They didn´t play
We didn´t
You didn´t
They didn´t
go
go
go

9. Simple Past Tense
Interrogative
Regular Verbs
(did+ subject + verb)
Irregular Verbs
(did+subject + verb)
did
Did
I
you
play?
play?
Did
Did
I
you
go?
go?
Did
Did
Did
he
she
it
play?
play?
play?
Did
Did
Did
he
she
it
go?
go?
go?
play?
play?
play?
Did
Did
Did
we
You
they
go?
go?
go?
Did
we
Did you
Did they

10. Simple Past Tense
Irregular Verbs
TO BE
I
You
He,she,it
We
They
was
were
was
were
were
Infinitive Past tense
Have
Had
Do
Did

11. Simple Past Tense
Irregular Verbs
Verbs which don´t Cut
change:
Hit
Fit
Verbs which their
vowel change:
Get
Sit
Drink
Verbs which
Go
change completely Bring
brought
Teach
cut
hit
fit
got
sat
drank
went
taught

12. gave
I
drove
Peter
(give ) the boy a present last year.
(drive) to Baltimore last Sunday.
We
enjoyed
(enjoy)
It
rained
(rain)
They
received (receive) a letter two months ago.
our vacation last summer.
a lot here yesterday.
Father
told
(tell) the boy a story last night.
Mother
made
(make) an apple pie in may.