2. We use the Past Simple Tense to talk
about finished actions:
 Mary played the piano yesterday.

3. I went to a U2 concert last Saturday.

4. Some people cried at the end of the film
last night.

5. We have some regular verbs
 We add –ed to the base form of these verbs:
play-played walk-walked
learn-learned show-showed
open-opened enter-entered

6. We have some irregular verbs:

7. We have some exceptions to the
regular verbs:

8. Negative form:

9. Negative form
 Mary didn’t play the piano yesterday.
 I didn’t go to a U2 concert last Saturday.
 Some people didn’t cry at the end of the film
yesterday.

10. Interrogative form

11. Interrogative form
Did Mary play the piano yesterday?
Yes, she did. / No, she didn’t.
Did you go to a U2 concert last Saturday?
Yes, I did. / No, I didn’t.
Did some people cry at the end of the film?
Yes, they did. / No, they didn’t.