Simple past tense

Category: Verb tenses

THE FORMS OF SIMPLE PAST TENSE
Affirmative: SUBJECT + [VERB + ed] or IRREGULAR VERB
Examples:

• I played football yesterday. (regular verb)
• Leonardo da Vinci lived from 1452 to 1519. (regular verb)
• She bought some fruit last night. (irregular verb)
• They saw him in the park. (irregular verb)

Negative: SUBJECT + did not + [VERB]
Examples:

• I did not wash the dishes.
• You did not play the piano.
• She didn’t sleep well last night.
• Sharon didn’t put the book on the table.

Negative contraction:

• did not = didn’t

Interrogative: Did + SUBJECT + [VERB] 
Examples:

• Did you have your breakfast? Yes, I did / No I didn’t.
• Did she work yesterday? Yes, she did / No, she didn't.

 
You can add a question word (what, where, when, etc.) before did to ask for more information.
Examples:

• What did you do the last weekend? I studied Science.
• Where did she go? She went to the school.
• When did you play baseball? I played baseball last night.
• Why didn’t you tell me about the accident?
• How did you do that?

NOTE: The auxiliary did is used to form the negative and interrogative forms.
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Spelling rules for [VERB + ed]
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Worksheets

Simple past tense 1 - Regular verbs

Simple past tense 2 - Irregular verbs

Simple past tense - Regular & Irregular verbs

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