USE OF TENSES III

Simple Past Tense

It’s used for an action which began in the past and finished completely; we generally use adverbs that
indicate past action eg: ago, last month, yesterday, last week, last year etc.

“ I met Angela last weekend. “

verb adverb of past time.

Simple Past Tense affirmative form (Irregular verbs)

I made a chocolate cake yesterday

You read(red) a comic last Friday
He built a kennel last week.
She saw a video yesterday afternoon.
It (the dog) slept on Susan’s bed yesterday evening.
We wrote a letter to Paul a month ago.
You drank orange juice for lunch last Sunday.
They ate fish and chips two days ago.

Note: To form the interrogative and negative of the simple past tense , we use the auxiliary:
DO and DIDN’T

Interrogative form structure Did + subject +infinitive?

I make a chocolate cake yesterday?

you read a comic last Friday?
he build a kennel last week?
she see a video yesterday afternoon?
Did it (the dog) sleep on Susan’s bed yesterday evening?
we write a letter to Paul a month ago?
you drink orange juice for lunch last Sunday?
they eat fish and chips two days ago?
Negative form Structure
Subject + didn’t + infinitive

I make a chocolate cake yesterday

You read a comic last Friday
He build a kennel last week.
She DID NOT see a video yesterday afternoon.
It (the dog) DIDN’T sleep on Susan’s bed yesterday evening.
We write a letter to Paul a month ago.
You drink orange juice for lunch last Sunday.
They eat fish and chips two days ago.

Correct these mistakes

1. Did you studied Grammar lats week?________________________________________

2. What did you cooked?____________________________________________________

3. Yesterday I visit Tom and Lucy ___________________________________________

4. I did not played sports yesterday ___________________________________________

5. Did you enjoy Tom’s birthday party?_____ ______________________________________

6. Yesterday I walk to the supermarket..__________________________________

Regular Verbs

Write the past tense of these verbs

1. Help________________ travel_________________

2. Arrive_______________ carry__________________

3. Cook________________ study___________________

4. Talk__________________ play____________________

5. Walk_________________ visit_____________________