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PAST SIMPLE:STRUCTURE

I - YOU - HE - SHE - IT WE - YOU - THEY

I - YOU - HE - SHE - IT WE - YOU - THEY

WANTEDSTUDIEDLISTENED

VERB

SUBJECT

To make the past tense of a regular verb, just add -ED to the end of the verb.

I wanted a new umbrella. She studied English yesterday. They listened to music.

COOK - COOKEDUSE - USEDCARRY - CARRIEDSTOP - STOPPED

AFFIRMATIVE

IRREGULAR VERBS HAVE THEIR OWN PAST FORMS! CLICK HERE TO SEE THEM

The verb TO BE has two past forms: WAS/WERE Use was with I, HE, SHE, IT Use were with WE/YOU/THEY

I - YOU - HE - SHE - IT WE - YOU - THEY

I - YOU - HE - SHE - IT WE - YOU - THEY

WANTSTUDYLISTEN

VERB

SUBJECT

You don't need to use -ED endings or past simple forms of irregular verbs in negative sentences, "Didn't "tells us that the sentence is in the past.

DID NOT (DIDN'T)

AUXILIARY

NEGATIVE

I wanted a new umbrella. She studied English yesterday. They listened to music.I didn't want a new umbrella. She didn't study English yesterday. They didn't listen to music.

You didn't go to the cinemaYou didn't went to the cinema

The verb TO BE is used differently: Was not (wasn't)/Were not (weren't)I wasn't hungry / They weren't there

I didn't play football yesterday.I didn't played foorball yesterday.

I - YOU - HE - SHE - IT WE - YOU - THEY

I - YOU - HE - SHE - IT WE - YOU - THEY

WANTSTUDYLISTEN

VERB

SUBJECT

You don't need to use -ED endings or past simple forms of irregular verbs in interrogative sentences, "Did "tells us that the sentence is in the past.

DID

AUXILIARY

QUESTIONS

I wanted a new umbrella. She studied English yesterday. They didn't listened to music.Did I want a new umbrella? When did she study English?. Did they listen to music?(Yes, I did) (Yesterday) (No, they didn't)

Did you go to the cinema?Did you went to the cinema?

The verb TO BE is used differently: When was your exam? Were your friends with you yesterday?

Did you play football yesterday?Did you played football yestarday?