Simple Past Tense - Module 3

Simple Past Tense

Used to talk about things that happened or existed before now.

Negative

Positive

SUBJECT + REGULAR VERB IN SIMPLE PAST TENSE + PREDICTION

SUBJECT + DIDN'T + VERB IN INFINITIVE WITHOUT TO + PREDICTION

I SHE HE IT YOU WE THEY

I SHE HE IT YOU WE THEY

AUXILIARY DIDN'T VERB IN INFINITIVE WITHOUT TO VISIT

REGULAR FORM : VISIT CHANGE TO: VISITED

MY GRANDMOTHER YESTURDAY

MY GRANDMOTHER YESTURDAY

Question

DID + SUBJECT + VERB IN INFINITIVE WITHOUT TO + PREDICTION?

I SHE HE IT YOU WE THEY

VERB IN INFINITIVE WITHOUT TO VISIT

MY GRANDMOTHER YESTURDAY?

DID

Answer (-)

Answer (+)

1. Yes + Subject + Did. 2. Yes + Subject + Did. + Affirmative sentence. Yes, she did. Yes, I did. Yes, they did played at the park.

1. No + Subject + Didn't / Did not. 2. No + Subject + Didn't / Did not + Negative sentence. No, she didn't No, I did. not. No, they didn't play at the park.

Contractions

I / She / He / It (SINGULAR) I did. She did. They did.

You / We / They (PLURAL) I did not = I didn't She did not = She didn't They did not = They didn't

Important to consider

1. Verbs in regular past tense you add /ed/. Example: Visit = Visited. 2. If the verb end in a consonant followed by /y/, change it to = ied. Example: Study = Studied. 3. If the verb end in a vowel followed by /y/, add /ed/ with no changes. Example: Stay = Stayed.

4. For one-syllable words that end in consonant-vowel-consonant (except x),double the last letter and add -ed. Example: Jog = Jogged 5. Irregular verbs. There is no rule you can follow when you write the past participle forms of irregular verbs. You have to memorize them