We use the Past Simple to talk about:
✅ Actions that started and finished in the past
✅ Past facts or situations that are no longer true
Examples:
I watched a great movie last night.
They visited Paris in 2022.
She didn’t go to work yesterday.
⚙️ Grammar Focus
✅ Affirmative Form
Structure:
Subject + past form of the verb
Examples:
I walked to school yesterday.
He studied English last night.
We went to the park last weekend.
❌ Negative Form
Structure:
Subject + didn’t + base verb
Examples:
I didn’t watch TV last night.
They didn’t go out yesterday.
She didn’t finish her homework.
🧠 Remember: After didn’t, the verb goes back to its base form (no -ed).
❌ I didn’t watched TV.
✅ I didn’t watch TV.
❓ Question Form
Structure:
Did + subject + base verb?
Examples:
Did you study yesterday?
Did he play football?
Did they go to the concert?
Short answers:
✅ Yes, I did. / No, I didn’t.
✅ Yes, she did. / No, she didn’t.
Regular Verbs
Regular verbs form the past by adding -ed to the base verb.
| Base Verb | Past Simple | Example |
|---|---|---|
| work | worked | I worked on Monday. |
| visit | visited | We visited our grandparents. |
| clean | cleaned | She cleaned her room. |
🧠 Spelling Rules:
- Verbs ending in -e → add -d (live → lived)
- Verbs ending in -y → change y → ied (study → studied)
- One vowel + one consonant → double the consonant (stop → stopped)
Irregular Verbs
Some verbs don’t follow the -ed rule. These are irregular verbs, and you need to memorize them.
| Base Verb | Past Simple | Example |
|---|---|---|
| go | went | I went to the park. |
| have | had | We had pizza for dinner. |
| see | saw | He saw his friends. |
| buy | bought | She bought new shoes. |
| do | did | They did their homework. |
| be | was / were | I was tired. We were happy. |
💡 Tip: Practice a few irregular verbs every day to remember them!
Time Expressions 🕓
We often use time expressions to show when something happened.
| Expression | Example |
|---|---|
| yesterday | I watched a movie yesterday. |
| last night / last week / last year | She visited her parents last weekend. |
| two days ago | We studied English two days ago. |
| in 2019 | They moved here in 2019. |
| when I was a child | I played football when I was a child. |
✅ Position: Time expressions usually go at the end of the sentence.
I went shopping yesterday.
Let’s Practice
Practice 1
Practice 2
Speaking
Practice 1
Practice 2
Flip a card.
Look at the emojis.
Make a sentence using the simple past.
REPEAT