Past Simple
We use past simple for:
  • completed actions at the specific time in the past.
  • completed situations and states in the past.
  • repeated actions in the past.
  • the main events and situations in a story.

Examples:

  1. I bought three CDs yesterday.
  2. I had green hair for a while as a teenager.
  3. We played football every saturday.
  4. I ran out of the house,crossed the road and jumped on the bus.

REGULAR VERBS:

positive:subject+bare infinitive+ed-->I/you/he/she/we/you/they appeared.

negative:subject+didn't+bare infinitive --> I/you/he/she/we/you/they didn't appear.

question form:Did+subject+bare infinitive-->Did I/you/he/she/we/you/they appear?

IRREGULAR VERBS:

The negative and questions form for irregular verbs are the same as for regular verbs.

positive:Inga went to london.

negative:Inga didn't go to london.

question form:Did Inga go to london?

The only exception is the verb to be:

positive:You were in london/Inga was in london.

negative:You weren't in london/Inga wasn't in london.

question form:Were you in london?/Was Inga in london?

LIST OF VERBS

REGULAR VERBS:

  • play: played
  • cook: cooked
  • dance: danced
  • look: looked
  • listen: listened
  • work: worked
  • watch: watched
  • love: loved
  • kiss: kissed
  • study: studied
  • die: died
  • live: lived

IRREGULAR VERBS:

  • sleep: slept
  • go: went
  • buy: bought
  • eat: ate
  • drink: drank
  • have : had
  • make: made
  • win: won
  • write: wrote
  • drive: drove
  • to be: was-were