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Simple Past

The document provides an introduction to the simple past tense, explaining how it is used to describe completed past actions and events. It discusses the formation of regular and irregular verbs in the simple past, provides examples of conjugating regular and irregular verbs, and gives some common uses of the simple past tense.

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Simple Past

The document provides an introduction to the simple past tense, explaining how it is used to describe completed past actions and events. It discusses the formation of regular and irregular verbs in the simple past, provides examples of conjugating regular and irregular verbs, and gives some common uses of the simple past tense.

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Introduction to

Simple Past
The simple past tense is used to describe actions or events that occurred and
were completed in the past. This tense is essential for recounting stories,
describing historical events, and talking about our personal experiences.

by Mak Jani
Forming the Simple Past
Spelling Changes
Regular Verbs
Some regular verbs have minor spelling changes
For regular verbs, add -ed to the end of the verb to when adding the -ed ending, like "stop" becoming
form the simple past tense. "stopped".

1 2 3

Irregular Verbs
Irregular verbs have unique past tense forms that
must be memorized, such as "go" becoming "went".
Regular Verb Conjugation
Affirmative Negative Question

I walked to the park. I did not walk to the park. Did I walk to the park?

She cooked dinner last night. She did not cook dinner last night. Did she cook dinner last night?
Irregular Verb Conjugation
Go See
I went to the store yesterday. She saw the movie last weekend.

Break Teach
The vase broke when I dropped it. The teacher taught the class about simple past.
Uses of the Simple Past
1 Completed Actions 2 Past Habits 3 Historical Events
The simple past describes It can also describe past The simple past is commonly
actions that were completed habits or routines, such as "I used to recount historical
in the past, like "I ate jogged every day last facts and events, for
breakfast this morning." summer." example, "The Wright
brothers invented the
airplane in 1903."
Positive Statements in Simple Past
Singular Subjects Plural Subjects Irregular Verbs

He studied for the exam. They played soccer yesterday. I went to the store.

She walked to the park. We cooked a delicious meal. She found her lost keys.
Negative Statements in Simple Past

Subject Didn't + Verb to the park.


She didn't walk to the park.
Practice Exercises

Exercise 1 Exercise 2 Exercise 3 Exercise 4


Fill in the blanks with the Rewrite the following Convert the sentences Identify the verb in the
simple past form of the sentences in the negative from present tense to simple past form and
verb. form. simple past tense. underline it.

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