simple past

simple past

1. to be: was/ were (subject concord)

   • He was a good student
   • They weren't good friends
   • Was Mary late? Yes, she was
   • There was/were: THere was a big house

2. REGULAR VERBS: BASE FORM+ED, equal for all persons:

   • She played
   • I carried
     • THey stopped
   • She loved

3. IRREGULAR VERBS: LIST OF IRREGULAR VERBS

   • tHEY WROTE

4. negative form:

   • subjet+ didn't+ infinitive
     • She didn't play/ she didn't write

5. INTERROGATIVE

   • did+ subject+ infinitive
     • Did she play? Did she write?