Simple Past Tense

Simple Past Tense

1. Regular verbs

   • adding when it ends in
     • D
       • live - lived
       • stare - stared
     • ED
       • play - played
       • stay - stayed
     • IED
       • try - tried
       • carry - carried
     • example: She liked to take the sun
       • She needed to speak English

2. Irregular verbs

   • depending a different verb form
     • drive - drove
     • have - had
     • bring - brought
     • example: She read the newspaper yesterday
       • I lost my wallet yesterday

3. Verb To Be

   • compound
     • was
       • HE - SHE - IT
     • were
       • YOU - WE - THEY
     • example: I was a good student
       • You were very serious

4. affirmative

   • I played

5. negative

   • I did not play

6. interrogative

   • ¿Did I pay?