THE PAST SIMPLE

                                 

It describes actions that happened at a certain moment in the past. It´s necessary and important to know about the Regular Verbs and the Irregular Verbs because the transformations of these words need to be understood by the users of this language.

1. Regular Verbs: The transformation of these verbs depend on the letter they finish. Analyze:

Arrive - Arrived                            Call - Called                                      Study - Studied
Like - Liked                                Open - Opened                                  Apply - Applied
Love- Loved                                Wash - Washed                                 Cry - Cried
Move - Moved                             Play - Played                                     Spy - Spied 
Live - Lived                                 Listen - Listened                                Identify - Identified


2. Irregular Verbs: The transformation of these verbs do not depend on a letrer they finish in. Some verbs are modified with just a letter, others the initial remains and some others remain in the same way in present and past.

Give - Gave                                  Break - Broke                                 Read - Read
Make - Made                                Have - Had                                     Put - Put
Get - Got                                      Eat - Ate                                        Set - Set
Drive - Drove                                 Go - Went                                       Let - Let
Begin - Began                               Think - Thought                              Cost - Cost

                         Past Simple: Affirmative Form

To form affirmative sentences in Past Simple, follow this structure:

Subject + Verb (past) + Complement. Read the following examples.

                                       Erika bought a cell phone and a computer.

                                              John arrived at 7:00 this morning.                                                  

                                                             The cat ate a canary.                          

                                              Sandra called Mary on the telephone.

                            Past Simple: Negative Form

To form negative sentences in Past Simple, follow this structure:

Subject + Didn´t + Verb (present) + Complement. Read the following examples.

                                        The student didn´t answer any questions.

                                           Julie didn´t take a taxi to go to work.

                                           He didn´t find any coins on the floor.

                                                They didn´t play basketball.

                      Past Simple: Yes/ No Question Form

To form Yes / No questions in Past Simple, follow this structure:

Did + Subject + Verb (present) + Complement?. Read the following examples.

                                         Did they have an accident? Yes, they did.

                                          Did she eat any junk food? No, she didn´t.

                                          Did the soldier read the letter? Yes, he did.

                                              Did she sleep well? No, she didn´t.

                    Information Questions in Past Simple

To ask Information Questions in Past Simple, follow this structure:

Wh-Question + Did + Subject + Verb (present) + Complement?. Read the following examples.

                                        Where did you go? We went to New York.

                                       What did they drink? They drank coffee.

                         When did they have the party? They had the party last Saturday.

                                     Who did he see? He saw a beautiful woman.

           Why did she get married? She got married because she was pregnant.