simple past tense

Simple past tense

The simple past is used to talk about a completed action in a time before now.

a) positive

1) I walked (regular)
2) You played (regular)
3) He cooked (regular)
4) She listened (regular)
5) It rained (regular)
6) We ate (irregular)
7) They drank (irregular)

a) Negative

1) I did not walk
2) You did not play          
3) He did not cook          
4) he did not listen        
5) It did not rain
6) We did not eat
7) They did not drink

c) question    

1) Did I walk?
2) Did you play?
3) Did he cook?
4) Did she listen?
5) Did it rain?
6) Did we eat?
8) Did they drink?
9) When did you arrive?
10) Who did she/he see?
11) How did it happen?
12) Why did we sell it?
13) Where did they go last week?

When using Simple Past  tense

simple past tense recognizes using OIL WAY.

O                        on                           I saw him on Friday.
I                         in                            I went there in 1988.
L                        last                         She came last week.
W                      when                      When did you visit them.
A                       ago                         I visited them 2 weeks ago.
Y                       Yesterday               I saw him yesterday.

Regular verb

Regular verbs are those whose past tense and past participles are formed by adding a -d or an -ed to the end of the verb.

a) group 1

play                 ed                      played
visit                 ed                      visited

b) group 2

live                  d                           lived
dance              d                          danced

c) group 3

hurry                ied                    hurried
marry               ied                    married

d) group 4

stop                 ped               stopped
prefer              red               preferred

Irregular verb

There is no formula to predict how an irregular verb will form its past-tense and past-participle forms

Buy                 bought
Come              came
do                    did
drink                drank
eat                   ate
find                   found
get                    got
give                  gave
have                 had
make                made
meet                 met
read                  read
say                    said
sent                  sent
speak                spoke
tell                     told
write                  wrote
see                    saw

Pronunciation of past regular verb

a) group 1

watch                watched                   watcht
dance                danced                     danct
laugh                 laughed                  laught
wash                 washed                    washt
walk                  walked                     walkt

b) group 2

play                 played                        playd
clean               cleaned                      cleand
study               studied                       studed
close               closed                        closd
show               showed                      showd

c) group 3

start                started                      startid
want               wanted                     wantid
land                landed                      landid
paint               painted                     paintid

adjective

Adjectives in English describe people, places, and things.

People                             things

Young                                    new
old                                         old
fat                                          thick
tall                                         big
short                                      little

should

should use for advice.

a) positive

1) You should take arrest.
2) She should take an aspirin
3) They should see a doctor.
4) He should stop eating sweets.
5) I should study English every day.

b) negative

1) She should not work so much.
2) I should not go to be so late.
3) You should not go to that film.
4) He should not smoke so much.

c) question

1) Should I see a dentist?
2) What should I do?
3) Should he practice English every day?