The simple Past tense

Indicates that something has happened at a specific time in the past. The simple past tense Indicates that something has happened at a specific time in the past.

The simple past tense Mary helped the teacher. I kicked the ball. She kicked the ball. We kicked the ball. They kicked the ball. Mary did not kick the ball. Mary helped the teacher. I helped the teacher. We helped the teacher. They helped the teacher. You did not help the teacher. Most verbs will take “-ed” to show the simple past tense. To show a negative in simple past tense, use “did not” with the unconjugated verb.

The simple past Tense – Irregular verbs TO Be Have I was in the park. He was not in the park. We were in the park. They were not in the park. I had a blast! We had a blast! They had a blast! You had a blast!

laugh play add bless gather More regular verbs laugh laughed play played add added bless blessed gather gathered

More regular verbs bake look walk sneeze twirl baked did not bake looked did not look look walked did not walk walk sneezed did not sneeze sneeze twirled did not twirl twirl type typed did not type paint painted did not paint decorate decorated did not decorate wipe wiped did not wipe jump jumped did not jump

More irregular verbs quit leave drive sing lose teach tear fight begin did not quit leave left did not leave drive drove sing sang did not sing lose lost did not lose teach taught did not teach tear tore did not tear fight fought did not fight begin began did not begin drink drank did not drink

caught saw fell met run knew lay made ate Irregular Verbs catch see fall fell meet met ran run know knew let lie lay make made eat ate

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