1. Past simple

2. Past simple
USE
The past simple is used to talk about actions which happened in the past.
Expressions of time:
last night yesterday
last week in 1998
last month when I was a child
last year (…)

3. Affirmative FORM REGULAR VERBS: Subject + Verb -ed…
Last week I played a football match.
Yesterday I listened to music.
IRREGULAR VERBS: Subject + Verb (2nd column)
We went skateboarding last weekend.
I broke my arm.

4. Spelling rules Most verbs: add –ED: listen  listened
Verbs ending in –E, add –D: live  lived
Verbs ending in CONSONANT+Y: change
Y to I and add –ED: worry  worried
Verbs ending in CONSONANT + VOWEL + CONSONANT: double the last consonant
and add -ED: stop  stopped.

5. Past simple Negative Subject + didn’t + Verb (infinitive)… did not
Regular verb: I didn’t play a football match yesterday.
Irregular verb: She didn’t go to Barcelona last weekend.

6. Past simple Interrogative and Answers
Did + Subject + Verb (infinitive)…?
Regular verb: Did you play a football match yesterday?
- Yes, I did.
- No, I didn’t.
Irregular verb: Did she go to Barcelona last weekend?
- Yes, she did.
- No, she didn’t.

7. The past simple – irregular forms
There are some verbs which have an irregular form for the past simple. These are some examples:
be was / were
find found
go went
have  had
make made
meet met
write wrote