1. The Simple Past

2. We use the simple past for completed actions in the past. For example:
I walked to downtown Goesan yesterday.

3. visit  visited /miss  missed /talk  talked
The Simple Past
Spelling Rules:
1. For regular verbs, +ed.
visit  visited /miss  missed /talk  talked
I visited my grandmother last weekend.
He missed his plane to Jeju Island.
She talked to her boyfriend yesterday.

4. 2. For verbs ending in “e,” +d. love  loved / hate  hated
The Simple Past
Spelling Rules:
2. For verbs ending in “e,” +d.
love  loved / hate  hated
They loved each other for many years.
I hated the movie last weekend.

5. study  studied / try  tried
The Simple Past
Spelling Rules:
3. For verbs ending in “y,”
-y, +ied.
study  studied / try  tried
They studied hard for the test yesterday.
He tried to learn Chinese last year.

6. 4. For verbs ending in one vowel and one consonant, cons. x 2, +ed.
The Simple Past
Spelling Rules:
4. For verbs ending in one vowel and one consonant, cons. x 2, +ed.
vowel = a, e, i, o, u
consonant = all other letters
stop  stopped
The car stopped in front of the bank.

7. 5. Some verbs are irregular. You just have to memorize them.
The Simple Past
Spelling Rules:
5. Some verbs are irregular.
You just have to memorize them.
go  went / see  saw
I went to China last summer vacation.
I saw my friend at the festival.

8. For negative statements, use didn’t.
The Simple Past
For negative statements, use didn’t.
I didn’t walk to school.
For questions, use did.
Did you walk to school?

9. For short answers, use did or didn’t. Did you study yesterday?
The Simple Past
For short answers, use did or didn’t.
Did you study yesterday?
Yes, I did. OR No, I didn’t.
Did she go to class this morning?
Yes, she did. OR No, she didn’t.