1. THE PAST SIMPLE

2. USE Actions that started and finished in the past Examples
I went to the beach last Sunday
I bought a new car yesterday.
Actions that happened one after the other in the past (like in a story)
I went into the disco and I saw my favourite girl, then I asked her to dance,...
He came in, took off his coat and sat down.

3. FORM
Two types of verbs
REGULAR
IRREGULAR

4. -ed for all persons Regular verbs Play  played Work  worked
Stay  stayed
Listen  listened

5. Spelling
1) Double the consonant if the verb ends in consonant-vowel-consonant and has only one syllable stop – stopped swap - swapped
2)Add only –d, when the verb ends with –e
love – loved save – saved
3)Verbs ending in 'y' preceded by a consonant:
Change 'y' to 'i' Then add -ed.
hurry - he hurried (watch out! play – played)

6. The form CHANGES from infinitives
Irregular verbs
The form CHANGES from infinitives
Examples
speak  spoke
eat  ate
see  saw
fly  flew
think  thought

7. Verb TO BE I he
she it
you we
they
were
was

8. DID NOT + VERB (base form)
Negative Sentences
DID NOT + VERB (base form)
Example: I did not work yesterday or
I didn’t work yesterday
INCORRECT: I didn’t worked

9. More examples: - I didn’t went on holiday last year
- I didn’t go on holiday last year
- I didn’t went on holiday last year

10. Negative Sentences verb TO BE
WAS / WERE + NOT
Examples
I was not at school yesterday afternoon or
I wasn’t at school yesterday afternoon
They were not at home last weekend
They weren’t at home last weekend

11. Yes /No Questions Did you work yesterday?
DID + subject + main verb + rest of sentence ?
Example
Did you work yesterday?
- Yes, I did.
- No, I didn’t.

12. Yes /No Questions verb TO BE
WAS / WERE + subject + rest of sentence ? Example: Were you at home last weekend? - Yes, I was. - No, I wasn’t.

13. REMEMBER!! Positive sentences: I played football yesterday
I went home early on Saturday
Negative sentences:
I didn’t play football yesterday
I didn’t go home early on Saturday
Yes/No questions:
Did you play football yesterday?
Did you go home early in Saturday?

14. REMEMBER!! Verb TO BE Positive sentences: I was in London last year
Negative sentences:
They weren’t at home last weekend
Yes/No questions:
Were you ill yesterday?

15. What’s the past form? lose lost make made meet met read send sent
steal
stole
take
took
teach
taught
think
thought
throw
threw
forget
forgot
give
gave
hear
heard
keep
kept
leave
left
break broke buy bought feel felt find found fly flew

16. How do you pronounce the –ed ending?
There are three rules we should take into account to know how to pronounce the –ed ending:
Rule 1: If a present tense verb ends with the sound of a voiced consonant or a vowel sound, the pronunciation in past tense is /d/
Rule 2: If the present tense verb ends with the sound of a voiceless consonant sound (f, k, s, x, sh, ch, or p), the pronunciation in past tense is /t/
Rule 3: If the present tense verb ends with the sound of /t/ or /d/ consonant sound, the pronunciation in past tense is always /id/
Note: it’s the ending sound, not spelling that determines pronunciation.

17. How do you say these past verbs?
arrived
parked
landed
hoped
argued
stayed
booked
hated
laughed
ended stopped decided talked walked listened rented liked

18. WELL DONE!!