โฎ๏ธ The past simple
๐ In short
We use the past simple for things that happened and finished in the past: Yesterday, I played football. With regular verbs we add -ed, and irregular verbs have their own form to learn.
๐ The lesson
1 Regular verbs: ed
The same form with every pronoun: I played, she played, they played.
| Verb | Past | Rule |
|---|---|---|
| play | played | Add ed |
| like | liked | After e, add d |
| study | studied | y after a consonant โ ied |
| stop | stopped | Double the last letter |
2 The most common irregular verbs
| Verb | Past | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| go | went | Go |
| eat | ate | Eat |
| see | saw | See |
| have | had | Have |
| do | did | Do |
| make | made | Make |
| come | came | Come |
| write | wrote | Write |
| swim | swam | Swim |
| sleep | slept | Sleep |
3 Negatives and questions with did
We use didn't and Did with every pronoun, and the verb goes back to its base form.
- I didn't go to school yesterday.I didn't go to school yesterday.
- Did you see the film? โ Yes, I did.Did you watch the film? Yes, I did.
4 Past words
- yesterdayYesterday
- last weekLast week
- two days agoTwo days ago
- Last summer, we went to the sea.Last summer we went to the seaside.
๐ In a picture
๐ก Watch out!
- After didn't and Did we don't use the past twice: Did you go?, not Did you went?
๐งฉ Test yourself
1 Yesterday, I ... to the park. (go)
2 The past of study:
3 ... you eat breakfast?
โ The present continuousโ The future: will and going to