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LET'S
LEARN
TOGETHER
ABOUT
PAST SIMPLE
Yorleni Ciau, Jafet Us.
WELCOME!
Welcome to Let's learn

together! This is a book
designed to help you to
understand the past simple
and its uses in everyday
speech. Through definitions,
examples and exercises
included here, we can learn
together!
LET'S LEARN
ABOUT
PAST SIMPLE!
l. What is past simple? 1
ll. When do we use the past simple? 2
lll. Regular and irregular verbs in the past 3
lV. List of most common irregular verbs 4
V. Pronunciation 6
Vl. Negative form 7
Vll. Interrogative form 9
Vlll. Let's review 12

Past simple
The past simple shows us that an

action occurred in the past, not in
the present.
My parents called me
yesterday.
I woke up early this morning.

Sam played basketball when

he was at university.
1
WHEN DO WE USE
THE PAST SIMPLE?
The past tense in English is used:
to talk about hypotheses (when we

imagine something)
to talk about the past:
He worked at McDonald's last year to

save money.
to refer to the present or future in

hypotheses:
It might be dangerous. Suppose they got
lost.
"i went to Tokio last year"
past now future
2
REGULAR AND
IRREGULAR VERBS
IN THE PAST
Regular past simple verbs have -ed at the end
(e.g. called, played, arrived).
Irregular verbs have a different form, usually

with a different vowel sound (e.g. wake→
woke, break → broke, feel→ felt).
play played feel felt
3
List of most common
irregular verbs:
Verb Past simple
1. Be 1. Was, were
2. Awake 2. Awoke
3. Become 3. Became
4. Begin 4. Began
5. Break 5. Broke
6. Hold 6. Held
7. Keep 7. Kept
8. Know 8. Knew
9. Lead 9. Led
10. Leave 10. Left
11. Lend 11. Lent
12. Lose 12. Lost
13. Make 13. Made
4
Let's practice
Complete the following sentences using

the past simple of the verbs in brackets.
1. I ________(go) out last night.

2. You______(come) to the party.
3. She ________ (eat) chocolate as a child.
4. He ___________(like) sports.
5. We________(study) for the exam.
6. They _______(cook) at the weekend.
5
PRONUNCIATION: 'ED'
ENDINGS

There are three different ways to pronounce the

'ed' ending of regular verbs in the simple past tense:
/ Id / , / t / or / d /.
The pronunciation depends on the sound at the end
of the infinitve of the main verb and whether it is
voiced or not. (A voiced sound is one that vibrates in
your throat when you say it.)
/Id /
infinitives that end in the sounds
/t/ or /d/
needed

/d/
infinitives that end in a voiced sound
lived

/t/
infinitves that end in an unvoiced sound
shopped

6
NEGATIVE
FORM.
We make the negative with didn't and
the infinitive verb. The auxiliary did +
not give the sentence a negative
connotation.
Subject + didn't + infinitive verb +

complement
My parents didn't call me yesterday.

I didn't wake up early this morning.
7
LET'S PRACTICE THE
NEGATIVE FORM
Make sentences in the negative using the verbs

in brackets
1. I ________(not/go) out last night.

2. You______(not/come) to the party.
3. She ________ (not/eat) chocolate as a child.
4. He ___________(not/like) sports.
5. We________(not/study) for the exam.
6. They _______(not/cook) at the weekend.
8
INTERROGATIVE
FORM
We make the interrogative using the
auxiliary verb "Did". The interrogative
form is used to make questions about
the past.
Did + subject + inifinitive verb +

complement?
Did you study for the English

exam?
Did you play football with your
friends?
9
LET'S PRACTICE THE
INTERROGATIVE
FORM!
1. eat/Did/you/food?/your
_________________________________
2. Did/understand/you/instructions?/the
_________________________________
3. you/movie?/Did/watch/the
_________________________________
4. mall?/Did/go/he/to/the
_________________________________
10
Structure Remember that
the addition
of "ed" depends
on the verb.
Affirmative
Subject + Verb+Ed + Complement

They played soccer
Negative
Subject + didn't + verb in present
simple + complement
I didn't eat chicken.
Interrogative
Did + subject + complement
Did we play yesterday?
11
Let's review...
Complete the following text with the past
tense of the verbs in brackest.
12
References
BBC learning English. (nd) Pronunciation with ed

endings.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglis
h/radio/specials/1413_gramchallenge26/.
British Council. Learn English: past simple.
https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/grammar/beg
inner-to-pre-intermediate/past-continuous-and-
past-simple
Colegio de nueva granada. (2019). Guía de
aprendizaje.
https://www.webcolegios.com/file/f2f7f8.pdf
Perfect English Grammar. Past simple: Negative
form.
https://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/past-
simple-exercise-4.html

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LET'S

Welcome to Let's learn

The past simple shows us that an

Sam played basketball when

to talk about hypotheses (when we

He worked at McDonald's last year to

to refer to the present or future in

"i went to Tokio last year"

past now future

Irregular verbs have a different form, usually

play played feel felt

Complete the following sentences using

1. I ________(go) out last night.

There are three different ways to pronounce the

Subject + didn't + infinitive verb +

My parents didn't call me yesterday.

Make sentences in the negative using the verbs

1. I ________(not/go) out last night.

Did + subject + inifinitive verb +

Did you study for the English

Subject + Verb+Ed + Complement

BBC learning English. (nd) Pronunciation with ed

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