simple past - rules

Simple PastRules

GRAMMAR REFERENCE PAST SIMPLE

VISIT – VISITED

PLAY – PLAYED

ARRIVE – ARRIVED

DANCE – DANCED

To form the Past Simple add ED to the infinitive form

If the verb finishes in E, just add D

HOW TO FORM THE PAST SIMPLE – REGULAR VERBS

GRAMMAR REFERENCE PAST SIMPLE

If the verb finishes in CVC (consonant+verb+consonat)we double de last consonat

before ED.

STOP – STOPPED

DROP – DROPPED

STUDY – STUDIED

MARRY – MARRIED

If the verb finishes in Y and is preceded by a consonant, drop

the Y and add IED

HOW TO FORM THE PAST SIMPLE – REGULAR VERBS

GRAMMAR REFERENCE PAST SIMPLE

BE – WAS/WERE

DO – DID

GO – WENT

READ – READ

These verbs do not receive ED, and their past are

different or the same, we must follow the list of the

regular verbs or the dictionary to know and learn

it.

HOW TO FORM THE PAST SIMPLE – IRREGULAR VERBS

GRAMMAR REFERENCE PAST SIMPLE

AFFIRMATIVE FORM

I VISITED Rio de Janeiro.

My friend VISITED Buenos Aires.

Linda and David VISITED Paris.

We use the verb in the PAST for all the subject

(I, we, he, etc)

TO GO – NEGATIVE FORM

GRAMMAR REFERENCE PAST SIMPLE

I DID NOT (didn’t) GO to Brasília.

My friend DID NOT (didn’t) GO to Maceió.

Linda and David DID NOT (didn’t) GO to Madrid.

TO VISIT – INTERROGATIVE FORM

GRAMMAR REFERENCE PAST SIMPLE

DID you VISIT Brasília?

DID your friend VISIT Maceió?

DID Linda and David VISIT Madrid?

GRAMMAR REFERENCE PAST SIMPLE

SHORT ANSWERS

DID you VISIT Brasília?

DID your friend VISIT Maceió?

DID Linda and David VISIT Madrid?

Yes, they DID.No, they DID NOT (didn’t).

Yes, he/she DID.No, he/she DID NOT (didn’t).

Yes, I DID.No, I DID NOT (didn’t).

GRAMMAR REFERENCE PAST SIMPLE

And you???

WhatDID you do?

WhereDID you go

last weekend?