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base form/ present simple verb (1) past simple verb (2) past participle verb (3) stay stayed stayed play played played visit visited visited work worked worked decide decided decided live lived lived be (is/ am/ are) was/ were been do did done have had had become became become see saw seen drive drove driven can could could spend spent sent Subject verb (2) rest of sentence I played football yesterday. He played = = . She played = = . It played = = . You played = = . We played = = . They played = = . singular/ plural noun played = = . Subject verb (2) rest of sentence I went swimming yesterday. He went = = . She went = = . It went = = . You went = = . We went = = . They went = = . singular/ plural noun went = = . Key words yesterday (last) week, month, year, January, April, Saturday, etc. three days ago, four days, two months, three years in 2000, in 2015, etc. in January, in April, etc. On Sunday, on Monday, etc. Subject didn't verb (1) rest of sentence I didn't go swimming yesterday. He didn't go = She didn't go = It didn't go = You didn't go = We didn't go = They didn't go = singular/ plural noun didn't go = Did Subject verb (1) rest of sentence? Did I go …? Did he go …? Did she go …? Did it go …? Did you go …? Did we go …? Did they go …? Did singular/ plural noun go …? YES No Yes, I did. No, I didn’t. Yes, he did. No, he didn’t. Yes, she did. No, she didn’t. Yes, it did. No, it didn’t. Yes, you did. No, you didn’t. Yes, we did. No, we didn’t. Yes, they did. No, they didn’t. Question word did Subject verb (1) rest of sentence? What When Where Why What time How How many How much did I eat …? did He eat …? did She eat …? did It eat …? did You eat …? did We eat …? did They eat …? did singular /plural noun eat …? The simple past tense is used to express finished actions, states or habits in the past. 1. when we have a finished time word (yesterday, last week, at 2 o'clock, in 2003). • I went to the cinema yesterday. • We spent a lot of time in Japan in 2007. 2: We use it with finished actions, states or habits in the past when we know from general knowledge that the time period has finished. This includes when the person we are talking about is dead. • Leonardo painted the Mona Lisa. • The Vikings invaded Britain. 3: We use it with finished actions, states or habits in the past that we have introduced with the present perfect or another tense. This is sometimes called 'details of news'. • I've hurt my leg. I fell off a ladder when I was painting my bedroom. • I've been on holiday. I went to Spain and Portugal. 4: For stories or lists of events, we often use the past simple for the actions in the story and the past continuous for the background. • He went to a café. People were chatting and music was playing. He sat down and ordered a coffee. Helping resource https://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/past-simple-use.html Worksheet resource: https://www.allthingsgrammar.com/uploads/2/3/2/9/23290220/atg-worksheet-pastsimpleirreg.pdf
base form/ present simple verb (1) past simple verb (2) past participle verb (3) stay stayed stayed play played played visit visited visited work worked worked decide decided decided live lived lived be (is/ am/ are) was/ were been do did done have had had become became become see saw seen drive drove driven can could could spend spent sent Subject verb (2) rest of sentence I played football yesterday. He played = = . She played = = . It played = = . You played = = . We played = = . They played = = . singular/ plural noun played = = . Subject verb (2) rest of sentence I went swimming yesterday. He went = = . She went = = . It went = = . You went = = . We went = = . They went = = . singular/ plural noun went = = . Key words yesterday (last) week, month, year, January, April, Saturday, etc. three days ago, four days, two months, three years in 2000, in 2015, etc. in January, in April, etc. On Sunday, on Monday, etc. Subject didn't verb (1) rest of sentence I didn't go swimming yesterday. He didn't go = She didn't go = It didn't go = You didn't go = We didn't go = They didn't go = singular/ plural noun didn't go = Did Subject verb (1) rest of sentence? Did I go …? Did he go …? Did she go …? Did it go …? Did you go …? Did we go …? Did they go …? Did singular/ plural noun go …? YES No Yes, I did. No, I didn’t. Yes, he did. No, he didn’t. Yes, she did. No, she didn’t. Yes, it did. No, it didn’t. Yes, you did. No, you didn’t. Yes, we did. No, we didn’t. Yes, they did. No, they didn’t. Question word did Subject verb (1) rest of sentence? What When Where Why What time How How many How much did I eat …? did He eat …? did She eat …? did It eat …? did You eat …? did We eat …? did They eat …? did singular /plural noun eat …? The simple past tense is used to express finished actions, states or habits in the past. 1. when we have a finished time word (yesterday, last week, at 2 o'clock, in 2003). • I went to the cinema yesterday. • We spent a lot of time in Japan in 2007. 2: We use it with finished actions, states or habits in the past when we know from general knowledge that the time period has finished. This includes when the person we are talking about is dead. • Leonardo painted the Mona Lisa. • The Vikings invaded Britain. 3: We use it with finished actions, states or habits in the past that we have introduced with the present perfect or another tense. This is sometimes called 'details of news'. • I've hurt my leg. I fell off a ladder when I was painting my bedroom. • I've been on holiday. I went to Spain and Portugal. 4: For stories or lists of events, we often use the past simple for the actions in the story and the past continuous for the background. • He went to a café. People were chatting and music was playing. He sat down and ordered a coffee. Helping resource https://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/past-simple-use.html Worksheet resource: https://www.allthingsgrammar.com/uploads/2/3/2/9/23290220/atg-worksheet-pastsimpleirreg.pdf