Simple Past

I taught

She taught

We use the Simple Past to speak about:

• A completed action in the past (single or repeated)

• Series of completed actions in the past• To interrupt past continuous

SINGULAR PLURAL

1st PERSON I walked we walked2nd PERSON you walked you walked

she walkedhe walkedit walked

they walked3rd PERSON

NO Special PersonNO S

Affirmative

Present: He speaks She works It sleepsPast: He spoke She worked It slept

Present: He dances She eats It barksPast: He danced She ate It barked

Regular Irregular

verbs in Past

End in ED Remain the same or change

Regular IrregularWalk à walkedStop à stoppedPlay à playedStay à stayedStart à started

Drive à drovePut à putSwim à swamBe à was, wereDo à did

base form

DID

Main Verb(principal)

Auxiliary Verb(help)

DID

Main Verb(principal)

I did YogaShe did Yoga=

DID

Auxiliary Verb(help)

It has NO translationIt has a FUNCTION:

• To HELP the main verb in negative & interrogative

AFFIRMATIVEI taught English.

You worked everyday.

He drove fast.

She danced ballet.

It barked a lot.

We studied online.

You practiced Karate.

They sang beautifully.

IRREGULAR

REGULAR

REGULAR

IRREGULAR

REGULAR

REGULAR

REGULAR

IRREGULAR

NEGATIVEI didn’t teach Italian.

You didn’t relax.

He didn’t drive slow.

She didn’t dance salsa.

It didn’t obey.

We didn’t use books.

You didn’t practice tennis.

They didn’t play the guitar.

base form verbs

DID NOT+ = DIDN’T

INTERROGATIVEDid I teach English?

Did you work everyday?

Did he drive fast?

Did she dance ballet?

Did it bark a lot?

Did you study online?

Did you practice Karate?

Did they sing beautifully?

base form verbs

Did you study English?

Yes, I did.

OR

No, I didn’t.

Yes/No Short Answer

Did she study English?

Yes, she did.

OR

No, se didn’t.

Yes/No Short Answer

Did she study English?

Yes. She studied English with To Be English.

No. She studied Italian.

Yes/No Short AnswerAdditional Information.

Where did you study English?

I studied English at To Be English.

Information Answer

How does DID help the Main verb?

Where did you study?Where did he study?

Did you study English?Did she study Italian?

It’s like DID saying to the Main verb:

Hey! Main verb, YOU are in PAST!

Wh- Word AuxiliaryDO/DOES

Subject Pronoun Main Verb Complement ?

Where did you study English ?

What did she study ?

INFORMATION ANSWERYES/NO SHORT ANSWER

Did I teach English ?

Did he dance Hip-hop ?

Present: What do you do?Past: What did you do?

Auxiliary Main

1. What did you do?I taught.

2. Where did you work?At To Be English.

3. How did you like it?I loved it.

1. What did he do?He was a teacher.He taught.

2. Where did he work?In a school.

3. How did he like it?He liked it very much.

I loved teaching

morningafternoonevening

yesterday with

nightlong periods of time

seasonsdays of the week

last with

five minutestwo hourssix days a monthfive months one year ten years

+ ago(in the past)

8-5 PAST TIME WORDS: YESTERDAY, LAST, AND AGOLength of time

Past of theVerb TO BE

Can we use the Past of the verbTO BE for:

• Age?• Nationality?• Profession/Occupation?• Express qualities of a person?

AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE INTERROGATIVEI was… I was not… Was I…?

You were… You were not… Were you…?He was… He was not… Was he…?She was… She was not… Was she…?

It was… It was not… Was it…?We were… We were not… Were we…?You were… You were not… Were you…?They were… They were not… Were they…?

AFFIRMATIVESINGULAR

I was a teacher.You were a teacher.He was a teacher.She was a teacher.It was in a school

AFFIRMATIVEPLURAL

We were teachers.You were teachers.They were teachers.

NEGATIVE NEGATIVECONTRACTION 1

I was not… I wasn’t…You were not… You weren’t…He was not… He wasn’t…She was not… She wasn’t…

It was not… It wasn’t…We were not… We weren’t…You were not… You weren’t…They were not… They weren’t…

INTERROGATIVE AFFIRMATIVEANSWER

NEGATIVEANSWER

Was I…? Yes, I was. No, I wasn’t.Were you…? Yes, you were. No, you weren’t.Was he…? Yes, he was. No, he wasn’t.Was she…? Yes, she was. No, she wasn’t.

Was it…? Yes, it was. No, it wasn’t.Were we…? Yes, we were. No, we weren’t.Were you…? Yes, you were. No, you weren’t.Were they…? Yes, they were. No, they weren’t.

I was born here.You were younger.She was seventeen.We were in Mexico.They were at the store.

I wasn’t born in Argentina.You weren’t very old.She wasn’t in college.We weren’t in Chile.They weren’t home.

Where were you born?I was born in the USA.

When were you born?I was born in 1973.

How old were you in 2003?I was thirty.

Where did you grow up?I grew-up in Miami.

What did your father do?He worked in a bank. / He was a banker.

Why did you become a teacher?Because I love teaching.