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The Simple Past Tense, sometimes called the “Preterite”, is used to talk about a completed action in a time before now. The Simple Past Tense is the basic form of past tense in English. The time of action can be in the recent past or the distant past and action duration is not important.
😛 SIMPLE PAST FORM 😛
S(Subject) + V2 (The second state of the verb) + O(Object)
For Positive Sentences;
S(Subject) + V2(The second state of the verb) + O(Object)
FOR EXAMPLE 😀- I came to the home immediately.
- Jane Austen began to write the novel in her teenage years.
For Negative Sentences;
‘Did’ the auxiliary verb is used in the negative sentences. Because ‘Did’ means the past time, the bare infinitive is used.
S(Subject) + did not (didn’t) + V1(The bare infinitive)
FOR EXAMPLE 😀- She went shopping yesterday, but she didn’t buy anything.
- I didn’t get up very early yesterday.
For Question Sentences;
While the question sentence sets up, ‘Did’ the auxiliary verb is brought to the beginning of the sentence, then it is used to the bare infinitive. Because ‘Did’ means the past time as well as in the negative sentences, it is not used to the second state of the verb again, it is used to the bare infinitive.
DID + S(Subject) + V1(The bare infinitive)
FOR EXAMPLE 😀- Did the manager call me yesterday ?
- Did you go to the school two weeks ago ?
You can find the Simple Past form of the verbs in the next pages. 😀
😛 TIME EXPRESSIONS FREQUENTLY USED IN SIMPLE PAST TENSE 😛
yesterday
ago
last week / year / month …
then
in 1998 / in the 14th century …
at the time
at that time
previously
in ancient times
in antiquity
when
whenever
while
after
before
until
as soon as
the moment
immediately after
soon after
frequency adverbs ( always / never / sometimes … )
the other day
that day
The verbs are divided into two according to their process in the Simple Past Tense. 🙄
THE VERBS
TO BE , TO HAVE, TO DO
While the sentence sometimes sets up in the Simple Past Tense, we are obliged to use as ‘ to be(am,is,are) , to have(have,has) , to do ‘ the verbs. But these verbs are conjugated according to their times.
| SUBJECT | VERB | VERB | VERB |
| TO BE
(am,is,are) |
TO HAVE
(have has) |
TO DO | |
| I | WAS | HAD | DID |
| YOU | WERE | HAD | DID |
| HE,SHE,IT | WAS | HAD | DID |
| WE,YOU,THEY | WERE | HAD | DID |
THE REGULAR VERBS
The verbs in the Simple Past Tense are divided into two as the regular verbs and the irregular verbs. The only way to distinguish the regular verbs from the irregular verbs is to memorize the irregular verbs and to say that the others are the regular verbs. The regular verbs in the Simple Past Tense take ” -ed, -ied, -d ” the suffixes.
- Last Monday, all the staff started a new training programme.
- He smoked two packets of cigarattes a day when he was young.
- They studied hard for the exam together.
😆 THE IRREGULAR VERBS 😆
| SIMPLE PRESENT | SIMPLE PAST | PAST PARTICIPLE |
| be | was, were | been |
| become | became | become |
| begin | began | begun |
| bend | bent | bent |
| bet | bet | bet |
| bite | bit | bitten |
| blow | blew | blown |
| break | broke | broken |
| bring | brought | brought |
| build | built | built |
| burn | burned/burnt | burned/burnt |
| burst | burst | burst |
| buy | bought | bought |
| catch | caught | caught |
| choose | chose | chosen |
| come | came | come |
| cost | cost | cost |
| cut | cut | cut |
| deal | dealt | dealt |
| dig | dug | dug |
| dive | dived/dove | dived |
| do | did | done |
| draw | drew | drawn |
| dream | dreamed/dreamt | dreamed/dreamt |
| drink | drank | drunk |
| drive | drove | driven |
| eat | ate | eaten |
| fall | fell | fallen |
| feed | fed | fed |
| feel | felt | felt |
| fight | fought | fought |
| find | found | found |
| fit | fit/fitted | fit/fitted |
| fly | flew | flown |
| forbid | forbade | forbidden |
| forget | forgot | forgotten |
| forgive | forgave | forgiven |
| freeze | froze | frozen |
| get | got | got/gotten |
| give | gave | given |
| go | went | gone |
| grow | grew | grown |
| hang | hung/hanged | hung/hanged |
| have | had | had |
| hear | heard | heard |
| hide | hid | hidden |
| hit | hit | hit |
| hold | held | held |
| hurt | hurt | hurt |
| keep | kept | kept |
| know | knew | known |
| lay | laid | laid |
| lead | led | led |
| leave | left | left |
| lend | lent | lent |
| let | let | let |
| lie (down) | lay | lain |
| light | lit/lighted | lit/lighted |
| lose | lost | lost |
| make | made | made |
| mean | meant | meant |
| meet | met | met |
| pay | paid | paid |
| put | put | put |
| quit | quit | quit |
| read | read | read |
| ride | rode | ridden |
| ring | rang | rung |
| rise | rose | risen |
| run | ran | run |
| saw | sawed | sawed/sawn |
| say | said | said |
| see | saw | seen |
| seek | sought | sought |
| sell | sold | sold |
| send | sent | sent |
| set | set | set |
| sew | sewed | sewn/sewed |
| shake | shook | shaken |
| shave | shaved | shaved/shaven |
| shine | shone/shined | shone/shined |
| shoot | shot | shot |
| show | showed | shown/showed |
| shut | shut | shut |
| sing | sang | sung |
| sink | sank | sunk |
| sit | sat | sat |
| sleep | slept | slept |
| slide | slid | slid |
| speak | spoke | spoken |
| speed | sped | sped |
| spend | spent | spent |
| spread | spread | spread |
| stand | stood | stood |
| steal | stole | stolen |
| stick | stuck | stuck |
| sting | stung | stung |
| strike | struck | struck/stricken |
| swear | swore | sworn |
| sweep | swept | swept |
| swim | swam | swum |
| take | took | taken |
| teach | taught | taught |
| tear | tore | torn |
| tell | told | told |
| think | thought | thought |
| throw | threw | thrown |
| understand | understood | understood |
| wake | woke/waked | woken/waked |
| wear | wore | worn |
| win | won | won |
| wind | wound | wound |
| withdraw | withdrew | withdrawn |
| write | wrote | written |
It’s (high) time / It’s about time means that it is past the time when something should have happened. It is used to the Simple Past Tense after the structures. Because of the meaning, it is not suitable to use these structures in a negative sentence.
- It’s (high) time / It’s about time you studied for your exam. 😀
