Lesson ( 1 ) Past Simple Tense

Lesson ( 1 )

:Past Simple Tense

♦ The Past Simple tense of regular verbs is formed by adding -ed to the infinitive : (example: Infinitive : to play

Past Simple : I played.)

♦ The auxiliary did is used to form the negative and interrogative forms.

♦ For irregular verbs, please see the irregular verbs table

Affirmative I played You played He/she/it played We played You played They played

Negative Long Form Contracted Form I did not play I didn't play You did not play You didn't play He/she/it did not He/she/it didn't play play We did not play We didn't play You did not play You didn't play They did not They didn't play play

Interrogative Did I play? Did you play? Did he/she/it play? Did we play? Did you play? Did they play?

The Past Simple is used to talk about finished actions in a finished period of time. example : ◊ ◊ ◊ ◊ ◊

Yesterday evening, I played tennis with a friend. In 2005, I started taking tennis lessons. When I was at school, I hated history. Five minutes ago, I finished the report for my boss. Last week I attended a meeting in Tokyo