PAST

SIMPLE

REGULA
R VERBS

IRREGUL
AR
VERBS

WE USE IT :
to talk about a completed action in a time before
now.
The time of the action can be in the recent past or the
distant past.

She finished her homework at

four o'clock.
He played the guitar when he was
a child. Yesterday, I arrived in
Bilbo.
I saw a good film last week.
They went to the theatre last
night.

SUBJECT
+ BASE FORM+ED/
IRREGULAR FORM

REGULAR VERBS

I
YO
U
HE
SHE
IT
WE
YO
U
THE
Y

PLAYED
DECIDED
DISCOVE
RED
ARRIV
ATE ED
FLEW
WENT
LEFT

AFFIRMATI
VES

RUGBY WHEN I WAS

YOUNG.
TO STUDY FRENCH.
AMERICA IN 1492.
IN LONDON AT 4 a.m..
THE BONE IN A MINUTE.
TO BERLIN WITH IBERIA.
TO THE CINEMA LAST
SUNDAY.
FOR SCHOOL AT 7.30.

IRREGULAR VERBS

SUBJECT + DID NOT / DIDNT + BASE FORM

( REG/IRREG.)
NEGATIVE
S

I
YO
U
HE
SHE
IT
WE
YO
U
THE
Y

DIDN
T
DID
NOT
DIDN
T
DID
NOT
DIDN
T
DID
NOT
DIDN

PLAY
DECIDE
DISCOVE
R
ARRIVE
EAT
FLY
GO
LEAVE

RUGBY WHEN I WAS

YOUNG.
TO STUDY FRENCH.
AMERICA IN 1492.
IN LONDON AT 4 a.m..
THE BONE IN A MINUTE.
TO BERLIN WITH IBERIA.
TO THE CINEMA LAST
SUNDAY.
FOR SCHOOL AT 7.30.

DID + SUBJECT
( REG / IRREG)

+ BASE FORM
?
QUESTION
S

DI
D
DI
D
DI
D
DI
D
DI
D
DI
D
DI

I
YO
U
HE
SHE
IT
WE
YO
U
THE
Y

PLAY
DECIDE
DISCOVE
R
ARRIVE
EAT
FLY
GO
LEAVE

RUGBY WHEN I WAS

YOUNG?
TO STUDY FRENCH?
AMERICA IN 1492?
IN LONDON AT 4 a.m.?
THE BONE IN A MINUTE?
TO BERLIN WITH IBERIA?
TO THE CINEMA LAST
SUNDAY?
FOR SCHOOL AT 7.30?

REGULAR VERBS /
AFFIRMATIVES
SPELLING RULES
VERBS ENDING WITH A SILENT E.
DROP THE E
DECIDE-DECIDED
1 SYLLABLE VERBS ENDING IN 1 VOWEL+1CONSONANT.
DOUBLE FINAL CONSONANT
STOP-STOPPED
2 SYLLABLE VERBS, STRESSED IN THE LAST SYLLABLE.
DOUBLE FINAL CONSONANT
PREFER-PREFERRED
VERBS ENDING IN L.
DOUBLE THE L
TRAVEL-TRAVELLED
VERBS ENDING IN CONSONANT+Y.
THE Y CHANGES INTO AN I
CARRY-CARRIED

TIME EXPRESSIONS
(A WEEK,

TWO YEARS, THREE HOURS.) AGO

LAST NIGHT, YEAR,

AT (A TIME)
ON (DAY OF THE WEEK, DATE)
IN THE PAST, IN (YEAR, MONTH)
YESTERDAY