PAST TENSE

I. INTRODUCTION: SIMPLE PAST

1. Affirmative Structure
SUBJECT + MAIN VERB (SIMPLE PAST) + COMPLEMENT
(regular o irregular verb) *

* There are two types of verbs to be conjugated using the SIMPLE PAST TENSE: Regular
verbs and Irregular verbs.

EXAMPLES:

a. Using REGULAR verbs

Angeline worked hard for the project. All regular verbs have ED at the end of them,
in order be conjugated.
b. Using IRREGULAR verbs.
The basketball team put the ball inside correctly. The irregular verbs do not suffer
any change, or they do some little changes or change completely; it depends.

2. Negative Structure
SUBJECT + DID NOT (DIDN’T) + M.F.V. + C
a. Using REGULAR verbs
Angeline did not work hard for the project. All regular verbs DON’T have ED at the
end of them, in order be conjugated, because of the auxiliar DID.
b. Using IRREGULAR verbs.
The basketball team did not put the ball inside correctly. The irregular verb remains
the same, because of the auxiliar DID.
 3. Interrogative Structure:
YES/NOT QUESTION
DID + SUBJECT + M.F.V. + C + Q. M.
a. Using REGULAR verbs
Did Angeline work hard for the project?. All regular verbs DON’T have ED at the
end of them, in order be conjugated, because of the auxiliar DID.
b. Using IRREGULAR verbs.
Did The basketball team put the ball inside correctly? The irregular verb remains the
same, because of the auxiliar DID.
MULTIPLE ANSWERS QUESTIONS
WH-WORD + DID + SUBJECT + M.F.V. + C. + Q.M.
a. Using REGULAR verbs
Why didn’t Angeline work hard for the project? All regular verbs DON’T have ED
at the end of them, in order be conjugated, because of the auxiliar DID.
b. Using IRREGULAR verbs.
Why didn’t the basketball team put the ball inside correctly? The irregular verb
remains the same, because of the auxiliar DID.

REGULAR VERBS

Base Past Simple Past Base Past Simple Past

Form Tense Participle Form Tense Participle

play played played chop chopped chopped

bake baked baked tap tapped tapped
listen listened listened
approach approached approached copy copied copied
gather gathered gathered study studied studied
climb climbed climbed
walk walked walked panic panicked panicked
arrive arrived arrived mimic mimicked mimicked
bolt bolted bolted
 IRREGULAR VERBS

Group 1
no changes

m.f. s.p. p.p

bet bet bet

cost cost cost

cut cut cut

hit hit hit

hurt hurt hurt

let let let

put put put

shut shut shut

Group 2
Past Simple and Past Participle remain the
same

m.f. s.p. p.p.

lose lost lost

shoot shot shot

get got got

light lit lit

sit sat sat

 keep kept kept

sleep slept slept

feel felt felt

leave left left

meet met met

bring brought brought

buy bought bought

fight fought fought

think thought thought

catch caught caught

teach taught taught

sell sold sold

tell told told

pay paid paid

make made made

stand stood stood

understand understood understood

lend lent lent

send sent sent

spend spent spent

build built built

find found found

have had had

hear heard heard

hold held held

read read
read
(pronounced red) (pronounced red)

say said said

Group 3
all the forms are different

m.f. s.p. p.p.

drive drove driven

ride rode ridden

rise rose risen

write wrote written

bite bit bitten

hide hid hidden

break broke broken

choose chose chosen

speak spoke spoken

wake woke woken

blow blew blown

grow grew grown

know knew known

fly flew flown

draw drew drawn

show showed shown

wear wore worn

tear tore torn

begin began begun

drink drank drunk

swim swam swum

ring rang rung

sing sang sung

eat ate eaten

fall fell fallen

forget forgot forgotten

give gave given

 see saw seen

take took taken

ACTIVITY 1:

Write down on your notebook, 5 affirmative, negative and interrogative sentences using
regular verbs, and another 5 using irregular verbs. You have to choose different verbs from
the list, and use different color ink as the examples given. Remember: As many irregular
verbs you know, the more regular you will identify.

ACTIVITY 2:

Practicing irregular verbs. Copy from the internet pg. indicated previously, and write down
the three different forms of verbs. (m.v., s.p. p.p.) Follow the next table:

M. F. S.P. P. P.
have
went
slept
come
do
met
say
put
seen
caught

And copy down the exercises YOU did from internet pg.