The Past Simple

The Past Simple

 The past simple has 2 types of

verbs:

REGULAR

IRREGULAR
 Which of these verbs are
regular?
Which ones are irregular?
 taught irregular
 walked regular
 studied regular
 gave irregular
 became irregular
 cried regular
 lived regular
 did irregular
WHY?
Regular verbs are verbs
that….

…. end with - ed
Present simple Past simple
Walk Walked
Study Studied
Cry
Cried
Live
Lived
Irregular verbs are verbs
that…

… do not end with - ed

 Some irregular verbs have a
vowel change:
Present simple Past simple

become became

give gave

drive drove

forget forgot
Other irregular verbs have
a different kind of change:
Present simple Past simple
teach taught
bring brought
leave left
hear heard
buy bought
WH Questions

 WH word + did + subject + verb + ?

Examples:
When did he leave?
Where did she go?
What did you study yesterday?
Why did we cry?
Past simple

The verb “to

be”
WH questions with the verb
“to be”
 When we ask a WH question using
the verb “to be” , the WH question
always appears first.
Why was he late to class?
Where were they happy?
What was wrong?
Why was he sad?

Who was sad?

 Why was he late to class?
Where were they happy?
What was wrong?

Why was he sad?

Who was sad?

WH word + was/were + subject + adjective

Who + was/were