Tenses :

Past Tense

B y : A u r i z a M u s fi r a h w a t y , S . S . , M . H u m .
 P a s t Te n s e

We use the past tense to talk about things that

happened in past time

PA S T T I M E : U s i n g B E

PA S T T I M E : U s i n g R e g u l a r /
I r r e g u l a r Ve r b s
 Pa st Te n s e

PA S T T I M E : U s i n g B E

P a s t o f B E : N e g a ti v e
P a s t o f B E : Q u e s ti o n s
The past of be
Was/Were
(am/is/are)

I / He / She / It -> Was / Wasn’t

We / You / They -> Were / Weren’t

They are busy today Simple present

They were busy yesterday Past tense

They were not busy yesterday

Were they busy yesterday?

Past Tense: Using Regular / Irregular
Verbs

Subject + V2 + Object

He played football with his friends yesterday

I went to the cinema three times last week

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Rem

Verbs

Regular Verbs Irregular Verbs

 ul a r Verbs
Reg

Work -> worked

Walk -> walked

Cook -> cooked

Invite -> invited

Clean -> cleaned

Study -> studied

Close -> closed

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egular
Ir r

Write
->
Drink wrote
->
See drank
->
Go saw
->
went
Make
->
Sell made
->
Buy sold
->
bough
t
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sentences with Verb 2 gative uestion
senten s
in Past Tense? ce s

(+) She cooked in the kitchen last night

(-) She didn’t cook in the kitchen last night

(?) Did she cook in the kitchen last night?