Past simple

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Base tense Past tense Base tense Past tense
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Pay Paid Talk Talked
Say Said Wait Waited
Come Came Stop Stopped
Break Broke Play Played
Eat Ate Try Tried
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Form:
• Affirmative = S + V2 + ………….(time expression)
EX1: I walked to school yesterday.
Ex2: She ate dinner last night.
• Negative = S +did not/didn’t + V +…………(time expression)
EX1: I didn’t walk to school yesterday.
EX2: She didn’t eat dinner last night.
• Question = Did + S + V +………..(time expression) + ?
EX: Did you finish your assignment yesterday?
USE:

• We use past simple to describe an action that started in the past and
ended in the past.
 Wh-question in the past simple
Form: Wh-question (what,why….) + did/didn’t + subject + V +…..+?
Ex1: When did you go to school?
Ex2:What did you do yesterday?
Tag question in the past simple

We use a positive sentence or negative sentences in the past simple +,+

did/didn’t then add subjects and ?

Ex1: Thara cooked dinner last night , didn’t he ?

Ex2: Thara didn’t cook dinner last night , did he ?

Noted: When the sentences is positive, the tag is negative.When the

sentences is negative, the tag is positive.