The simple past is a tense that is used to talk about things that

happened or existed before now.

 Simple Past Tense
• How to make the simple
past negative:

There is a formula for making

simple past verbs
negative, and it’s the
same for both regular and
irregular verbs (except for
the verb to be).

The formula is

Subject + did not + [main form of verb] + complement

( the rest of the sentence) .
 Simple Past Tense
• How to make the simple
past negative:

The formula is

Subject + did not + [root form of verb] + complement.

Example:

Mike didn’t finish his homework yesterday.

Hana didn’t go to the park last night.
 Simple Past Tense
• In breakout rooms, put the
following sentences in the
negative form (work in pairs):

1. I ate all the slides of pizza an

hour ago.
2. My mom finished the house
chores.
3. Sam went to the hospital last
night.