Simple Past Tense:
The simple past tense is used to talk about actions that happened and were completed in the past.
Formation:
For regular verbs, we add ‘-ed’ to the base form of the verb to form the simple past tense. For irregular verbs, the past forms must be memorized as they do not follow a specific pattern.
Examples:
Regular Verb (walk):
I walked to school yesterday.
She walked her dog in the park.
Irregular Verb (go):
I went to the market last weekend.
He went to the gym after work.
Questions and Negatives:
To form questions and negatives in the simple past tense, we use the auxiliary verb ‘did’ for regular and irregular verbs.
Examples:
Question:
Did you finish your homework?
Did they visit their grandparents?
Negative:
I did not (didn’t) watch TV yesterday.
She did not (didn’t) eat lunch.
Practice Exercise:
Rewrite the following sentences in simple past tense:
She eats an apple every morning.
They play football in the park.
I am happy today.
He goes to school by bus.
We read a book yesterday.
They drink milk every night.
She teaches English at the university.
I have breakfast at 8 am.
He writes a letter to his friend.
They visit their grandparents on Sundays.
Answers:
1. She ate an apple every morning.
2. They played football in the park.
3. I was happy yesterday. 4. He went to school by bus.
5. We read a book yesterday.
6. They drank milk last night.
7. She taught English at the university.
8. I had breakfast at 8 am.
9. He wrote a letter to his friend.
10. They visited their grandparents on Sundays.
