ENGLISH GRAMMAR: THE SIMPLE PAST

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1 AFFIRMATIVE FORM (+) I You He/She/It We You They ENGLISH GRAMMAR: THE SIMPLE PAST started NEGATIVE FORM (-) FULL FORM SHORT FORM I did not learn. I didn t learn. You did not play. You didn t play. He did not run. He didn t run. We did not sing. We didn t sing. You did not go. You didn t go. E.g. We started very well. They started yesterday. They did not sit. They didn t sit. REGULAR VERBS IRREGULAR VERBS Arrive Arrived Slice Sliced Make Made Sit Sat Start Started Want Wanted Have Had Stand Stood Play Played Stay Stayed Be Was/Were Buy Bought Ban Banned Plan Planned Do Did Teach Taught Stop Stopped Skip Skipped Get Got Speak Spoke Marry Married Try Tried Run Ran Write Wrote INTERROGATIVE FORM (?) YES/NO QUESTIONS I you he she Did start? it we you they WH-QUESTIONS What did he start? When did he start? Where did he start? Who started? How did he start? Why did he start? With whom did he start?

2 THE SIMPLE PAST: PRONUNCIATION OF REGULAR VERBS / d / = R, Z, N, M, S, L, E, G, V / Id / = D, T / t /= K, S, P, X, SH, C, TH, GH Adored Filed Added Feasted Asked Helped Amazed Filled Beaded Hated Baked Hoped Bailed Filmed Bolted Jotted Blocked Hushed Banned Fined Booted Landed Bossed Itched Calmed Fired Cited Lasted Booked Joked Cleaned Fooled Coated Parted Clasped Lacked Closed Freed Coded Pasted Clicked Lashed Coined Gained Elected Pitied Coaxed Laughed Dared Ironed Emitted Plated Dashed Liked Earned Jarred Ended Plotted Faced Locked Exiled Joined Evaded Potted Frothed Looked Failed Longed Fainted Printed Gripped Marked Feared Lived Fasted Rated Hacked Masked

3 THE SIMPLE PAST: PRONUNCIATION OF REGULAR VERBS / d / = V, L, R, W, N, Y, G, S, / Id / = D, T / t /= TCH, SS, K, P, S, FF, SH, X Loved Lulled Lured Moved Owed Owned Pained Paused Shared Piled Pined Pinned Poured Prayed Proved Raged Rained Raised Raved Roared Ruled Sailed Scared Soared Valued Viewed Rested Rioted Rooted Rusted Skated Stated Tainted Studied Tested Tidied Toasted Trusted Twisted Varied Voted Waded Waited Wanted Wasted Weeded Welded Wilted Worded Worried Yielded Zested Matched Messed Mocked Mopped Paced Packed Patched Peeked Perked Picked Piped Popped Pressed Pushed Shocked Staffed Stopped Stripped Talked Tapped Traced Washed Whisked Wiped Wished Vexed

4 Beat Become Begin Bend Bind Bite Bleed Blow Break Bring Build Burn Burst Buy Catch Choose Come Cost Creep Cut Dig Do Draw Dream Drink Drive Eat Feed Feel Fight Find Fly Forbid Forget Freeze Get Give Go Grind Grow Hang Have Hear Hide Hit Hold Hurt Keep Kneel Know Lay Lead Learn Leave Lend Let Beat Became Began Bent Bound Bit Bled Blew Broke Brought Built Burnt Burst Bought Caught Chose Came Cost Crept Cut Dug Did Drew Dreamt Drank Drove Ate Fed Felt Fought Found Flew Forbade Forgot Froze Got Gave Went Ground Grew Hung Had Heard Hid Hit Held Hurt Kept Knelt Knew Laid Led Learnt Left Lent Let SIMPLE PAST: IRREGULAR VERBS (1)

5 Lie Light Lose Make Mean Meet Pay Put Quit Read Ride Ring Rise Run Say See Seek Sell Send Set Sew Shake Shed Shine Shoot Shrink Shut Sing Sit Sleep Slide Smell Speak Speed Spend Spill Spin Spit Split Spread Spring Stand Steal Stick Sting Strike Sweep Swim Swing Take Teach Tell Throw Wear Win Write Lay Lit Lost Made Meant Met Paid Put Quit Read Rode Rang Rose Ran Said Saw Sought Sold Sent Set Sewed Shook Shed Shone Shot Shrank Shut Sang Sat Slept Slid Smelt Spoke Sped Spent Spilt Span Spat Split Spread Sprang Stood Stole Stuck Stung Struck Swept Swam Swung Took Taught Told Threw Wore Won Wrote SIMPLE PAST: IRREGULAR VERBS (2)

6 THE SIMPLE PAST AFFIRMATIVE FORM ( +) SUBJECT I You He/She/It We You They REGULAR VERB IRREGULAR VERB jumped ate NEGATIVE FORM (-) SUBJECT I You He/She/It We You They FULL FORM SHORT FORM did not jump didn t jump INTERROGATIVE FORM (?) Did I you he she it we you they jump?

7 THE SIMPLE PAST: ADVERBS AND TIME EXPRESSIONS YESTERDAY LAST AGO ADVERBS Yesterday morning Yesterday afternoon Yesterday evening Yesterday at 8 The day before yesterday Last night Last Saturday Last weekend Last week Last month Last year Last time A minute ago Two days ago A fortnight ago Long ago A year ago A decade ago A century ago Previously Before Formerly Once Earlier Anteriorly Anciently EXPRESSIONS IDIOMS QUOTE DAYS & DATES Once upon a time In the old days At that time In the past Back when On one occasion Sometime back Cry over spilt milk Turn back the hands of time Wipe the slate clean YESTERDAY A blast from the past Dwell on the past Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is a gift from God, which is why we call it the present. ~Bil Keane On Friday On Tuesdays On July 17th In 1964 In the 80s In the 1980s In 2017

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