Past Simple Tense

PAST SIMPLE TENSE 1. Forms With most verbs the past tense is formed by adding -ed: call >> called; like >> liked; want >

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PAST SIMPLE TENSE 1. Forms With most verbs the past tense is formed by adding -ed: call >> called; like >> liked; want >> wanted; work >> worked But there are a lot of irregular past tenses in English. Here are the most common irregular verbs in English, with their past tenses: infinitive

irregular past

be begin break bring buy build choose come cost cut do draw drive eat feel find get give go have hear hold

was/were began broke brought bought built chose came cost cut did drew drove ate felt found got gave went had heard held

infinitive

irregular past

keep know leave lead let lie lose make mean meet pay put run say sell send set sit speak spend stand take teach tell think understand wear win write

kept knew left led let lay lost made meant met paid put ran said sold sent set sat spoke spent stood took taught told thought understood wore won wrote

2. Use  We use the past tense to talk about: - something that happened once in the past: I met my wife in 1983. We went to Spain for our holidays. They got home very late last night. - something that happened again and again in the past: When I was a boy I walked a mile to school every day. We swam a lot while we were on holiday. They always enjoyed visiting their friends. - something that was true for some time in the past: I lived abroad for ten years. He enjoyed being a student. She played a lot of tennis when she was younger.  we often use phrases with ago with the past tense: I met my wife a long time ago.

3. Questions and negatives  We use did to make questions with the past tense: When did you meet your wife? Where did you go for your holidays? Did she play tennis when she was younger? Did you live abroad? - But look at these questions: Who discovered penicillin? Who wrote Don Quixote? For more on these questions see question forms

We use didn’t (did not) to make negatives with the past tense: They didn’t go to Spain this year. We didn’t get home until very late last night. I didn’t see you yesterday.