[Eng] Past Simple

We form the Past simple of regular verbs by adding -ed to the verb:

There are some exceptions:

verbs ending with -e:

verbs ending with a consonant and -y:

most verbs ending with on vowel and one consonant:

-- Many verbs have an irrgular Past simple form

-- We form the negative with didn't and the infinitive

We form questions with did and the infinitive

-- We use the past simple to talk about an action or situation in the past which is finished.

We often say when it happened

-- We can use the past simple with for to talk about something that continued for a period of time, and ended in the past

-- frequency

never    hardly ever    rarely    occasionally    sometimes    often    usually    always