Past Simple

We use the past simple to talk about things in the past, using the past simple helps us tell stories that happened to us or to our family. We can also tell anecdotes and historical events.

We form most regular verbs by adding -ed to the main verb.

wash – washed

kiss – kissed

play - played

For verbs ending in a consonant + y, we drop the –y and add –ied .

cry – cried

carry – carried

For irregular verbs their spelling in the simple past tense is totally different, check these examples:

think - thought

see - saw

write - wrote

say - said

draw - drew

do - did

1) We went to the beach

2) My dad decided to go to El Quisco

The formula is did not + [verb]. You can also use the contraction didn’t.

e.g. He didn't go to the beach this summer because of covid.

The formula for asking a question in the simple past tense is did + [subject] + [verb] ?

e.g Did you go to the beach?

Did you wash your hands?