Simple Past

​Definition

The simple past is a verb tense that is used to talk about events or activities that happened in some point in the past and this action is already finished.

Example:

Picasso died ​in 1973

My father worked in California last year.​

To form affirmative sentences in simple past we need to use the following structure:

Subject + verb in simple past​ + complement

Example:

I went to a party yesterday​.

I ate pupusas last night​.

To form negative sentences in simple past we need to use the following structure:

Subject + didn't + verb in base form + complement

Example:

I didn't go to a party yesterday​.

I didn't eat pupusas last night​.

To form interrogative sentences in simple past we need to use the following structure:

Did + subject + verb in base form + complement + ?

Example:

Did you go to a party yesterday?

Did you eat pupusas last night?​

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To form the simple past tense for the irregular verbs there are not specific rules to do it, you must learn them by hearth.

Examples:

Read --- Read

Go --- Went​

​Irregular

To form the simple past for the regular verbs we only add “-ed” at the end of the verb.

Examples:

Play --- Played

Watch -- Watched​

Regular