The simple past tense describes an action or an activity that happened in the past. The simple past tense shows that you are talking about something that has already happened.
Examples:
- She went school yesterday.
- I did my homework.
Here, it does not consider whether the subject of the sentence is singular or plural and put the verb in the past tense only.
Examples:
- We ate Pizza.
- She ate Pizza.
AFFIRMATIVE FORM
Important: “Went” is the past tense of the verb “Go” and as the above table represents, it doesn’t change with the subject of the sentence.
Examples:
- I ate an apple.
- She ate an apple.
- They played.
- She played.
- We studied.
- Anne Studied.
Exercise 01
Exercise 02
NEGATIVE FORM
We use “did not (didn’t)” to make negative sentences in the past tense.
Examples:
- I did not live in Australia / I didn’t live in Australia.
- You did not play / You didn’t play.
- She did not close the door / She didn’t close the door.
- He did not fight / He didn’t fight.
- Sam did not read the book / Sam didn’t read the book.
Exercise 03
INTERROGATIVE FORM
In simple past tense, we use the helping verb “did” at the beginning of the sentence to make questions.
Examples:
- Did I play?
- Did you study?
- Did we read?
- Did she cry?
- Did he start?
Exercise 04
