English for Phones - Beginners English Course - Simple Past

Simple Past

English for Everybody - Beginners course

Simple past - Action finished in the past.

Observe:

Present	Past
Today is	The date yesterday was

In English we have regular verbs e.g. verb "to work" and irregular verbs e.g.: verb "to be".
Make a simple past with a regular verb like this: verb + ed ending.

Verb "to be" is an irregular verb!

I am	I was
You are	You were
He/she/it is	He/she/it was

Present tense: He watches TV every day.

Past tense: He watched TV yesterday.

Present tense: I cook meals on Sunday.

Past tense: My mum cooked the dinner yesterday.

Present tense: She walks to school every day.

Past tense: He walked to the cinema last night.

Present tense: I work at the university.

Past tense: He worked in his garden yesterday.

Present		Past
find		found
He found the book in the libary.
do		did
He did his homework yesterday.
go		went
She went to a restaurant last night.
make		made
She made a cake on Sunday.
lose		lost
He lost his hat on his way home.

Simple Past

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