Past simple
PAST SIMPLE
The form of the Past Simple is the same in all persons.
We use the Past simple to talk about finished action or state in the past. It can be something that happened once or many times. We often say when it happened.
He died in 1980. (once)
My dad always took me to school when I was young. (many times)
We lived in a very small house in those days. (state)
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Positive |
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I You She/He/It We They |
went |
to |
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moved |
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Negative We use didn’t + infinitive (without to) in all persons. |
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I You She/He/It We They |
didn’t |
go |
to |
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move |
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Question We use did + infinitive (without to) in all persons. |
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When |
did |
I you she/he/it we they |
go? |
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Where |
move? |
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Yes/No questions |
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Short answers |
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Did |
you he she it they |
like |
the film? |
No, I didn’t. Yes, we did. No, he didn’t. Yes, she did. No, they didn’t. Yes, they did. |
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the family? |
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Regular verbs |
Irregular verbs |
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ask love study play stop travel |
asked loved studied played stopped travelled |
go buy fall see write sell |
went bought fell saw wrote sold |
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Time expressions |
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last |
night Monday week month year |
yesterday |
morning afternoon evening |
We cannot say last evening or last afternoon.
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Time phrases often used in the past |
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at |
time two / three days |
at 12.15 at Easter |
at at Christmas |
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on |
day / date |
on Monday on 3 March |
on July 2nd on Christmas Eve |
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in |
month season year/decade/century |
in June in winter in 1988 |
in December in spring in the 1990s |
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in the twenty-first century |
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Ago
Ago means before now. We use it to show how far in the past something happened.
I first met Jackie two years ago.
We do not use ago after specific time periods with the.
I met him the summer ago. I met him in the summer.
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