Simple Past TenseSimple Past Tense

We use the simple past tense to talk about what happened at a definite time in the past.There are some common expressions we use:

yesterday, last night, a month ago, last week, yesterday afternoon, etc

Regular Verbs (Regular Verbs ( 規則動詞規則動詞 ))• Most verbs ( + ed)

walk→walked play →played• Verbs ending in e (+d)

live →lived use →used• Verbs ending in a consonant (輔音 ) + y

(-y + ied) (consonant: p, t, r, etc)cry →cried carry →carried

• Short verbs ending in a vowel (元音 ) + a consonant (vowel: a, e, i, o, u)(double the consonant + y)stop →stopped shop →shopped

Irregular Verbs (Irregular Verbs ( 不規則動詞不規則動詞 ))

No change

cost →cost put →put Change the vowel (元音 ) or the

consonant (輔音 )

come →came ring →rang

make →made sit →sat Change the whole word

buy →bought do →did

Negative Sentences Negative Sentences ((否定句否定句 ))

We add “did not” before the main verb to

form negative sentence. (did not = didn’t)

I did not see Sandy this morning. John did not go to church last Sunday. David did not watch TV last night.

QuestionsQuestions

We add “Did” before the subject (主語 )

and put a “ ? ” at the end to form question.

Did you have breakfast this morning? Did you wash the dishes last night? Did you bring the umbrella?

The Verb “to be”The Verb “to be”

Statements: “I / He / She / It” was very good. “You / We / They” were very smart.

Questions: Was “I / he / she / it” very good? Were “you / we / they” very smart?

Negative sentences: “I / He / She / It” was not very good. “You / We / They” were not very smart.

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