What is the past simple tense? It is used to describe actions or events that happened and were completed in the past.
How is the past simple tense formed? Subject Past Simple Verb (V2) To form the past simple tense, we add the second form of the verb after the subject.
Examples I walked to the mall yesterday We played football in the garden last week. They went to school yesterday.
Negative Subject did not (didn't) the base form of the verb
Examples They didn’t go to school yesterday. I didn't walk to the mall yesterday We didn’t play football in the garden last week.
Let’s Practice Choose a card and change the sentence to the past simple tense
I play football everyday. I played football yesterday. We see Nour at the school. We saw Nour at the school last week. She eats her dinner at 5 PM. She ate her dinner at 5 PM yesterday. He doesn't do his homework. He didn't do his homework. They don’t go to the cinema. They didn't go to the cinema. She drinks her tea with sugar. She drank her tea with sugar.
Forming a question in the past simple tense Subject the base form of the verb Did
Examples Did you walk to school last week? What did you eat yesterday? Where did you go?
Let’s Practice Choose a card and make the sentence into question:
Yes, She ate her dinner. Did she eat her dinner yesterday? We met Nour last week. When did you met Nour ? I played football yesterday. What did you play yesterday? No, He didn't do his homework. Did he do his homework? They went to the cinema by bus. How did they go to the cinema? No, I didn't walk to the mall. Did you walk to the mall?