The Simple Past The Simple Past We use

The Simple Past

The Simple Past We use the simple past for completed actions in the past. For example: I walked to downtown Goesan yesterday.

The Simple Past Spelling Rules: 1. For regular verbs, +ed. visited /miss missed /talk talked I visited my grandmother last weekend. He missed his plane to Jeju Island. She talked to her boyfriend yesterday.

The Simple Past Spelling Rules: 2. For verbs ending in “e, ” +d. loved / hated They loved each other for many years. I hated the movie last weekend.

The Simple Past Spelling Rules: 3. For verbs ending in “y, ” -y, +ied. study studied / try tried They studied hard for the test yesterday. He tried to learn Chinese last year.

The Simple Past Spelling Rules: 4. For verbs ending in one vowel and one consonant, cons. x 2, +ed. vowel = a, e, i, o, u consonant = all other letters stopped The car stopped in front of the bank.

The Simple Past Spelling Rules: 5. Some verbs are irregular. You just have to memorize them. go went / see saw I went to China last summer vacation. I saw my friend at the festival.

The Simple Past For negative statements, use didn’t. I didn’t walk to school. For questions, use did. Did you walk to school?

The Simple Past For short answers, use did or didn’t. Did you study yesterday? Yes, I did. OR No, I didn’t. Did she go to class this morning? Yes, she did. OR No, she didn’t.