PAST SIMPLE TENSE

We use the past simple tense to describe an action in the past.

SPELLING RULES.

1) Regular verbs. Add -ed            Walk- walked
                                                      Clean- Cleaned

2) Regular verbs ending in a silent -e. Add -d       Die- died 
                                                                               Close- closed

3) Regular verbs ending in a consonant and -y. Change the -y to -i and add -ed    Hurry- hurried

4) Regular verbs ending in a vowel and -y. Add -ed        Stay- stayed

5) Regular verbs formed by one syllable and that end in consonant+vowel+consonant. Double the           consonant and add -ed        Plan- planned

6) Regular verbs formed by more than one syllable and that end in consonant+vowel+consonant. Double the final consonant (only if the final syllable is stressed) and add -ed.    Regret: regretted
But if it's not stressed we only add -ed.    Transfer: transfered

7) Verbs ending in -l. Double the -l and add -ed.      Travel: travelled

There aren't rules for irregular verbs; you only have to learn the second column of the chart.

AFFIRMATIVE FORM.                         NEGATIVE FORM                          QUESTION FORM

I                    cleaned                              didn't clean                                       did I clean?
YOU             cleaned                              didn't clean                                       did YOU clean?
HE/SHE/IT   cleaned                              didn't clean                                       did HE/SHE/IT clean?
WE               cleaned                              didn't clean                                        did WE clean?
YOU            cleaned                               didn't clean                                        did YOU clean?
THEY          cleaned                               didn't clean                                       did THEY clean?


AFFIRMATIVE FORM. subject+verb regular (-ed) or irregular (2nd column)+complements
NEGATIVE FORM. subject+ 'did not' + the verb in infinitive form
QUESTION FORM. did+ subject+ verb in the infinitive form




VERB 'TO BE'

AFFIRMATIVE                           NEGATIVE                           QUESTION

I                    was                         wasn't                                    was I..?
YOU            were                        weren't                                  were YOU...?
HE/SHE/IT  was                         wasn't                                    was HE/SHE/IT...?
WE              were                        weren't                                   were WE...?
YOU            were                       weren't                                   were YOU...?
THEY          were                       weren't                                   were THEY...?



TIME EXPRESSIONS

Last night...                          10 minutes ago                             FOR 3 minutes           ALL day
        week...                               days ago                                                                              afternoon
        month...                             weeks ago                                                                            morning
        year...                                 years ago                                                                             evening



WHEN CLAUSES 

If we have two clauses in the past simple, the 'when clause' happend BEFORE the main clause (in time)
Example:   When Mark woke up, he shaved
                  Mark shaved, when he woke up