Simple Past Tense

Simple past tense is grammatical tense used for locating event or activity in the past.

 If there is a verb, the formula is:

Adverb of time  => ago, last, yesterday, etc.
 

 Examples: 

  
(+) Weni won the competition yesterday.
(-) Weni did not win the competition yesterday.
(?) Did Weni win the competition yesterday?

If there is no verb, the formula is:

Examples:

(+) My father was a doctor five years ago.
(-) My father was not a doctor five years ago.
(?) Was my father a doctor five years ago? Yes, he was/No he was not.

Verbs used in Past Tense are divided into two, they are  regular and irregular verb.

Irregular Verb

Examples:

See           Saw        Seen

Regular Verb – It is followed by the use of -ed

Examples:
Cook   Cooked   Cooked

Regular Verb with the last letter ‘Y’

•    If the last letter of verb is “y”, and before “y” is a vocal letter, it is added by the use of “–ed”

Examples:

Stay    Stayed    Stayed

•    If the last letter of verb is “y”, and before “y” is a consonant letter, the “y” is changed by the letter “i”, and then add “ed” after “i”.
Examples:

Study    Studied   Studied
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