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Past Simple Tense

• The past simple tense describes actions completed in the past.
• It's used for actions that started and finished in the past.
• Examples: I went to the beach, I met a friend.

Formation of the Past Simple

• Positive: Subject + verb (past form) + object
  • Examples: We played football last summer, He went to Paris last week.
• Negative: Subject + did not/didn’t + verb (base form) + object
  • Examples: We didn’t play football yesterday, He didn’t go to Paris last summer.
• Question (Yes/No): Did + subject + verb (base form) + object?
  • Examples: Did you play football yesterday?, Do he go to Paris last summer?
• Question (Wh-word): Wh-word + did + subject + verb (base form) + object?
  • Examples: Where did you go on vacation?, Who did you go with?

Verb List

• Go: Past = Went, Past Participle = Gone
• Do: Past = Did, Past Participle = Done
• Have: Past = Had, Past Participle = Had
• Get: Past = Got, Past Participle = Gotten/Got