Past simple

complete the sentence using the past simple in English:

Susan ______ (teach) English at university last year.

Answer explanation

The correct answer is taught because teach is an irregular verb

What is the auxiliary of the past simple in English?

• do
• went
• have
• did

Answer explanation

The correct answer is did, this is the auxiliary of the past simple, it is used in the interrogative form as DID and in the negative as DIDN'T or DID NOT.

The past simple in English serves to express events, situations or states that happened in the distant or near past?

• yes

• no

Answer explanation

The most important thing you should know about the past simple or past simple in English is that it is used to express events or states that happened in the distant or near past. Furthermore, the period in which they take place is not significant; It must be stated that said situation or action has ended.

To form the past simple of regular verbs, you must add...

• -ing
• -s
• -en

• -ed

Answer explanation

To form the past simple of regular verbs, simply add -ed to the end of the verb. For example, worked is the simple past of worked, and finished is finished.

What is the conjugation of the verb to be in the past simple?

• wasn't
• was, were
• weren't
• beed

Answer explanation

In English in the simple past all this is expressed with a single form: was and are We use was with I, he, she and it. And you were for you, us and them.

The correct structure for the simple past in the negative is:

• Subject + 'to be' conjugated + NOT + Verb ING + complement

• 
  did not or didn't + subject+verb in infinitive + complement

• 
  

  Subject + did not or didn't + verb in infinitive + complement

  
  

• 
  Subject + had + not + past participle +

  complement

Answer explanation

On the other hand, to form negative sentences in English with Past Simple, we will use the structure: Subject + did not or don't + verb in infinitive + complement Examples: The Birds not Sing This Morning = The birds did not sing this morning.

According to the text, in the negative structure of the simple past, the verb has to be put in the infinitive because...

• 
  the subject is always plural in the negative

• 
  the tense changes in the negative form

• 
  the verb is conjugated differently in the negative

• the auxiliary verb 'did' is used to form the negative

complete the sentence using the past simple in English:

I ____(lose) my passport in Barcelona last summer.

complete the sentence using the past simple in English:

She was always _______(worry)

about her children.

What is the difference between a regular verb and an irregular verb in the past simple?

• Regular verbs have unique forms, irregular verbs add -ed
• Regular verbs have unique forms, irregular verbs add -ed
• Regular verbs and irregular verbs both add -ed
• Regular verbs add -ed, irregular verbs have unique forms

Answer explanation

Regular verbs follow a predictable rule to form the past simple which is add (ed), irregular verbs have unique past forms that must be learned individually.