This document provides information about forming the past simple tense of regular and auxiliary verbs in English. It shows:
- For regular verbs, the past simple is formed by adding "-ed" to the base form of the verb, such as "worked", "lived", "did".
- For auxiliary/modal verbs like "be", "can", "must", the past simple is formed by adding the auxiliary "did" before the base form of the main verb, such as "I did work".
- Examples are given of affirmative, negative and interrogative sentences using both regular and auxiliary verbs in the past simple tense.
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Past simple (Regular Verbs)
1. PAST SIMPLE
REGULAR VERBS
AUXILIARY VERBS:
AUXILIARY VERBS + MODAL VERBS TO WORK, TO LIVE, TO DO, etc
TO BE, CAN, MUST, SHOULD, etc
The auxil. DID to form the Past S. is essential
The auxiliary DID to form the Past S. is not necessary TO WORK
TO BE AFFIRMATIVE
CAN I worked
AFFIRMATIVE AFFIRMATIVE
I was You worked
I could He worked
You were You could
He was We worked
He could You worked
We were We could
You were They worked
You could
They were NEGATIVE
They could
NEGATIVE I did not work I didnt work
NEGATIVE
I was not I wasnt You did not work You didnt work
I could not I couldnt He did not work He didnt work
You were not You werent You could not You couldnt
He was not He wasnt We did not work We didnt work
He could not He couldnt You did not work You didnt work
We were not We werent We could not We couldnt
You were not You werent They did not work They didnt work
You could not You couldnt
They were not They werent They could not They couldnt INTERROGATIVE
INTERROGATIVE INTERROGATIVE I did
I was I could Did I work ? Yes, he did
Was I ? Could I .?
Yes, he was Did you work ?
Were you .?
they were Could you .? Yes, he could they did
Was he ...? they could Did he work ?
Could he?
Were we ? I wasnt Did we work ? I didnt
Could we . ...? I couldnt
Were you ? No, he wasnt Did you work ? No, he didnt
Could you..? No, he couldnt
Were they .? they werent Did they work ? they didnt
Could they.....? they couldnt