We use it

It is used to talk about facts which happened in an specific time in the past and which have ended.

Key Words

These words generally appear in the Past Tense sentences...

- Yesterday

- Last

- In 1800 (year in the past).

- Before

- Ago

STRUCTURES

Auxiliary "Did".

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Subject + Verb In The Past + the rest of the sentence.

In the Past Tense, the conjugation of the verb does not depend on the subject.

There are 2 kinds of verbs

Regulars - Irregulars.

REGULARS

Add -Ed at the end of the verbs to conjugate them in the past form.

If the verb ends in -Y, we change it for -I + Ed, except in those Verbs with a Vowel before the -Y.

If the verb ends in -E, we just add -D at the end of it.

  • Examples

    Play > Played.

    Study > Studied.

    Watch > Watched.

    Cook > Cooked.

IRREGULARS

Change form and they appear in the 2° column of the irregular verbs list.

  • Examples

    Karen studied really hard for the test.

    (The verb Study is regular and ends in -Y, so it is changed by -I + Ed).

    They went to the cinema last week.

    (The verb Went is the past of the irregular verb "Go", as it appears in the 2nd column of the irregular verbs list).

    My best friend met her boyfriend a month ago.

    I liked football when I was a child.

Subject + Did Not + Infinitive Verb + the rest of the sentence.

In the Negative form, it is written the auxiliary Did Not (Didn't) before the Verb and it is written in Infinitive instead of being conjugated.

Did + Subject + infinitive verb + the rest of the sentence...?

In the interrogative, it is used the auxiliary "Did" before the subject of the sentence. The verb is not conjugated, it is written in infinitive.

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Answer

Correct Answer

We use the auxiliary "DID" in Affirmative sentences.

True

Wrong answer

False

Well done!

In negative sentences, we can use either "DID NOT" or its short form "DIDN'T".

True

Good!

False

Keep trying

Paul _ _ _ _ _ you were here.

did know

Wrong answer

didn't know

You did it!

didn't knew

Keep trying

She _ _ _ _ _ the theory.

understood

Great!

understand

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understanded

Wrong answer

_ _ _ _ _ yesterday?

Did it rained

Keep trying

It did rained

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Did it rain

Cool!

The auxiliary used in this Tense is DID.

True

You did it!

False

Wrong answer

There are REGULAR and IRREGULAR verbs.

True

That´s it!

False

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When the verb is REGULAR, we add _ _ _ _ _ at the end of the verb.

did

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-ed

Correct answer!

-ing

Wrong answer

What's the auxiliary used in the negative form?

Didn't

Well done!

Don't

Keep trying

Doesn't

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I _ _ _ _ _ to the cinema last week.

Goed

Wrong answer

Went

Good!

Didn't

Keep trying

Emma _ _ _ _ _ hard for the test.

study

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didn't study

Great!

studying

Wrong answer

She _ _ _ _ _ volley when she was a child.

played

Cool!

playing

Keep trying

playd

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Tom _ _ _ _ _ see an UFO yesterday.

did

Wrong answer

don't

Keep trying

didn't

You did it!

_ _ _ _ _ you visit Disney last year?

Have

Try again

Did

That´s it!

Didn't

Wrong answer

I _ _ _ _ _ Emily at the park.

meet

Keep trying

met

Correct answer!

meeted

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