Simple Past
Use: actions or facts completed in the past. Finished time.
Forms:
1. VERB-ed or VERB-d
draft
► drafted
argue ► argued
2. Some verbs add or change endings:
map ► mapped
try
► tried
3. Some verbs are irregular:
drive ►
drove
make
► made
sleep ► slept
4. We use did + SUBJECT + VERB for questions:
Did you book a hotel room yet?
Did Mr. Gupta approve the request?
5. We use used to + VERB to
talk about what was true, but isn't now:
Greg used to drive, but he doesn't now.
Negative Form: didn't/did not + VERB
No. I didn't book a hotel yet.
She didn't make reservations for Saturday night.
He
drove
for three hours to work everyday for thirty years. (past action)
Although she
stopped
singing around the age of ten, she is a pop idol now because of
her dancing. (She used to sing)