Past simple and Past continuous
Afirmative: subject + verb regular ed or irregular + complement
she, he, it, i, you, they, we
My friends went to my house yesterday
Daniela ate a cupcake
I wanted a new book
Negative: subject + did not (didn't) + verb in base form + complement
she, he, it, we, they, i, you
The children didn't like the food
Peter did not have fun
Questions and short answers: Did + subject + complement + ?
she, he, it, we, they, i, you,
Did she do her part of the homework?
Yes she did or No she didn't
Did they learn something?
Yes they did or No they didn't
Verbs
add ed
wanted
ending in e add d
liked
(short) consonant + vowel + consonant double and add ed
stopped
ending in y change it to ied
tried
irregular
sang
Afirmative: subject + was or were + verb ing + complement
she, he, i, it
was
I was listening to music
we, they
were
We were looking for job
Negative: subject + was or were and not + verb ing + complement
she, he, i, it
was not (wasn't)
He wasn¿t screaming in the meeting
we, they
were not (weren't)
They weren't jumping on your bed
questions and short answers: Were or Was + subject + verb ing + ?
she, he, i, it
was
Was she waiting in the rain?
we, they
were
Were they calling many times?
Use
actions that happened especially in stories
actions in progress at specific time in the past
Use
past habits
a completed past action or past state
actions in the past