Negative Sentences in Past Simple

We use "didn't" before the main verb. The structure of a negative sentence in past simple is similar to an affirmative sentence, first, write the subject or pronoun, then, "didn't" followed by the main verb, it goes in base form, and finally the complement and the time expression. Examples: 

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To learn about Past Simple, clic these links:

http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/grammar/simple_past_form.htm
http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/tenses/simple_past_negation_sentences3.htm
http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/simple-past/exercises?05

Practice this song which has a lot of verbs in Past Simple and in all the forms. Let's sing!

Interrogative Sentences in Past Simple

We use the auxiliary "Did". It goes at the beginning of the sentence, it is followed by the subject or pronoun, the main verb goes in base form and finally, write the complement and the time expression. Let's see some examples: 

Did you buy a car last year?

Did they play soccer?

Did he write a letter? 

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Clic this link to understand better this topic: 

http://www.edufind.com/english/grammar/simple_past.php

Affirmative Sentences in Past Simple

To form an affirmative sentence in Past Simple, we have to write:

• First, the subject or pronoun
• Second, the verb (in Past Simple)
• Third, the complement
• And finally, the time expression (it is optional) 

For example: 

I bought a car last year.
They studied English. 
He wrote a letter.
My brothers played soccer.

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http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/simple-past/exercises?04

Irregular Verbs

They change their spelling completely

www.saberingles.com.ar/lists/irregular-verbs.html‎

Regular Verbs

They are verbs which end in -ed. 

For example:                              

work - worked

play - played

you can see a list of the most common regular verbs, in this link:

 http://www.curso-ingles.com/verbos-en-ingles/regular.php

We have some rules to form the past tense of a regular verb

verbs ending in - y, drop -y and add -ied. For example:

study - studied

try -tried

cry - cried

www.saberingles.com.ar/lists/verbs.html

Other rule is for verbs ending in -e, we only have to add -d. For example:

dance - danced

love - loved

hate - hated

Verbs ending in a consonant, preceded by a vowel and this vowel is preceded by a consonant, we have to double the last consonant and add -ed. For example:

stop - stopped

drop - dropped

plan - planned