Simple Past Rules
Here you can find tables with Simple Past rules on:
positive sentences, negative sentences and questions.
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Positive Sentences
| Who? | Form of verb | Examples |
| I | regular
verb: verb + ed irregular verb: past form of the verb |
I worked in Italy last year. I drank some juice yesterday. |
| He/She/It | He worked in Italy last year. He drank some juice yesterday. She worked in Italy last year. She drank some juice yesterday. It worked in Italy last year. It drank some juice yesterday. |
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| You | You worked in Italy last year. You drank some juice yesterday. |
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| We | We worked in Italy last year. We drank some juice yesterday. |
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| They | They worked in Italy last year. They drank some juice yesterday. |
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Click here to find out how to add ed to a verb
Negative Sentences
| Who? | Form of verb | Examples |
| I | did not + verb | I
did not work in Italy last year. I didn't work in Italy last year. |
| He/She/It | He
did not work in Italy last year. He didn't work in Italy last year. She did not work in Italy last year. She didn't work in Italy last year. It did not work in Italy last year. It didn't work in Italy last year. |
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| You | You
did not work in Italy last year. You didn't work in Italy last year. |
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| We | We
did not work in Italy last year. We didn't work in Italy last year. |
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| They | They
did not work in Italy last year. They didn't work in Italy last year. |
Question Sentences
| Who? | Form of verb | Examples | |
| Did | I | verb | Did I work in Italy last year? |
| he/she/it | Did he work in Italy last year? | ||
| you | Did she work in Italy last year? | ||
| we | Did we work in Italy last year? | ||
| they | Did they work in Italy last year? |
So these are the Simple Past Rules.
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