Verbs: Expressing the Past

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The simple past tense expresses actions completed in the past with no connection to the present. It is also used for past habits. Example: We usually went to the school by bus.

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Simple Past Tense - Positive: past tense of the verb [Subject + past tense verb]. Example: Mother baked a cake.

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Simple Past Tense - Negative: Subject + did not + root form of the verb + ... [Subject, root form verb]. Example: Sumi did not want to leave her mother alone.

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Simple Past Tense - Interrogative: Did + subject + root form of the verb + ...? [Subject, root form verb]. Example: Did you play yesterday?

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Words such as usually, generally, always, sometimes, frequently, never, and often are used with the simple past tense to suggest past habit. Example: She never worked at night.

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The past tense of be is formed with was and were. Forms include: I was, we were, you were, he was, she was, it was, they were. Example: It was Sunday yesterday.

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Was is used with I, he, she, and it. Were is used with we, you, and they. Example: But their father was angry with them.

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The past tense of have is had. The negative can be had not or did not have. The interrogative can be had you? or did you have? Example: I had a raincoat with me.