Past simple · Grade 2
The past simple is for finished actions in the past: I walked to school yesterday. We saw a rainbow. Regular verbs add -ed; irregular verbs have their own past form, which you learn by heart. The same form is used for every person.
Key facts
- Regular verbs add -ed: play → played, walk → walked. Ending in e: add -d: like → liked.
- A consonant then y: study → studied. One vowel then one consonant: double it: stop → stopped.
- Common irregular verbs: go → went, see → saw, eat → ate, have → had, make → made, take → took, buy → bought, write → wrote.
- Negatives: didn't + base form: She didn't go. Questions: Did + subject + base form: Did you see it?
- Time words: yesterday, last week, two days ago, in 2015, on Saturday.