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Simple Past Tense - Coggle Diagram
Simple Past Tense
Examples of sentences using regular verbs
Last night I played my guitar loudly and the neighbors complained.
She kissed me on the cheek.
It rained yesterday.
Negative sentences
We use didn't (did not) to make a negative sentence
This is for regular AND irregular verbs in English.
The auxiliary DIDN'T shows that the sentence is negative AND in the past tense.
How to form
every verb in English, there is only one form of it in the past tense.
we just needed to learn the one word wanted which can be used for all subjects (or people).
Irregular Verbs
are ONLY irregular in affirmative/positive sentences.
For example: The past tense of GO is WENT.
The word went is used for all subjects
It does not end in –ED so it is considered irregular.
Questions
We use did to make a question in the past tense.
This is for regular AND irregular verbs in English.