Past simple

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Past simple
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Past simple is used to express a finished action that happened in the past
It is composed of a subject and second form of a verb, which is quite often irregular
Affirmative
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It is composed of subject and second form of a verb
I walked 15 kilometers yesterday!
I ____ (learn) to play tennis 10 years ago.
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I learned to play tennis 10 years ago.
If a verb is regular, it is followed by -ed ending
Negative
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It is composed of subject, auxiliary verb did, adverb not and infinitive form of a verb
The contraction from "did not" is "didn't"
He did not walk 15 kilometers yesterday.
He ____ (not learn) to play tennis 10 years ago.
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He didn't learn to play tennis 10 years ago.
A verb after "did" is always in an infinitive form
Yes/No Question
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It is composed of did, subject and first form of a verb
Did you walk 15 kilometers yesterday?
____ (you learn) to play tennis 10 years ago?
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Did you learn to play tennis 10 years ago?
A verb after "did" is always in an infinitive form

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