simple past – regular verbs

Formation and practial application

Regular verbs are put into simple past by simply adding
the ending -ed to the infinitive.

The simple past relates to an action in the past which is over and has no connection to the present.

simple past – affirmative statement

Of course, there are also some exceptions:

► mute -e is omitted before -ed:

arrive	live	phone
arrived	lived	phoned

► After a consonant -y+ed turns into-ied:

carry	study	worry
carried	studied	worried

► Some verbs double the final consonant

stop	slam	plan
stopped	slammed	planned

► be ist completely irregluar:

I/he/she/it	was
we/you/they	were

Das simple past nagates using the auxiliary do in its past tense, did, and
not. The short form is accordingly: didn’t.

I/you/he/she/it
we/you/they

didn't
did not

drink.

The question in the simple past puts the auxiliary did to the beginning of the sentence.(inversion)

Did

I/you/he/she/it
we/you/they

drink?