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PAST SIMPLE

REGULAR

Form (Forma)

want →   wanted

learn →   learned

stay →   stayed

walk →   walked

Verb	Past simple
be	was (I, he, she, it)   were (you, we, they)
do	did
have	had

Structure

Subject + verb with ed

I wanted to dance.

They learned English

We believed him. 

Negative

I didn't work

You didn't go

He didn't work

We didn't go

You didn't work

They didn't go

IRREGULAR

There is no rule for these verbs. You should learn them.

The infinitive	The simple past
be	was/were
write	wrote
come	came
do	did
meet	met
speak	spoke

EX: Yesterday I wrote a book.

       I spoke with your sister.

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Form

SuBJECTE	Auxiliar (to be)	Gerundi
I, he, she, it	was	talking, eating, learning, doing, going…
you, we, they	were	talking, eating, learning, doing, going…

Affirmative Sentences

I was talking.

He was eating

Negative Sentences

I was not [wasn’t] talking

They were not [weren’t] learning

 Interrogative Sentence

Were you talking?

Was he eating?