1. Simple past

2. Regular Verbs
• Regular verbs in the past end in –ed
• call – called
ask - asked
talk – talked
• I talked to my teacher yesterday.
• I asked my mom for help with my homework
• I called my girlfriend this morning

3. Irregular Verbs
• Irregular verbs do not end in –ed
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buy – bought see – saw
come – came
I bought a new cellphone yesterday.
I saw Lee Hyo Lee on TV last night
I came to class late last week

4. Simple past questions
• Simple present questions use –do
• Do you take the subway to college?
• Yes, I do / No, I don’t
• Simple past questions use – did
• Did you take the subway to college yesterday?
• Yes, I did / No, I didn’t

5. Statements
• Positive
• We went to the cinema yesterday
• They cooked ramyun for dinner last night
• Negative
• We didn’t go to the cinema yesterday
• They didn’t cook ramyun for dinner last night

6. Time expressions
• We often use time expressions when we are
talking about the past
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for……… He traveled in Europe for three weeks
in……. She visited Spain in 2008
ago……. I crashed my car three weeks ago
last…….. They went to a party last Saturday