Unit 3. Past Simple.

The formation of past simple is very easy. Take a look at this mind map the teacher prepared for you and post any doubts that may arise:

You must have noticed that there are two ways (examples) to produce past simple, with regular and irregular verbs. The previous ones are quite easy to understand as they only have to take the -ed ending; however the former ones can only be learnt by heart (to those foreign learners, of course), no matter what learning techniques you use. But you can practice them by clicking on the following links:

http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=2030
http://www.english-online.org.uk/games/pasttense2.htm
http://www.esldesk.com/spelling/irregular-verbs
http://www.englishpage.com/irregularverbs/interactiveirregularverbs1.htm

Now, try the quiz in the video below:

Are you still lost about when to use each tense? Try to solve the problems you may still have by viewing the presentation Talking About the Past



My last word in this post, take a look at this irregular verbs list (don't worry about the pronunciation key) as learning it will be helpful in the rest of your learning process: