Simple Past
by Tania Estaragues
1. Time
1.1. The past
1.2. Ago
1.3. Last
1.4. Before
1.5. Yesterday
2. Verbs
2.1. Regular
2.1.1. Common termination: -ed
2.1.1.1. /t/
2.1.1.1.1. Asked
2.1.1.1.2. Packed
2.1.1.2. /id/
2.1.1.2.1. Collected
2.1.1.2.2. Counted
2.1.1.3. /d/
2.1.1.3.1. Called
2.1.1.3.2. Died
2.2. Irregular
2.2.1. Association
2.2.1.1. Fly-flew
2.2.1.2. eat-ate
2.2.1.3. go-went
3. Auxiliaries
3.1. was/were
3.1.1. Was
3.1.1.1. I/He/She/It
3.1.2. Were
3.1.2.1. You/we/they
3.1.3. Information
3.1.3.1. Location
3.1.3.2. Status
3.1.3.3. Action in progress
3.1.3.4. Name
3.1.3.5. Physical Appearance
3.1.3.6. Nationality
3.1.3.7. Origin
3.1.3.8. Age
3.2. Did
3.2.1. -
3.2.1.1. Didn't + verb
3.2.2. ?
3.2.2.1. Did... ?
4. Formulas
4.1. +
4.1.1. Verb in past
4.2. -
4.2.1. Did not + verbs
4.3. ?
4.3.1. Did + verb