Exercises 3

The Past Simple Tense
This tense is used to describe past actions or states. Examples:
The nurse took the temperature.
He told her.
In English there are two types of verbs:
a- Regular verbs: these verbs are made past by the addition of the suffix –ed or –d.
Examples: walk / walked; play / played
b. Irregular verbs: these type of verbs are not made past by the addition of the suffix –ed or –d. Therefore, these verbs should be memorized. Examples:
go / went ; think / thought; cut / cut

The following adverbs or adverbials, such as yesterday, ago (منذ), last week, last Sunday, last night, last month, last year, .. in the past, once, in 1999 are usually used with this tense.

The doctor prescribed medicines yesterday.
She gave him a present last Friday.

Did is used to make questions and negatives in the past.
Tom did not teach her.
Did Ahmed study hard yesterday?

The verbs was and were are used to form questions and negatives.
A Practice Nurse wasn’t an assistant GP.
You weren’t in the office.