Past Simple

It is important to know that there are regular and irregular verbs in the past. This is the structure of the auxiliary verb 'to be', 'have got' in the past, the modal verb 'can' and the regular verbs:

To create negative sentences with regular verbs, you have to use the auxiliary verb 'to do' in the past form ('did'):

Questions with the verb 'to be', 'can' are built with the verb before the subject. The sentences created with regular verbs need the auxiliary 'did':

Be careful with the spelling of the verbs when you add -ed to regular verbs:

The pronunciation of the -ed ending is also a bit tricky. You can pronounce it in three different ways: