Past tense

🔵 What is the Past Tense? / Qu’est-ce que le passé simple en anglais ?

The past tense is used to talk about actions or situations that happened before now (in the past).

Le passé sert à parler d’actions ou de situations qui se sont passées avant maintenant (dans le passé).

✅ How to form the Past Tense? / Comment former le passé simple ?

1. Regular verbs – add -ed to the base verb:

• walk → walked

• play → played

• cook → cooked

Examples:

• I walked to school yesterday.

• She played football last weekend.

2. Irregular verbs – different forms, you must learn them:

Examples:

• go → went

• have → had

• eat → ate

Examples:

• He went to the cinema.

• They had dinner at 7 p.m.

• We ate pizza last night.

❌ Negative sentences in the past:

Use did not (didn’t) + base verb

• I didn’t go to school yesterday.

• She didn’t watch the movie.

❓ Questions in the past:

Use Did + subject + base verb?

• Did you see the game?

• Did they come to the party?

🧠 Summary / Résumé