Past simple - Regular verbs

Use the past simple:

• to indicate that something happened in the past and is now finished.
  Often there is a time definition in the sentence, such as: yesterday, last week, two months ago, when I was younger, in 1995.
• if you ask a question about something that happened in the past and it starts with the word: when

You make the past simple by putting '-ed' behind the verb.

Examples

• I worked
• you lived
• he, she, it watched
• we walked
• you talked
• they cycled

You make a question sentence with did + infinitive.
You make a negation with didn't + infinitive.

• Did I work?
  I didn't work.
• Did you live?
  You didn't live.
• Did he watch?
  He didn't watch.
• Did we walk?
  We didn't walk.
• Did you talk?
  You didn't talk.
• Did they cycle?
  They didn't cycle.

Spelling

When a verb ends in a consonant + -y, the -y changes to -ie:

• I carry - I carried

Note, nothing changes if the verb ends with vowel + -y:

• I play - I played

If a verb ends in -e, then only a -d is added in the past simple:

• I live - I lived

In the past simple, the last consonant is doubled if it is preceded by one vowel:

• I drop - I dropped