The Irregular Verbs Badget Awards

Students of 3rd year continue to play the Irregular Verbs Snakes and Ladders Game! Depending on their expertise, they have been awarded with one badget or another. Have an eye at the photographs!

The Past Simple: Some Videos

Here you have some short videos explaining some aspects about this tense.

Practice past simple with Mr Bean 

Rules to learn how to use this tense

You're so Vain: Verbs in the Past

A perfect opportunity to review some irregular verbs in the past simple: You're so Vain, one of the most famous songs by Carly Simon.

Remember The Time

Let's review the past with Michael Jackson.

"Remember The Time"

Do You Remember

When We Fell In Love

We Were Young

And Innocent Then

Do You Remember

How It All Began

It Just Seemed Like Heaven

So Why Did It End?

Do You Remember

Back In The Fall

We'd Be Together

All Day Long

Do You Remember

Us Holding Hands

In Each Other's Eyes

We'd Stare

(Tell Me)

Do You Remember The Time

When We Fell In Love

Do You Remember The Time

When We First Met

Do You Remember The Time

When We Fell In Love

Do You Remember The Time

Do You Remember

How We Used To Talk

(Ya Know)

We'd Stay On The Phone

At Night Till Dawn

Do You Remember

All The Things We Said Like

I Love You So

I'll Never Let You Go

Do You Remember

Back In The Spring

Every Morning Birds Would Sing

Do You Remember

Those Special Times

They'll Just Go On And On

In The Back Of My Mind

Do You Remember The Time

When We Fell In Love

Do You Remember The Time

When We First Met Girl

Do You Remember The Time

When We Fell In Love

Do You Remember The Time

Those Sweet Memories

Will Always Be Dear To Me

And Girl No Matter What Was Said

I Will Never Forget What We Had

Now Baby

Do You Remember The Time

When We Fell In Love

Do You Remember The Time

When We First Met

Do You Remember The Time

When We Fell In Love

Do You Remember The Time

Do You Remember The Time

When We Fell In Love

Do You Remember The Time

When We First Met

Do You Remember The Time

When We Fell In Love

Do You Remember The Time

Remember The Times

Ooh

Remember The Times

Do You Remember Girl

Remember The Times

On The Phone You And Me

Remember The Times

Till Dawn, Two Or Three

What About Us Girl

Remember The Times

Do You. Do You, Do You,

Do You, Do You

Remember The Times

In The Park, On The Beach

Remember The Times

You And Me In Spain

Remember The Times

What About, What About...

Remember The Times

Ooh... In The Park

Remember The Times

After Dark..., Do You, Do You, Do You

Remember The Times

Do You, Do You, Do You, Do You

Remember The Times

Yeah Yeah

Remember The Times

For further information about Michael Jackson:

• MJ Official Website
• Wikipedia
• YouTube Channel

The Past Simple Tense: Grammar

The Past Simple expresses an action in the past taking place once, never, several times. It can also be used for actions taking place one after another or in the middle of another action.

• Most Verbs

Most verbs conjugate by adding -ed like the verb "wait" below.

Positive	Negative	Question
I waited. You waited. He waited. She waited. It waited. We waited. They waited.	I did not wait. You did not wait. He did not wait. She did not wait. It did not wait. We did not wait. They did not wait.	Did I wait? Did you wait? Did he wait? Did she wait? Did it wait? Did we wait? Did they wait?

Exceptions in spelling when adding -ed
after a final -e only add -d	love – loved
final consonant after a -l or short, stressed vowel as final consonant after a vowel is doubled	admit – admitted travel – travelled
final -y after a consonant becomes -i	hurry – hurried

• Irregular Verbs

Many verbs, such as "have", take irregular forms in the Past Simple. Notice that you only use the irregular verbs in statements. In negative forms and questions, did indicates Past Simple.

Positive	Negative	Question
I had. You had. We had. They had. He had. She had. It had.	I did not have. You did not have. He did not have. She did not have. It did not have. We did not have. They did not have.	Did I have? Did you have? Did he have? Did she have? Did it have? Did we have? Did they have?

• To Be

The verb "be" is also irregular in the Past Simple. Unlike other irregular verbs, there are two Past Simple forms: "was" and "were." It also has different question forms and negative forms. Always remember that you DO NOT use did with the verb to be in the Past Simple.

Positive	Negative	Question
I was. You were. We were. They were. He was. She was. It was.	I was not. You were not. We were not. They were not. He was not. She was not. It was not.	Was I? Were you? Were we? Were they? Was he? Was she? Was it?

The Past Simple Tense: Irregular Verbs

There are a lot of irregular verbs in English. Here is a list of the most common that you should learn:

All Irregular verbs stay the same:

I ran	I spoke	I won
You ran	You spoke	You won
He ran	He spoke	He won
We ran	We spoke	We won
You ran	You spoke	You won
They ran	They spoke	They won

Except, the verb to be:

I was

You were

He was

We were

You were

They were

The Past Simple Tense: On-line Games