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Past tense by Magdalena Santiago Cruz

The past tense is a verb tense expressing action, activity, state or being in the past of the current moment, or prior to some other event.
For example:
I played tennis yesterday.
We waited a long time for the bus.
To form the negative past tense for all verbs ( except to be ), place did not before the simple form of the verb.The auxiliary did is the same for all persons in the past tense.
The contraction didn´t is generally used.
For example:
I did not stop ( I didn't stop )
We learned many new words yerterday ( We didn´t learn many new words yesterday).
Change to the negative form write the complete verb and subjects. Use the contracted of the auxiliary.

He spoke to me about yesterday

He didn't speak to me about yesterday

She came to the lesson on time

She didn´t come to the lesson on time.

We ate lunch in the cafeteria

We didn´t eat lunch in the cafeteria.
The pas tense of regular verbs is formed by adding ed to the simple form of the verb.

For example:
follow - followed
need- needed

Change the verb of each sentences to the past tense.
walk
arrives
watch learn

When the simple form of the verb ends in y preceded by a consonant, the y is changed to i before adding ed

study-studied
marry-married

PAST TENSE TO BE
I was we,you,they (were)
you are
he ,she, it (was)

For example:
He is agood student
He was a good student

Iam also a good student
I was also a good student

Change to the past tense: write the correct form of the verb.

I am very hungry
This is easy exercise.