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Simple Past Tense
| base (V1) | past (V2) | past participle (V3) |
regular verb | work | worked | worked |
irregular verb | go | went | gone |
Look at these examples with the main verbs go and work:
| subject | auxiliary verb |
| main verb |
|
+ | I |
|
| went | to school. |
You |
|
| worked | very hard. | |
- | She | did | not | go | with me. |
We | did | not | work | yesterday. | |
? | Did | you |
| go | to London? |
Did | they |
| work | at home? |
Exception! To make a question, we exchange the subject and verb. Look at these examples:
| subject | main verb |
|
|
+ | I, he/she/it | was |
| here. |
You, we, they | were |
| in London. | |
- | I, he/she/it | was | not | there. |
You, we, they | were | not | happy. | |
? | Was | I, he/she/it |
| right? |
Were | you, we, they |
| late? |