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Grammar reference

Tenses

Past Simple

A finished action at a finished time.

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Explanation

Regular verbs take -ed and irregular verbs have their own form. Use it for completed actions with a definite past time, for a sequence of events in a story, and for past habits. Negatives and questions use did plus the base verb.

Examples

  • We walked to the harbour after lunch.
  • She bought a bicycle last week.
  • Did you enjoy the concert?

Common mistakes

  • I did not went there.

    I did not go there.

    After did, use the base verb.

  • Yesterday I have cooked.

    Yesterday I cooked.

    Finished time takes the past simple.

  • She goed home.

    She went home.

    Go is irregular.

More Tenses

Past Perfect Continuous

Ongoing past action leading up to another past event.

Used To and Would for Past Habits

Past habits and states that are no longer true.

Choosing Tenses in a Narrative

Mixing past simple, past continuous and past perfect.

Present Simple

Facts, habits and timetables.

Present Continuous

Actions happening now or around now.