Past Forms

This is one of the easiest forms for me, we need to be very careful because the verb chances depending on if it is regular or irregular.

The Regular Verbs are the easier ones; you just have to add an "ed" in almost all of them. It also chances when you are asking something or giving a negative answer.

For example:

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

"Have" is another irregular verb and it is very important to see that we only use the irregular verbs in statements. In negative forms and questions, we use "did" when we are talking in Simple Past.

For example:

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. We did not have. They did not have. He did not have. She did not have. It did not have.	Did I have? Did you have? Did we have? Did they have? Did he have? Did she have? Did it have?

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


Modal Verbs
Modal verbs behave very strangely in the Simple Past. The most important verb to remember is "must." It becomes "had to" in the Simple Past.


"Must" becomes "had to":
I must call my wife now.
I had to call my wife yesterday.
This page has really helped me to understand the Simple Past and the differences between regular and irregular forms:   http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/simplepastforms.htm

There is a little story created by me to practice Simple Past, you can see them underline


First Twins to Reach 125 Years Old

This report is going to inspire a lot of people, when they realize how charming our two grandmothers are.

These two great women just reached 125 years old, they do not even are two of the oldest people in the whole world but, they were given birth by the same girl. Unfortunately, they mother died when they were 10 years old so they were raised by their older sister when she was only 16 years old.

Now, they are resting with their families, grandchildren and great grandchildren in a huge house built by their father before they mother died. They lived, live and will live a happy life until God wishes, they say.



Compound Adjectives

I did not even know what a Compound Adjective means, I did not know it existed in fact. Have your heard when people say "a two-year-old girl"? This is a compound adjective, it is describing something or someone with two or more adjectives. All of them need to be hyphenated so people can understand easily and avoid any confusion.

 Examples:


This is a four-foot table.
Daniella is a part-time worker.
This is an all-too-common error.
Beware of the green-eyed monster.
He is a cold-blooded man.
I love this brightly-lit room!
Danny’s dog is well-behaved.
You have to be open-minded about things.
However, there are some exceptions to this rule, and it´s something I did not know until I research this grammar structure. It is important to know that if we combine an adverb and an adjective we are not creating a compound adjective so it does not have the same structure as them, we do not need to use the hyphen.

Examples:

It was a terribly hot day.
It is an amazingly good idea.