Прошедшее простое время (Past Indefinite)

Past Indefinite правильных глаголов (regular verbs) об­разуется с помощью окончания ed, добавляемого к инфи­нитиву без частицы to:

I invited them to the conference room.

He/ She invited them to the conference room.

We invited them to the conference room.

They Invited us to the conference room.

Past Indefinite неправильных глаголов (irregular verbs) образуется не по правилам и обычно указывается в сло­варях в скобках после инфинитива. Далее указывается 3-я форма глагола, необходимая для образования Present Perfect. Неправильные глаголы следует заучивать сразу в трех формах. Например:

To go — went — gone to take — took — taken

To have — had — had to speak — spoke — spoken

To meet — met — met to see —saw — seen

Вопросительная форма для правильных и неправиль­ных глаголов в Past Indefinite образуется с помощью вспомогательного глагола did:

— Did you invite them to the conference room⁹

- Yes, I did. / No, I didn't.

— Did he/ she invite them to the conference room?

- Yes, he/she did /No, he/she didn't.

— Did they meet in the conference room?

- Yes, they did. /No, they didn't

Отрицательная форма образуется с помощью вспомо­гательного глагола в отрицательной форме did not {didn't):

I didn't invite them to the conference room.

He/ She didn't invite them to the conference room.

We didn't meet in the conference room.

They didn't go to the conference room.

Прошедшее простое время (Past Indefinite) выражает действие, происшедшее или происходившее в прошлом.

Например.

Mr. Hill met the group at the airport.

They didn't go to London by taxi.

Did they have any problems?