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Past Simple Mind Map for English Learners

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Build Your Past Simple Map

Turn your own grammar notes or worksheets into a clear, expandable map of past simple rules.

Use your own grammar notes

Upload a PDF, Word file, slides or text notes and the AI turns them into a structured map.

Organized by rule and form

Branches separate regular and irregular verbs, sentence forms and time markers so rules are easy to find.

Test yourself next

Turn the map into a quiz or flashcards to practise verb forms until they feel automatic.

How to Make a Past Simple Map

Three steps take you from grammar notes to a map you can study and quiz yourself with.

  1. 1

    Add your notes or topic

    Upload a grammar sheet or type past simple as your topic.

  2. 2

    AI builds the map

    The AI groups rules, verb forms and examples into branches you can expand.

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    Study, quiz and export

    Expand branches, edit text, take a quiz, then export as PNG or PDF.

Past Simple Mind Map: Structure and Use

A past simple mind map organizes how English expresses finished actions in the past. The past simple describes completed actions at a specific time, such as yesterday, in 2010 or last summer. Its main branches cover how to form it, its verb types and the time expressions that signal it.

  • Affirmative form: subject plus verb in past tense, such as walked or wrote
  • Regular verbs: add -ed, with spelling rules for -e, -y and consonants
  • Irregular verbs: a list of forms to memorize, such as go, went, gone
  • Negatives and questions: use did or didn't with the base verb
  • Time markers: yesterday, ago, last week, in 1999

Use the map to revise verb forms before a test, then compare it with your own grammar notes. You can generate a personalized map with CogniGuide from any file or topic.

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Past Simple Mind Map FAQ

Common questions about past simple maps and making your own.

When is the past simple used?

It is used for actions that started and finished at a known time in the past. It also describes habits or series of completed events, often with a time expression such as yesterday or in 2005.

How do you form regular past simple verbs?

Most regular verbs add -ed to the base form, such as play to played. Verbs ending in -e add only -d, and verbs ending in a consonant plus -y change to -ied, such as study to studied.

Can I make a past simple mind map from my own notes?

Yes. Upload a PDF, Word file, PowerPoint or text file, or type a topic, and the AI builds an expandable map from it.

Is it free to create a map and turn it into a quiz?

There is a free plan with 5 creations a week and no payment needed. Paid plans raise the limits.