PAST SIMPLE
We use the past simple for something in the past which is finished.EX. I knew what the problem was.
We went to the theatre on Friday.
AFFIRMATIVE FORMS
a regular past form ends in -ed/ -d.
ex. I posted the letter yesterday. We watched TV.
Some verbs have an irregular past form.
I won the game.
I had breakfast at six.
We took some photos.
The past simple is the same in all persons except in the past tense of be.
I/ he/she/ it was
you/ we/ they were
NEGATIVE FORMS
We use did in negatives and questions
negative: I/you/ he/she/it/we/they did not stop OR didn't stop
question: Did I/you/ he/she/it/we/they stop?
we also use was and were in negatives and questions
negative: I/HE/SHE/IT was not or wasn't
YOU/ WE/THEY were not or weren't
EXERCISES.
Make the past simple, positive, negative or question:
1. I __________________ (not/drink) any water last night.
2. She___________________(get on) the bus in the centre of the city.
3.What time______________(he/get up) yesterday?
4. Where _______________(you/get off) the train?
5. I __________________ (not/change) trains at Victoria
6. We________________(wake up) very late.
7. What ________________(he/give) his mother for Christmas?
8. I ______________________- (receive) 300€ when my uncle ________________________(die)
9. We ______________________ (not/use) the computer last night.
10. ___________________(she/make) good coffee?
11.They _______________________(live) in Paris.
12. She ___________________(read) the newspaper yesterday.
13. I _____________________(not/watch) TV
14. He____________________(not/study)for the exam.
15. ___________________(he/call)you?
16.__________________(I/forget) something?
17. What time_____________________(the film/start)?
18.He ________________(have) a shower.
19. Why______________________(you/come)?
20. ________________________(he/go) to the party?
