UNIT 12

 
 
 SIMPLE PAST
 

GRAMMAR

USE 1 Completed Action in the Past

simple past completed action

Use the simple past to express the idea that an action started and finished at a specific time in the past. Sometimes, the speaker may not actually mention the specific time, but they do have one specific time in mind.

Examples:

  • I saw a movie yesterday.
  • I didn't see a play yesterday.
  • Last year, I traveled to Japan.
  • Last year, I didn't travel to Korea.
  • Did you have dinner last night?
  • She washed her car.
  • He didn't wash his car.

Signal Words of Simple Past

  • yesterday, 2 minutes ago, in 1990, the other day, last Friday

Negative sentences in the Simple Past

 To make negative negative sentences in the simple past we use the auxiliarydid not’ / ‘didn’tand the base form of the verb. 

 Subject + did not + base form of verb + object

 For example:

 I didn’t play football yesterday.

They didn’t go to the theater last month.

She didn’t arrive on time this morning.

 Questions in the Simple Past

 To make questions in the simple past we use ‘did’ in front of the subject and base form of the verb.

 Did + subject + base form of verb + object?

 For example:

 Did you play football yesterday?

Did they lose the match?

Did he clean his home last weekend?

 


https://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/past-simple-exercise-8.html

https://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/simple-past/exercises

https://www.myenglishpages.com/english/grammar-exercise-simple-past.php

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