Simple Past

Simple Past

by Effie Geomelou (Ευτυχία Γεομέλου)

FORM

I didn't work very hard. Did you work very hard?

Mary didn't study. Did Mary study?

They didn't go to school. Did they go to school?

​Negative Interrogative

I worked very hard.

Mary studied a lot.

They went to school.

​Positive

USE

We use the Simple Past Tense to talk about an action, a situation or an event that:

• happened in the past,

• is completely finished,

• we say (or understand) the time and/or place it happened.

Multiple Choice

The Wright brothers ...........................(invent) the first plane in 1903.

• invents

• invented

• invent

• did invent

Fill in the Blank

Fill in the gap:

Yesterday, our class ........................ (see) 40 historic planes in the Fleet Air Museum.

Fill in the Blank

Fill in the gap: We ..........................(not like) the film.

Multiple Choice

What ...........................(you/ eat) for dinner last night?

• you ate

• do you eat

• did you eat

• did you ate