Past tenses revision PDF

Question 1

How do we construct the negative sentence in the past simple tense?

Answer 1

I/He/She/We/You/They- did not (didn’t) arrive.

Question 2

How do we construct the « yes/no Questions » in the past simple tense?

Answer 2

Did I/He/She/We/You/They arrive?

Question 3

How do we construct questions in « what/where/how much » (what/do) (where/go) (how much/cost)

Answer 3

What did you do on Saturday?
Where did you go for dinner?
How much did the meal cost?

Question 4

When do we use the past simple?

Answer 4

• when one thing happens after another in the past
  
  • example: We arrived at the airport at eleven o’clock and took a taxi to the hotel.
• to talk about a situatuion that finished in the past
  
  • example: I lived with my grandparents last summer

Question 5

What are the 3 main words that we use with the past simple?

Answer 5

• then
• from
• « for + ten minutes etc