Past simple

dianagondim Inglês B1.2 28/11/2015 Portuguese 1 page

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Past simple: used to refer to FINISH PERIODS or MOMENTS OF TIME. It refers to a definite past.

Often used with time adverbials (last night, some time ago, in 1985, earlier today, at six o clock this morning, the last time, the first time, etc)

Exemples:

(+) The first time I ate caviar was in Moscow twenty years ago and the last time was at Helen's a week last Thursday.

(+) We bought this house when we moved to London in 1996 and extended it at the back last year.

Negative form: DID + NOT + infinitive verb (-) I didn't know Sam is your cousin. What a coincidence.

Interrogative form: DID + person + infinitive verb (?) Did you see them yesterday?