simple past

simple past

1. With a finished time word (yesterday, last week, at 2 o'clock, in 2003): for example: I went to the cinema yesterday. We visited Japan in 2007.

2. Finished events in the past with no connection to the present: Leonardo painted the Mona Lisa. The Vikings invaded Britain.

3. structure

   • Affirmative: subject + verb (in past form) + complement. example: I saw a movie yesterday
   • Negative: subject + auxiliary verb (did) + negacion + verb (infinitive) + complement. example: He didn’t hear the telephone.
   • Interrogative. auxiliary verb (did) + subject + verb (infinitive) + complement?. example: Did you have dinner last night?
   • Whit the verb to be
     • Affirmative: subject + verb (was/were) + complement. example: He was last night.
     • Negative: subject + verb (was/were) + negacion + complement. example: I wasn’t angry
     • Interrogative. verb (was/were) + subject + complement?. example: Was Mark at school yesterday?

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