Past simple

Past simple

1. STRUCTURE

   • Subject + verb in past + complement + time expression
   • Subject + didn´t + verb in base form + C + TE
   • Did + Subject + Verb BF + C + TE

2. USES

   • Past events
     • Activities that started in the past and finished in the past

3. Time expressions

   • 1 hour / 2 days / 3 weeks / 4 months / 6 years; ago
   • yesterday / yesterday morning / afternoon / night
   • in March / in 2018
   • Last: hour/ day/ week/ month / year / holiday
   • When + Sentence: When I was born
     • When I was 10 years old
   • On Sunday / Friday

4. Examples

   • Sara walked into the room and saw her sister
   • Sara didn´t walk into the room and didn´t see her sister
   • Did Sara walk into the room and see her sister?

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