The simple past

THE SIMPLE PAST.

FORMS TO EXPRESS THE PAST TIME.
|Mary walked downtown yesterday. |The simple past is used to talk about activities or situations |
|I slept foreight hours last night. |that began and ended in the past (yesterday, last night, two days |
| |ago, in1999). |
|Bob stayed home yesterday morning. |Most simple past verbs are formed by adding –ed to a verb, as |
|Ourplane arrived on time last night. |(a), (c), and (d). |
|I ate breakfast this morning.|Some verbs have irregular past forms, as in (b), (e), and (f). See|
|Sue took a taxi to the airport yesterday. |chart.|
|I was busy yesterday. |The simple past forms of be are was and were. |
|They were at home last night.| |

|FORMS OF THE SIMPLE PAST: REGULAR VERBS|
|STATEMENT | I – You – She – He – It – We – They worked yesterday. |
|NEGATIVE | I – You – She –He – It – We – They did not (didn´t) worked yesterday. |
|QUESTION |Did I – you – she – he – it – we – they work yesterday.|
|SHORT ANSWER |Yes, I – You – She – He – It – We – They did. |
| |No, I – You...