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Simple Past
Simple Past
Simple Past
Marianahi
When we use the
simple past?
We use in S.P in
situations that have
occurred in the past,
the time in the
action takes places
can be the recent
past or the distant
past.
Temporary expressions
that we can use
FREQUENCY:
often I sometimes walked home
sometimes lunch time.
always
AT DETERMINATE TIME:
last week
We saw a good film last week.
yesterday
six weeks ago
I went to the cinema last night.
AT INDETERMINATE TIME:
a long time ago People lived in caves a
the other day long time ago.
Structure
Affirmative:
S + verb -ed + compl.
Negative:
S + did not + inf verb
Questions:
Did + s + inf verb