Past simple

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    Use: 

     

    We use the past tense to talk about:

    • an action that  started and finished at a specific time in the past :

    I saw a movie yesterday.

    I played basketball on Saturday.

    I cooked dinner for my family last night.

    • a fact in the past :

              I studied Spanish when I was a child.

    • a story:

     I finished work, walked home, and found a cat infront of my door.

    Negative

    We make negative form with DIDN’T + INFINITIVE FORM

    You didn’t win.

    I didn't clean the room.

     

     

    Question  

    With the past simple, we use DID+ INFINITIVE FORM.

    We use words like where, what, why and when:

    Did you win?

    What did they do?