Past Simple
USES
1. Actions completed in the past with a time reference.
- Yesterday, I found a lost dog.
FORM
- Positive: subject + verb2/irregular verb + rest of sentence.
- Last night, I found a lost dog.
- Negative: subject + did not (didn't) + base verb + rest of sentence.
- Last night, I didn't find my dog.
- YES/NO Questions Did + subject + base verb + rest of the question?
- Did you find your dog?
- WH Questions: WH word + did + subject + base verb + rest of the question?
- When did you find your dog?
HELPFUL TIME EXPRESSIONS
- yesterday
- last night/week/month/year
- two/three/four days ago
- a few days/months/years ago