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Grammar Focus

Simple Past tense

Is used to talk about a completed action in time before now

I worked all day. I did not/didn’t work at all.. Did I work all day? Yes, I did. No, I did

not/I didn’t.Why did I work all day? Why did I work all day? Where did I work?

They stopped the people. They did not/did’t stop the people. No, I did not/I didn’t.

Did they stop the people. Yes, they did. No, they did not/didn’t. Why did they stop

the people? how did they stop the people?

I was so angry with you last night. I was not/wasn’t angry with you last night. Was I
angry with you last night. Yes, you were. No, you were not/weren’t. Why was I angry

with you? She was at home. She was not at home. Was she at home? Yes, she was.

No, she wasn’t. Where was she? We were there at the time. We were not there at

the time. Were we there at the time? Yes, we were. No, were not/weren’t. Why were

we there at the time?

Adverb of time

last weekend, last summer, 5 minutes ago, yesterday

Complete this conversation below using the past form!

1 A: …………..you…(stay) home on Saturday? Regular verb:
B: No, I……..(call) my friend. We (drive) call called

2 A: How …..you (make) hand sanitizer last week? stay stayed

B: I…..(buy) some ingredients at the pharmacy. The invite invited

ingredients…..so expensive. cook cook

3 A: ……..you (go) out on Friday tonight?

B: No, I…….I……(invite) friends over and I ….(cook) for dinner?

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