Reading Time :
Grammar
Structure of past simple | ||
positive | negative | question |
I / you / he / she / it / we / they arrived. | I / you / he / she / it / we / they didn’t arrive. | Did I / you / he / she / it / we / they arrive? |
Past simple questions – common mistakes | ||
Common mistakes | Correct version | Why? |
He worked in London? | Did he work in London? | We use the helping verb did (did + subject + verb) in past simple questions. |
Worked he in London? | Did he work in London? | We use the helping verb did (did + subject + verb) in past simple questions. |
Did he wrote a letter? | Did he write a letter? | The main verb (write) is used in the infinitive form in questions and negatives. |
Did you were in London? | Were you in London? | When be is the main verb, we don’t use did. We invert the word order to were / was + subject. |
Past simple questions exercise:
In this exercise you will practise forming questions in the past simple tense.
MEANING | INFINITIVE | PAST SIMPLE | PAST PARTICIPLE |
TENER | have | had | had |
SOÑAR | dream | dreamt/ dreamed | dreamt/ dreamed |
SENTIR | feel | felt | felt |
HERIR, DOLER |
hurt | hurt | hurt |
APRENDER | learn | learnt / learned | learnt / learned |
VENDER | sell | sold | sold |
GANAR | win |
won | won |
ROBAR | steal | stole | stolen |
ENTENDER | understand | understood | understood |
LLEVAR PUESTO |
wear | wore | worn |