THE PAST SIMPLE
We
use the past tense to talk about:
- something that happened once
in the past:
I met my
wife in 1983.
We went to Spain for our holidays.
They got home very late last night.
- something that happened several
times in the past:
When I
was a boy, I walked a mile to school every day.
We swam a lot while we were on holiday.
They always enjoyed visiting their friends.
- something that was true
for some time in the past:
I lived abroad
for ten years.
He enjoyed being a student.
She played a lot of tennis when she was younger.
- we often use expressions
with ago with the past simple:
I met my
wife a long time ago.
We use did to make questions with the past simple:
Did she play tennis
when she was younger?
Did you live abroad?
When did you meet your wife?
Where did you go for your holidays?
But
questions with who often don't use did:
Who
discovered penicillin?
Who wrote Don Quixote?
We
use didn't (did not) to make negatives with the past simple:
They didn't
go to Spain this year.
We didn't get home until very late last night.
I didn't see you yesterday.
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