Simple Past Tense

Examples:

• You called me.
• Did you call me?
• You did not call me.

Simple Past is used to express the idea that an action started and finished at a specific time in the past. Sometimes, the speaker may not actually mention the specific time, but they do have one specific time in mind.

Patterns – with regular/irregular verbs:

(+)	Subject + V2 I invited her by phone yesterday. He went here last week.
(-)	Subject + did not + V-inf +.... I didn’t invite her by phone yesterday. He didn’t go here last week.
(?)	Does/do + Subject + V-inf + …. Did you invite her by phone yesterday? Did he go here last week?

Patterns – with be:

(+)	Subject + was/were + ……. I/he/she/it was sad yesterday. They/we/you were sad yesterday.
(-)	Subject + was/were + not + … I/he/she/it was not sad yesterday. They/we/you were not sad yesterday.
(?)	was/were + Subject + …. Was I/he/she/it sad yesterday? Were They/we/you sad yesterday?