App [373]
Solutions for App 373

Past Simple (Revision) (2)

Revise the past simple with us!
We use the simple past to talk about events that happened at a specific time in the past - signal words are: yesterday, in 2018, last week/year, a week/month ago. Form the simple past with "ed" at the end of the verb but look out for irregular verbs like: buy - bought or see - saw. For example: "I laughed about the joke" OR "I brought my favourite toy to school".
To form a negation in the Past Simple use didn't + the first form of the verb. You can use the shortened form or the longer version. For example: Tom didn't/did not go on holiday. Exceptions: was, were and could. For that verbs the negation is formed with "not". For example: I wasn't/was not at the football match yesterday.

To form a question put „did“ at the beginning of the sentence. Here again "did" is followed by the first form of the verb. For example: Did Tom go on holiday? If you want to form a question with "was, were or could" put the verbs at the beginning of the sentence. For example: Were you at home last night?

Be careful: Use were/weren't for you, we, they!
You __________ buy chocolate by any chance, did you?

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didn't
Actually, I ______ buy some!

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did
Oh, great! I __________ to bake a cake with chocolate topping all morning.

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wanted
I also __________ some cherries!

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bought
I ______ our neighbour a piece of cake earlier.

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gave
______ she like it?

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Did
Yes, she ______ it!

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loved
I __________ meet the new teacher last week. Did you?

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didn't
I ______ him last Tuesday.

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met
I ______ a birthday card for Lisa yesterday.

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wrote
I __________ her necklace last week. So I bought her a new one yesterday.

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broke
______ you call her yesterday?

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Did
We __________ at home yesterday afternoon, so we missed the courier.

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weren't
I ______ at home, but I didn't hear the door bell, sorry.

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was
I ______ my pencil case at school last week.

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left