The Uses:
The simple past tense is used when something happened in the past.
The Rule/Form (active-voice):
Positive Sentence Structure :
Adverb (if necessary) + Subject + Verb ( in the past form ) + Object. Example: Yesterday I studied English.
Negative sentence Structure :
Adverb (if necessary) + Subject + didn’t + Verb( present form ) + Object. Example: Yesterday, I didn’t study English.
Question Structure :
did + Subject + Verb + Object + adverb (if necessary) + etc… + ? . Example: Did you study English yesterday? yes, I did.
Tag Question Structure :
did + not ( if the sentence was positive ) + noun + ? . Example: Yesterday, I studied English, didn’t I? No, you didn’t.
The Rule/Form (passive-voice):
Positive Sentence Structure :
Object + be (was/were) + verb ( past participle ). Example: The homework was done.
Negative sentence Structure :
Object + be (was/were) + not + verb(past participle). Example: The homework wasn’t done.
Question Structure :
be ( was / were ) + Object + verb ( past participle ) . Example: Was the homework done? I don't know.
Tag question structure :
be (was/were) + not ( if the sentence was positive ) + noun. Example: The homework was done, wasn’t it? no, it wasn’t.
Adverb:
In the past,
yesterday,
last week,
last month,
last year,
last (any time),
before a day,
before a week,
before a month,
last a year,
last (any time / any event),
2021 /1/1 - 10:10 AM (as an example), any time, day, month, etc in the passed.
Note:
I/she/he/it /singular -> was.
you/we/they/plural -> were.
A Test:
1 - Yesterday, my mom _____ [ cook ] pizza.
A - Cooked.
B - Cook.
C - Was cooking.
2 - Last year, corona ___ [ trap ] people in their houses.
A - Traps.
B - Trap.
C - Trapped.
3 - Just now you ___ [ know ] a good app.
A - Was knowing.
B - Knowed.
C - Had known.
4 - Did you __ [ go ] to the park?.
A - Go.
B - Went.
C - Goes.
5 - Yesterday, a football match ___ ______ [play].
A - Was played.
B - Is played.
C - Ware play.
6 - At
2021 -/
1 -/
1 - I ____ [ enjoy ] a lot.
A - Enjoy.
B - Enjoyed.
C - Enjoyes.
7 - In
2009 - , the iphone ___ [ make ].
A - Maked.
B - Made.
C - Maded.
8 - Months ago, Burhan ___ [ flip ] Sudan.
A - Is flipping.
B - Was flipping.
C - Fliped.
9 - At
6 -:
00 - the sun _____ , ____ [ be ] it?.
A - Rose, did.
B - Did rise, didn't.
C - Rosedidn,t.
10 - I _______ [ buy ] a new computer last week.
A - Was bought.
B - Bought.
C - Buy.
11 - My mother ____ [ be ] not at home last night.
A - Was.
B - Is.
C - Are.
12 - I _____ [ pass ] the 8th grade successfully last year.
A - Pass.
B - Passed.
C - Was passed.
13 - They left me with a goodbye, ____ [ be ] they ?.
A - Didn,t.
B - Did.
C - Do.
14 - Did you ____ [ go ] to the supermarket yesterday ?.
A - Goes.
B - Went.
C - Go.
15 - ____ [ do ] you watch the news last day?.
A - Did.
B - Do.
C - Are.
16 - We _____ [ wait ] for you to come for
2 - hours.
A - Wait.
B - Are waiting.
C - Waited.
17 - I ______ [ take ] the exam three days back.
A - Take.
B - Took.
C - Takes.
18 - You ____ [work] hard last year.
A - Was working.
B - Worked.
C - Works.
19 - We ___ [ be ] students last year.
A - Are.
B - Was.
C - Were.
20 - I _____ [ be ] born in Saudi Arabia.
A - Was.
B - Had.
C - Have.
Answers:
1A – 2C – 3B – 4A – 5A – 6B – 7B – 8C – 9C – 10B – 11A – 12B – 13A – 14C – 15A – 16C – 17B – 18B – 19C – 20A