Past Simple
I ate/eaten pizza yesterday.
ate
I was/were travelling in the mountains.
was
My husband ________ (work) for the government for ten years before leaving for a higher paying job.
had worked
He used to swim in the swimming pool.
Used to
affirmative in Past Simple
Subject+verb+ed/Verb2
Sarah didn't close/closed the door.
close
Were they dance/dancing last evening?
dancing
After Jolene ________ (eat) the seafood special, she began to feel sick, so the restaurant manager did not charge her.
had eaten
They were driving all morning.
Past Continuous
Affirmative with used to
Subject+used to+Verb
Martin ______ this house in 1998.
built
My mum was ________ the magazine all afternoon.
reading
By the time I arrived at class, the lecture _______ (start)
had started
Did you read this book last year?
Past Simple
Negative in Past Simple
Subject+didn't+Verb
Tony/to speak/his friend/yesterday?
Did Tony speak to his friend yesterday?
Jackson/was/to ride/bike/last Monday?
Was Jackson riding a bike last Monday?
She ______ (take) drawing lessons as a child, but she never drew again after she graduated high school.
had taken
We were studying when our parents called us.
Past Continuous + Past Simple
Negative in Past Continuous
Subject+wasn't/weren't+Verb+ing
To go/my friends/not/last Wednesday/concert.
My friends didn't go to the concert last Wednesday.
Claudia/not/to wash dishes/when/her friend/to come.
Claudia wasn't washing dishes when her friend came.
had promised
They cut the paper with scissors.
Past Simple
Question with used to.
Did+subject+use to+verb