Past Simple
I (receive) £300 when my uncle died.
received
They (live) in Paris.
lived
Why did you change the channel? I ______ that movie.
was watching
I .... (not see) him since yesterday.
I haven't seen him since yesterday.
I ....... listen to music when I was a child.
I used to listen to music when I was a child.
She (get on) the bus in the centre of the city.
got on
She (read) the newspaper yesterday.
read
We..... computer games while she...... a book. (play/read)
We were playing...... she was reading.....
Our people ..... (have) wide access to education for the last ten years.
Our people have had wide access to education for the last ten years.
We ...... (not go) to the cinema at weekends.
We didn't use to go to the cinema at weekends.
We (wake up) very late.
We woke up...
I (not/watch) TV.
didn't watch
When I ..... to school, I ..... John. (walk/see)
When I was walking to school, I saw John.
There ......... (not be) any traffic in this town (for/since) twenty years.
There hasn't been any traffic in this town for twenty years.
Robert ...... play in a band.
Robert used to play in a band.
What time (he/get up) yesterday?
What time did he get up yesterday?
I (not/change) trains at Victoria.
I didn't change...
_______ (he/take) money from the box?
Was he taking money from the box?
There ............ (not be) any traffic in this town...... (since/ for) the great fire.
There hasn't been any traffic in this town since the great fire.
.......... have long hair when you were younger?
Did you use to have long hair when you were younger?
I (not/drink) any beer last night.
didn't drink
Where (you/get off) the train?
Where did you get off....?
When I _____ (get) out of the shower, the lights _____ (go off).
When I was getting out of the shower, the lights went off.
Mike (not finished) painting his car yet.
Mike hasn't finished painting his car yet.
What music .............. like when you were a child?
What music did you use to like when you were a child?