What did you do?

1. Completed Action in the Past

Use the Simple Past to express the idea that an action started and finished at a specific time in the past.

Examples: What did you do yesterday?

- - - I saw a movie yesterday. Click here to practise irregular verbs

I didn't see a play yesterday.
Last year, I travelled to Japan.
Last year, I didn't travel to Korea.
Did you have dinner last night?
She washed her car.
He didn't wash his car.

Keywords:

last week, last year, last month, last summer...,

3hours ago, 1 minute ago...

yesterday, yesterday morming...

in the past,

when I was little...

PAST SIMPLE+ AGO

"Ago" means "hace" in spanish.

The question is : How long ago + past simple?

How long ago did you go to the cinema? ¿Cuánto tiempo hace que fuistes al cine?

The answer is:I went to the cinema 2 weeks ago. Fui al cine hace 2 semanas.

English: point in time + ago

Spanish: Hace + momento en el tiempo

FORM

Regular verbs

Most verbs conjugate by adding -ed like the verb "wait" below.

Positive

I waited.
You waited.
We waited.
They waited.
He waited.
She waited.
It waited.

Negative

I did not wait.
You did not wait.
We did not wait.
They did not wait.
He did not wait.
She did not wait.
It did not wait.

Question

Did I wait?
Did you wait?
Did we wait?
Did they wait?
Did he wait?
Did she wait?
Did it wait?

Irregular Verbs

Positive

I had.
You had.
We had.
They had.
He had.
She had.
It had.

Negative

I did not have.
You did not have.
We did not have.
They did not have.
He did not have.
She did not have.
It did not have.

Question

Did I have?
Did you have?
Did we have?
Did they have?
Did he have?
Did she have?
Did it have?

To Be (was/were)

The verb "be" is also irregular in the Simple Past. Unlike other irregular verbs, there are two Simple Past forms: "was" and "were." It also has different question forms and negative forms. Always remember that you DO NOT use "did" with the verb "be" in the Simple Past.

Positive