Use the Past Simple to talk about actions and situations in the past. The actions and situations are finished

My hair was red when I was a girl, but it's grey now.

To be

о	I/He/She/It was	We/You/They were
о	I/He/She/It; wasn't (was not)	We/You/They weren' t (were not)
о	Was l/he/she/it?	Were we/you/they?
: Yes, l/he/she/it I was. No, l/he/she/it wasn't.	Yes, v/e/youAhey were. No, we/you/they weren't.

She was tired last night.

They weren't at the cinema yesterday.

Was Karin at the of pee on Monday? No, she wasn't.

Were the musicians good? Yes, they were.

Regular verbs: positive

Make the Past Simple of most regular verbs by

Adding -ed to the verb.

work -> worked, watch watched, listen listened

Note the spelling rules:

• add -d to verbs that end in -e, live lived, change -> changed

• with verbs that end in consonant + -y, remove -y and add -ied, study studied, carry carried. (If the verb ends in vowel + -у, add -ed, stay stayed.)

• with verbs of one syllable that end in vowel + consonant, repeat the consonant and add -ed, plan -> planned, jog -> jogged

Negative

Did + not + infinitive

Ancient people did not use compasses.

In informal English, we use the contracted form

Didn't.

6 Reference

People didn't know their exact location.

Questions Wh- questions

W/7-word + did + subject pronoun + infinitive

When did you finish work yesterday?

Yes/no questions