Simple Past Tense

Example Sentences Yes-No Question Simple Past Tense

• She came to my house yesterday.
• They bought some snacks.
• I was shy.

 

Short Answer Response Simple Past Tense

• Was I here before? / Were we here before ?
• Yes, you were.
• No, you weren’t.
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• Were they here before ?
• Yes, I was.
• No, I wasn’t.

Time Expressions

Here are some time expressions ( Time Description ) that can be used.

• Yesterday
• Last Night / Week / month / year / time
• This Morning
• In January
• On Saturday

Example sentences

• A friend of mine was here Yesterday.
• He ignored my call Last Week.
• I meet my client This Morning.
• The water heater stopped working On Saturday.

 

Simple Past Tense Sentence Functions and Examples

Simple past tense to talk about actions that occurred with a certain duration of time in the past. The for preposition can be used to express the time period of the event.

Example Sentences :         

• Vina and I went to the Ragunan zoo three months ago.
• Did you sleep enough last night?

This verb form is to talk about past habits. Subordinate conjunction when is usually used in this situation.

• I often did exercises in the gym when I lived in Bandung.
• When I was a senior high school student, I always got up at 4 am to study.