examples simple past

1. Universidad Central del Ecuador
Facultad de Filosofía, Letras y Ciencias de la Educación
Carrera de Idiomas
Simple PAST
Nadia Cumbal Petit
2011 - 2012

2. It’s 9 o’clock.
Charly is at home.
He’s sleeping.

3. But at 2 o’clock.
He wasn’t at home.
He played the guitar at 2 pm.
He played soccer at 5 pm.

4. 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.

5. I saw a movie yesterday.

6. Last year, I traveled to Japan.

7. Did you have dinner last night?

8. They washed her car.

9. He didn't wash his car.

10. In general, if we say
the time or place of
the event, we must
use the simple past
tense; we cannot use
the present perfect.

11. I lived in that house when I was
young.

12. John drove to London on Monday.

13. Did you play tennis last week?

14. I was at work yesterday.

15. We were not late (for the train).

16. Were you angry?