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the verb) in negative sentences.
For example,
• Didn’t they say they would come by 7:30 p.m.?
• Fiona didn’t answer the door; I did.

Simple past

• for completed actions in the past
• for a series of completed actions in the past
• to express habits in the past
• for events that were true for some time in the past

Affirmative Negative sentences Interrogative sentences
sentences
With question word

I sang. I did not/didn’t sing. Did I sing? What did I sing?

You sang. You did not/didn’t sing. Did you sing? What did you sing?
He sang. He did not/didn’t sing. Did he sing? What did he sing?

She sang. She did not/didn’t sing. Did she sing? What did she sing?

It sang. It did not/didn’t sing. Did it sing? What did it sing?
We sang. We did not/didn’t sing. Did we sing? What did we sing?

They sang. They did not/didn’t sing. Did they sing? What did they sing?

H. Make sentences in the simple past using the given cues.

1. last year/go/on holiday to New Zealand

2. in the evening/go/walks

3. the weather/be/fine/though/be/monsoon

4. we/see/beautiful migratory birds/on lake

5. Anjali/tell/me/names of the birds

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