English Course: Past

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Subject + 2 go went gone
Affirmative Negative Interrogative
I went I didn't go Did I go?
You went You didn't go Did you go?
He went He didn't go Did he go?
She went She didn't go Did she go?
It went It didn't go Did it go?
We went We didn't go Did we go?
You went You didn't go Did you go?
They went They didn't go Did they go?
Affirmative Subjetc + 2
I went to New Yorw Fui a New York
He went to New York El fue a New York
Negative Subjetc + didn't + 1
I didn't go to New York No fui a New York
He didn't go to New York El no fue a New York
Interrogative Did + subject + 1 + ?
Did I go to New York? ¿Fui a New York?
Did he go to New York? ¿Fue el a New York?

Uses of the past simple.

Past actions: that took place at a certain point in time that have already ended.

My parents didn't work last week.

Alisha worked in a restaurant from 2010 to 2015.

Past events expressed in sequence

Alisha got up at 7 am, had breakfast, took a shower and went to work at 9 am.

Common expressions of the simple past

Yesterday, last night, before, ago, in 2002, on their vacation, last weekend, last month, last year