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Grammar

Past simple

Iregular verbs

past
What did you do yesterday?
I woke up at 10. I went to the café, I had a coffee. Later I met my firiends and we had a great time

Affirmative

Present Past
I have a coffee every day I had a coffee yesterday
he goes to the gym every week he went to the gym yesterday
They do their homework in the evening. They did their homework two hours ago.

Negative

Present Past
I don't have a coffee everyday I didn't have a coffee yesterday.
He doesn't go to the gym everyday He didn't go the gym yesterday
They don't do their homework in the evening. They didn't do their homework two hours ago.

Questions and short answers

Present Past
Do you have a coffee everyday? Yes, I do / No, I don't Did you have a cofee yesterday? Yes, I did / No, I didn't.
Does he go to the gym everyday? Yes, he does / No, he doesn't Did he go to the gym yesterday? Yes he did / No he didn't
Do they do their homework in the evening? Yes they do / No they don't Did they do their homework two hours ago? Yes they did / No, they didn't.

NOTES

  • The past simple is the same for all persons: I went, she went, we went...
  • Did is the auxiliary and the past of do.
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