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Do we use the second column of the verbs only in the affirmative sentences?

Does the auxiliary DID show the past instead of the main verb in the negative sentences and questions? 

Do we use the main verb in the infinitive in the negative sentences and questions?

What are the SIGNAL WORDS that go with this tense? 

Yesterday, last …, ago, in 1991, when I was … etc 

Do we use the past simple for single completed actions?

Who invented the radio?

What did you have for breakfast yesterday?

Do we use the past simple for repeated or habitual actions in the past?

Talk about someone who moved houses a lot as a child. 

Did you change friends often at school?

Do we use the past simple for general truths about the past?

How fast were early cars?

Who discovered America?

Do we use the past simple for permanent situations and states in the past?

Did the Romans have better infrastructure than the other civilisations in the past? 

Why did more people stay married to each other until they died in the past?

Do we use the past simple for an action that interrupts another action which is in progress in the past continuous?

When was the last time you saw someone talking on a mobile while they were driving? 

When was the last time you talked to a person who was wearing lots of expensive jewellery?

Do we use the past simple to describe regular or repeated actions in the past, not the past continuous?

How often did you visit your grandparents when you were a child?

How often did you go to the cinema when you were a teenager?

Do we use the past simple for the main events in a story?

Tell me a story using the past continuous for background information and the past simple for the main points like this: 

John entered the room and heard a strange noise. He was carrying a shopping bag in his right hand.

Do we use the past simple to represent the present or future in the second and mixed conditionals?

What would life be like if we didn’t have the Internet? 

What would you be doing right now if you weren’t here with me?

Do we use the past simple to represent the present or future after I wish, It’s time, If only, I would rather you etc?

Would you rather English people didn’t speak so fast? 

Do you wish you had more time to do something in particular?

Do we use the past simple to emphasise contrast in the past?

I know that we didn’t have the Internet in the 90s, but aren’t you glad that we did have mobile phones? 

People always complain about not receiving guidance, but aren’t you aware that we did get it from some amazing human beings?

Do we use the past simple to emphasise strong feeling in the past?

You are talking about your last holidays, would you say that you did enjoy them a lot?

You are talking about your school years, would you say that you did do everything required?

Conversation Questions

What is the past tense of the following words: leave, live, have, go, eat, is, swim, run, wake, see, sing, meet, and watch?

Pronounce “changed, wished, washed, watched, stopped, and walked.” They are pronounced with a –ta sound at the end which only produces air and not the complete sound.

Where were you born?

What time did you wake up?

When did you leave your house?

What did you do after you left your house?

Where did you have lunch yesterday?

What did you do yesterday?

What did you do the day before yesterday?

What did you do last night?

How was the weather yesterday?

What time did you come/go home last night? 

What did you have for lunch the day before yesterday?

What did you do last weekend?

When was the last time that you rode in a taxi and where did you go?

When was the last time you went to a zoo? What animals did you see?

Did you have fun in the summer holidays gone?

Were you afraid of dogs as a child?

Who was your favourite teacher in elementary school?

When was the last time you went to an art museum or exhibition?

When was the last time you helped someone?

When was the last time you went on a picnic?

Where did you go for your last vacation?

What was the most interesting thing that you did during your last vacation?

Where did you meet your best friend?