Verbs

Past simple

Affirmative and negative

I/You/He/She/We/They

arrived didn't arrive

yesterday.

Question

Did

I/you/he/she/we/they

arrive

yesterday?

We use the past simple to talk about:

-finished actions in the past, often with a definite time.

• I went to the beach on Saturday afternoon.
• They got married in 1976.

-a series of finished actions in the past.

• She came home, made a cup of tea and read the newspaper.
• We arrived at seven. A woman showed us to our room and we sat down.