Past Simple

English as a Second Language English for Beginners
1

Hello everyone,

Here are some sentences.:

Examples:

Statements:

I lived in New york.
You made a sandwich.
she went playing football last Friday.
He worked as a teacher.
They bought a new car.

Negative Statements:

I didn’t write a letter.
You did not do your homework.
She didn’t love her neighbours.
You didn’t go to theatre.
They didn’t live in Mexico.

Questions:

Where did you work?
When did you get up yesterday?
Where did you buy those shoes?
How many cars did she has?
Did you go to the doctor on Monday?
Did they swim yesterday?
Did John buy a new jeans?

Negative Questions:

Didn’t you work?
Didn’t she phone Mary?
Didn’t you use my phone?
Didn’t they give it to you?
Didn’t he help you?

That’s all for now. I hope they are okay.
Please, correct my mistakes.
Have a beautiful night.

2

I lived in New York.
She went to play football last Friday.
You didn’t go to the theatre.
How many cars did she have?/ How many cars does she have?
Did John buy new jeans?

3

I got up at seven o’clock on Friday. Than I went to the bathroom. I brushed my teeth. I had a shower. After I drunk a cup of tea.
My father made sandwiches to me. I ate the sandwiches. Than I surfed the Internet.

That’s all.

4

My father made sandwiches for me. The rest are okay.

5

It was a really hard week too. I’m horribly tired.
I slept four hours last night because I had to study a lot.

I just wanted to say hello.

Cheers

6

I wanted him to leave my home.
You had to go to a dentist.
She went shopping last afternoon.
She went to go see a movie. (She saw a movie.)
He went to meet John.
We needed to clean the house.
They needed staying there.

7

We don’t use ‘last afternoon’:
She went shopping yesterday afternoon.

She went to see a movie.

They needed to stay there.

Also, in the second sentence, if you mean her regular dentist, then the sentence would be
She had to go to the dentist. (Because you have a specific one in mind even if you don’t know the dentist - or even which dentist she sees.)

8

Properly speaking, I can use need with gerund or infinitive, can’t I?

What about the fourth sentence? I’ve seen it in a youtube video. ( Click here )
Please explain it.

9

Hi,

There is a difference between the two (gerund or infinitive) after ‘need’.

Examples:

You need to cut the grass = It is necessary for you to cut the grass.

The grass needs cutting = It is necessary for the grass to be cut by someone.

Alan

10

Hello Alan,
Thank for the explanations. I get you.

House needs cleaning. /present/
I need to clean the house. /present/

House needed cleaning. /past/
I needed to clean the house. /in the past/

I need to go to the doctor.
I needed to go to the doctor.

Television needs repairing.
I need to repair the TV.

Please, correct my mistakes.

P.S.: I edited my previous comment. Take a look at that, please.

11

They are all fine.

12

It is not grammatically correct.

13

Are you kidding me? He is a teacher too. I guess you figured out.

Could you offer me an English grammar book? Monolingual is fine.

14

we would not use that structure in the UK. Perhaps it is acceptable in the US. He is American.