Past Tense Word Order

Here are some examples of sentences in the past tense:

Yesterday I went to the store.
She ran 5 kilometers last week.
He gave me a present for my birthday.

Remember that for negative verbs in the past tense, we use “didn’t”. Here are some examples.

We didn’t go to the party.
They didn’t eat breakfast yesterday.
My friend didn’t answer the phone.

We also use “did” when we form questions in the past, except for questions with “was” or “were”. Here are a few examples.

Did you do your homework?
Did they go to the beach this summer?

Was it hot yesterday?
Were they happy to see you?