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The time marker 'last Saturday' shows this is a past situation.","We played football in the park yesterday.",[18],{"id":19,"blankNumber":9,"options":20},"019d0a23-8458-75da-8092-0da57d4e9745",[21,25,29],{"id":22,"optionText":23,"isCorrect":24,"displayOrder":14},"019d0a23-8458-74fe-8092-0da57adc22c6","played",true,{"id":26,"optionText":27,"isCorrect":28,"displayOrder":9},"019d0a23-8458-757a-8092-0da57b7267ec","play",false,{"id":30,"optionText":31,"isCorrect":28,"displayOrder":32},"019d0a23-8458-75ae-8092-0da57c6f5597","playing",2,{"id":34,"sentenceTemplate":35,"displayOrder":14,"explanation":36,"exampleSentence":37,"blanks":38},"019f4bac-26d9-79eb-86ce-ac2e9e8d0168","__1__ your friend __2__ you to play football in the park on Saturday?","Yes\u002Fno questions in the past simple use 'Did' + subject + base verb (infinitive). We do not add -ed to the main verb when 'Did' is already carrying the past tense.","Did your sister call you on Saturday morning?",[39,51],{"id":40,"blankNumber":9,"options":41},"019f4bac-26d8-76a9-aae9-59aa909e4b7c",[42,45,48],{"id":43,"optionText":44,"isCorrect":24,"displayOrder":14},"019f4bac-26d8-7489-aae9-59aa8ec52585","Did",{"id":46,"optionText":47,"isCorrect":28,"displayOrder":9},"019f4bac-26d8-7561-aae9-59aa8f0f6ded","Does",{"id":49,"optionText":50,"isCorrect":28,"displayOrder":32},"019f4bac-26d8-75cd-aae9-59aa8fbe3790","Do",{"id":52,"blankNumber":32,"options":53},"019f4bac-26d8-77cd-aae9-59aa923b7ea3",[54,57,60],{"id":55,"optionText":56,"isCorrect":24,"displayOrder":14},"019f4bac-26d8-773d-aae9-59aa90a218c6","ask",{"id":58,"optionText":59,"isCorrect":28,"displayOrder":9},"019f4bac-26d8-7775-aae9-59aa9186b0c4","asked",{"id":61,"optionText":62,"isCorrect":28,"displayOrder":32},"019f4bac-26d8-77a5-aae9-59aa91b2bc13","asks",{"id":64,"sentenceTemplate":65,"displayOrder":32,"explanation":15,"exampleSentence":66,"blanks":67},"019d0a23-6aeb-765a-9815-341835248526","We __1__ our grandparents last Saturday.","She baked cookies for everyone yesterday afternoon.",[68],{"id":69,"blankNumber":9,"options":70},"019d0a23-6aeb-7622-9815-34183424b81b",[71,74,77],{"id":72,"optionText":73,"isCorrect":24,"displayOrder":14},"019d0a23-6aeb-75b6-9815-34183218774a","visited",{"id":75,"optionText":76,"isCorrect":28,"displayOrder":9},"019d0a23-6aeb-75de-9815-341832d00f9d","visit",{"id":78,"optionText":79,"isCorrect":28,"displayOrder":32},"019d0a23-6aeb-75fe-9815-341833bd8d21","visiting",{"id":81,"sentenceTemplate":82,"displayOrder":32,"explanation":83,"exampleSentence":84,"blanks":85},"019f4bac-26d9-7e23-86ce-ac2ea5058ca1","Yes, they __1__. They played football for two hours.","Short affirmative answers in the past simple use 'Yes, subject + did.' We do not repeat the main verb or use 'do' in a short answer.","Did you enjoy the weekend? Yes, I did.",[86],{"id":87,"blankNumber":9,"options":88},"019f4bac-26d9-7dd7-86ce-ac2ea46854af",[89,92,95],{"id":90,"optionText":91,"isCorrect":24,"displayOrder":14},"019f4bac-26d9-7d4f-86ce-ac2ea30239b8","did",{"id":93,"optionText":94,"isCorrect":28,"displayOrder":9},"019f4bac-26d9-7d7f-86ce-ac2ea3d923ee","do",{"id":96,"optionText":23,"isCorrect":28,"displayOrder":32},"019f4bac-26d9-7dab-86ce-ac2ea457c328",{"id":98,"sentenceTemplate":99,"displayOrder":100,"explanation":101,"exampleSentence":102,"blanks":103},"019f4bac-26d9-7f73-86ce-ac2ea81a0a4f","No, she __1__. She stayed at home on Sunday.",3,"Short negative answers to past simple yes\u002Fno questions use 'No, subject + didn't.' We use 'didn't' (did not) for all subjects in the past simple short answer.","Did she visit her friends? No, she didn't.",[104],{"id":105,"blankNumber":9,"options":106},"019f4bac-26d9-7f23-86ce-ac2ea753e9c6",[107,110,113],{"id":108,"optionText":109,"isCorrect":24,"displayOrder":14},"019f4bac-26d9-7e83-86ce-ac2ea51a8255","didn't",{"id":111,"optionText":112,"isCorrect":28,"displayOrder":9},"019f4bac-26d9-7ecb-86ce-ac2ea612a378","don't",{"id":114,"optionText":115,"isCorrect":28,"displayOrder":32},"019f4bac-26d9-7efb-86ce-ac2ea6c4adc3","wasn't",{"id":117,"sentenceTemplate":118,"displayOrder":119,"explanation":120,"exampleSentence":121,"blanks":122},"019f4bac-26da-711a-a159-d5c734f92120","My brother __1__ playing video games at midnight on Saturday.",4,"When a verb ends in a single vowel + single consonant (like 'stop'), we double the final consonant before adding -ed. So 'stop' becomes 'stopped', not 'stoped'.","We jogged in the park and then stopped for a rest.",[123],{"id":124,"blankNumber":9,"options":125},"019f4bac-26da-70c6-a159-d5c7342a461a",[126,129,132],{"id":127,"optionText":128,"isCorrect":24,"displayOrder":14},"019f4bac-26da-7036-a159-d5c731f23e75","stopped",{"id":130,"optionText":131,"isCorrect":28,"displayOrder":9},"019f4bac-26da-706e-a159-d5c732ebfebc","stoped",{"id":133,"optionText":134,"isCorrect":28,"displayOrder":32},"019f4bac-26da-709a-a159-d5c73371de55","stopd",{"id":136,"sentenceTemplate":137,"displayOrder":119,"explanation":138,"exampleSentence":139,"blanks":140},"019d0a23-6aeb-78da-9815-34183b570f16","My dad __1__ a delicious lunch for us on Sunday.","We use the past simple for actions in the past. The time marker 'on Sunday' shows this is a past situation.","My aunt baked a cake for the family yesterday.",[141],{"id":142,"blankNumber":9,"options":143},"019d0a23-6aeb-7896-9815-34183b0315a5",[144,147,150],{"id":145,"optionText":146,"isCorrect":24,"displayOrder":14},"019d0a23-6aeb-7832-9815-341839664e9c","cooked",{"id":148,"optionText":149,"isCorrect":28,"displayOrder":9},"019d0a23-6aeb-7856-9815-34183a1b1cc2","cooks",{"id":151,"optionText":152,"isCorrect":28,"displayOrder":32},"019d0a23-6aeb-7876-9815-34183a583357","cooking",{"id":154,"sentenceTemplate":155,"displayOrder":119,"explanation":156,"exampleSentence":157,"blanks":158},"019d0a23-8459-781c-b680-83af12bab2cf","My sister __1__ her friends to our house on Saturday afternoon.","We use the past simple for actions in the past. The time marker 'on Saturday afternoon' shows this is a past situation.","He invited me to the party last week.",[159],{"id":160,"blankNumber":9,"options":161},"019d0a23-8459-77a8-b680-83af12712b1a",[162,165,168],{"id":163,"optionText":164,"isCorrect":24,"displayOrder":14},"019d0a23-8459-76e0-b680-83af1089502f","invited",{"id":166,"optionText":167,"isCorrect":28,"displayOrder":9},"019d0a23-8459-7724-b680-83af1140d096","invite",{"id":169,"optionText":170,"isCorrect":28,"displayOrder":32},"019d0a23-8459-7768-b680-83af11b52a92","inviting",{"id":172,"sentenceTemplate":173,"displayOrder":174,"explanation":175,"exampleSentence":176,"blanks":177},"019f4bac-26da-7326-a159-d5c7374f8021","We __1__ the house on Sunday morning before our guests arrived.",5,"When a verb ends in a consonant + y (like 'tidy'), we change the y to i and add -ed. So 'tidy' becomes 'tidied', not 'tidyed'.","She carried the bags inside and then tidied the living room.",[178],{"id":179,"blankNumber":9,"options":180},"019f4bac-26da-7282-a159-d5c736f4115b",[181,184,187],{"id":182,"optionText":183,"isCorrect":24,"displayOrder":14},"019f4bac-26da-717e-a159-d5c735115bd4","tidied",{"id":185,"optionText":186,"isCorrect":28,"displayOrder":9},"019f4bac-26da-71be-a159-d5c735ccff07","tidyed",{"id":188,"optionText":189,"isCorrect":28,"displayOrder":32},"019f4bac-26da-7226-a159-d5c736121ea0","tidied's",{"id":191,"sentenceTemplate":192,"displayOrder":193,"explanation":194,"exampleSentence":195,"blanks":196},"019d0a23-8459-7ce8-b680-83af1910cc7b","They __1__ football because it rained all day.",6,"In past simple negative sentences, we use 'did not' (didn't) followed by the base form of the verb.","We did not visit the museum last weekend.",[197],{"id":198,"blankNumber":9,"options":199},"019d0a23-8459-7b38-b680-83af17433d8c",[200,203,206],{"id":201,"optionText":202,"isCorrect":24,"displayOrder":14},"019d0a23-8459-7a70-b680-83af15d68c53","did not play",{"id":204,"optionText":205,"isCorrect":28,"displayOrder":9},"019d0a23-8459-7ab8-b680-83af16148a1e","did not played",{"id":207,"optionText":208,"isCorrect":28,"displayOrder":32},"019d0a23-8459-7afc-b680-83af16d68d17","do not play",{"id":210,"sentenceTemplate":211,"displayOrder":212,"explanation":213,"exampleSentence":214,"blanks":215},"019d0a23-8459-7e90-b680-83af1c479cbb","My dad __1__ the car on Saturday morning.",7,"We use the past simple for actions in the past. The time marker 'on Saturday morning' shows this is a past situation.","I washed the dishes after dinner yesterday.",[216],{"id":217,"blankNumber":9,"options":218},"019d0a23-8459-7e4c-b680-83af1b8b96d5",[219,222,225],{"id":220,"optionText":221,"isCorrect":24,"displayOrder":14},"019d0a23-8459-7da4-b680-83af198be966","washed",{"id":223,"optionText":224,"isCorrect":28,"displayOrder":9},"019d0a23-8459-7dec-b680-83af1a6ad6a3","wash",{"id":226,"optionText":227,"isCorrect":28,"displayOrder":32},"019d0a23-8459-7e28-b680-83af1ac9c150","washing",{"id":229,"sentenceTemplate":230,"displayOrder":212,"explanation":83,"exampleSentence":231,"blanks":232},"019f4bac-26da-7ac6-a159-d5c73d4b65ed","Yes, he __1__. He cycled there with his friends.","Did he enjoy the ride? Yes, he did.",[233],{"id":234,"blankNumber":9,"options":235},"019f4bac-26da-7a26-a159-d5c73cf9dec2",[236,238,241],{"id":237,"optionText":91,"isCorrect":24,"displayOrder":14},"019f4bac-26da-78d2-a159-d5c73bce44ee",{"id":239,"optionText":240,"isCorrect":28,"displayOrder":9},"019f4bac-26da-794e-a159-d5c73bd2119d","does",{"id":242,"optionText":243,"isCorrect":28,"displayOrder":32},"019f4bac-26da-79ae-a159-d5c73c59371f","cycled",{"title":245,"slug":246,"language":247},"Past Simple (Regular verbs)","past-simple-regular-verbs","en"]