PAST TENSE

a)Put the verb in the past.

b)Negate the sentence. Use contractions.

c) Ask questions.

John ______in the North Sea last summer. (swim)

Ten years ago she ______at a college in St. Paul. (teach)

Last Monday the police ______the thief. (catch)

Some weeks ago he ______his friends in New York City. (visit)

Last weekend Marc ______a garden party. (throw)

Yesterday she ______Trivial Pursuit with her parents. (play)

They ______in London some days ago. (be)

John swam in the North Sea last summer. (swim)

Ten years ago she taught at a college in St. Paul. (teach)

Last Monday the police caught the thief. (catch)

Some weeks ago he visited his friends in New York City. (visit)

Last weekend Marc threw a garden party. (throw)

Yesterday she played Trivial Pursuit with her parents. (play)

They were in London some days ago. (be)

John swam in the North Sea last summer. (swim)

John didn't swim in the North Sea last summer.

Who swam in the North sea last summer? (John)

Where did John swim last summer? (in the North Sea)

When did John swim in the North Sea? (last summer)

Ten years ago she taught German at a college in St. Paul. (teach)

Ten years ago she didn't teach German at a college in St. Paul. (teach)

When did she teach German at a college in St. Paul? (ten years ago)

Who taught German at a college in St. Paul ten years ago? (she)

What did she do at a college in St. Paul ten years ago? (teach German)

What did she teach at a college in St. Paul ten years ago? (German)

Where did she teach German ten years ago? (at a college in St. Paul)

Last Monday the police caught the thief. (catch)

Last Monday the police didn't catch the thief.

Who caught the thief last Monday? (the police)

What did the police do last Monday? (catch the thief)

Who did the police catch last Monday? (the thief)

When did the police catch the thief? (last Monday)

Some weeks ago he visited his friends in New York City. (visit)

Some weeks ago he didn't visit his friends in New York City.

When did he visit his friends in New York City? (some weeks)

Where did he visit his friends some weeks ago? (in NYC)

Last weekend Marc threw a garden party. (throw)

Last weekend Marc didn't throw a garden party.

When did Marc throw a garden party? (last weekend)

Who threw a garden party last weekend? (Marc)

What did Marc do last weekend? (threw a garden party)

Yesterday she played Trivial Pursuit with her parents. (play)

Yesterday she didn't play Trivial Pursuit with her parents.

When did she not play Trivial Pursuit with her parents? (yesterday)

Who played Trivial Pursuit with her parents yesterday? (she)

What did she do with her parents yesterday? (played Trivial Pursuit)

What did she play with her parents yesterday? (Trivial Pursuit)

With whom did she play Trivial Pursuit yesterday? (with her parents)

Who did she play Trivial Pursuit with yesterday? (with her parents)

They were in London some days ago. (be)

They weren't in London some days ago.

Who was in London some days ago? (they)

Where were they some days ago? (in London)

When were they in London? (some days ago)