Simple Past Structure

Affirmative sentence with was/ were

I was at home
Frida Khalo was beautiful.
They were famous people

Yes/No Questions in simple past:

Was / Were + subject + complement +?
Example:
Were you at home?  Were + [you/ we/ they]
Yes, I was.
No, I wasn’t / No, I was not.

Was Frida Khalo beautiful?  Was + [ I/ he/ she/it]

Yes, she was.
No, she wasn’t/ No, she was not.

Were they famous people?

Yes, they were.
No, they weren’t/ No, they were not.

Affirmative sentence with a different verb

I went to the movies last weekend.

Yes/No Questions in simple past with Did:

Did (Auxiliary) + subject + verb + Complement +?
Example:
Did you go to the movies last weekend?
No, I didn’t / No, I did not.
Yes, I did/ No, I did not.

WH- QUESTIONS in simple past with did.

I went to the movies last weekend.

Wh-Question + [auxiliary did] + subject + verb + Complement +?

Where did you go last weekend?

WH-QUESTION ANSWERS
Where A place /places
When Period of time
Who Person or people
What Thing/ animals/ actions
What time The Time
How the way
How many Countable nouns
How much uncountable nouns / non countable
 nouns
Why A reason
Which An option

They were good students five years ago.

Wh- questions in simple past with was/ were

Wh-questions +[was/ were] + subject + complement + ?
Example:
When were they good students?
Where were you born?
Who were her parents?
Why was she famous?
What was his name?
What time was yesterday in China?
How were your parents?
How old was Frida when she died?
How many people were there?
How much water was there in the fridge?
Which people were on the street?