... Simple Past for Beginners Read the following discussion using the simple past tense Robert: Hi Alice, what did you do last weekend? ... verb in question forms. When Did I You He She It We You They leave yesterday? Try this past simple quiz. Past Simple Quiz 1. Tom ……………………(buy) a new house last month. 2. When ………………………(they/arrive) ... The flight left at 8 o'clock. They didn't come last night. Finished past actions, definite past Common past time expressions include: last (week, year, night), yesterday, ago, in 1987,...