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A2 · Word order

The simple past in a sentence

Past tense with time phrases in front and at the end.

  1. Yesterday I went to the dentist.
  2. Last year we bought a new car.
  3. She baked a cake for the party.
  4. Two years ago they moved to Delft.
  5. He wrote a letter to his mother.
  6. We found a nice restaurant.
  7. My grandmother told us a story.
  8. In 2019 I started a new job.
  9. They sang a song at the party.
  10. It rained all day long.
  11. I saw a broken window.
  12. She worked here for ten years.