When do we use Past Simple Tense?

We use Past Simple Tense when we talk

about completed actions in the past.

Example: I washed my car yesterday.

She ate pizza last night.

AFFIRMATIVE & NEGATIVE FORM

I
He
She
It
We
You
They

was/wasnt at school yesterday.

were/werent at the beach last

week.

QUESTION FORM

I
He
She
It

Was

Were

We
You
They

Yes, she was hungry.

hungry? Yes, she was.

No, she wasnt hungry.

No,she wasnt.

at the Cinema Yes, we were.

last weekend?

No,we werent.

Where were you last Saturday at 2PM?

Ask your partner.

Transform the sentences into Past Simple Tense.

She is at the park now.

(+) - She was at the park yesterday.

(-) - She wasnt at the park yesterday.

(?) - Was she at the park yesterday?
They are babies.
(+) - They were babies 10 years ago.

(-) - They were not babies 10 years

ago.

(?) - Were they babies 10 years ago?

Kinds of sentences in past

simple tense

Affirmative sentences
SUBJECT

VERB IN PAST TENSE

COMPLEMENT.

Tom visited us last week.

I played in the park with my dog.
Negative sentences
SUBJECT

DIDNT

VERB IN BASE FORM

COMPLEMENT.

Tom didnt visit us last week.

I didnt play in the park yesterday.

Kinds of questions in past

simple

Yes/No Questions
DID

VERB IN BASE FORM

SUBJECT

COMPLEMENT?

Did Tom visit you last week?

Informative Questions
WH WORD

DID

SUBJECT

VERB IN BASE FORM

COMPLEMENT?

Where did you play last year?

PAST SIMPLE
WITH REGULAR
VERBS

REGULAR VERBS
Spelling rules
To form the affirmative past tense of most regular verbs:
Add ed to the base form of the verb (washwashed).

If the verb ends in e, add d (live-lived)

If the verb ends in a consonant preceded by a vowel,

double the final consonant (stop-stopped)
If the verb ends in y preceded by a consonant,
omit the y and add ied ( copy-copied)

Play TV games

Dance

Cry

Watch TV

Wait

Clean

Use a computer

Cook

Play the piano

Play football

Study

PAST SIMPLE WITH

IRREGULAR VERBS

Come-came

Drink-drank

Go-went

Break-broke

Take a picture (took)

Find-found

Give-gave

Write

Sleep

Read

Run

Buy -bought

Fly-flew

Ride-rode

Sing-sang

Swim

Eat-ate

Speak

Fight

Write the past tense form of the

following verbs.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.

Dance_________
Cry_________
Clean_________
Study_________
Shop_________
Buy__________
Look_________
Play_________
Stop_________

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.

Wash_________
Work_________
Take________
Listen________
Turn on ________
Ask ________
Answer ________
Wait ________

Fill in the blanks with the correct form of verbs.

1)Minnie________(bake)
baked
a huge cake for
Mickeys birthday party.(+)
broke
2)John________(break)
a window while he was
playing football.(+)
3)____
Did you____(ask)
ask
a question during the
lesson(?)

4)They __________(have)
didnt have
a picnic at the
weekend(-)
Were they at the party last night(?)
5)____

made
6)My mother________(make)
a sandwich for
me.(+)
didnt go
7)He ____
to
was ill so he ___________(go)
school yesterday.(+,-)

bought
8)He _______(buy)
an expensive car
last year.(+)
Did
clean (clean) the house at
9) ____she
_____
the weekend(?)
10)Students didnt
_________(listen)
listen
to the
teacher(-)

Ask the following Questions to your

partener and answer back too
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.

Where did you go on vacation?

What did you do?
Who did you see?
Which movie did you watch recently?
Did you like it?
Did you meet someone special?
Did you study anything?
Did you read a magazine?

FIND SOMEONE WHO...

1. watched the news.
2. listened to the radio.
3. ate at a restaurant.
4. visited grandparents.
5. studied for an exam.
6. went to the movies.
7. cleaned your room.
8. took a shower.
9. played an instrument.
10. worked in the computer.

Name
____________________
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Now, Its time for

practicing in class!

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