PAST

SIMPLE

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LOOK AT THESE TWO SENTENCES…
When do you study Maths
I study Maths everyday in each sentence?

I studied Maths yesterday

When do you run?

I often run 3 km

I ran 5 km last night

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WE USE PAST SIMPLE TENSE…

To talk about things that happened in the

past …

We danced in the discto last Saturday

We use different time expressions…

Yesterday, last night, last year,

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GRAMMAR STRUCTURE

There are two types of verbs to express past

Regular (+ ed) Irregular (2nd column)

played ran
danced drank
cried saw
lived went
stayed rang

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 AFFIRMATIVE GRAMMAR STRUCTURE
Regular verbs add -ed to form the past
Present: play Past: played
Present: live Past: lived
If the verb ends in –e +d = live lived
If the verb ends in –consonant+y -ied = cry cried
If the verb ends in –vowel+consonant consonantx2 = stop stopped

We watched tv last night / She listened to the radio

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 AFFIRMATIVE GRAMMAR STRUCTURE
Irregular verbs must be memorized (2nd )
Present: sing Past: sang
Present: send Past: sang
Present: is / are Past: was / were

It drank a beer / We sent an e-mail / He was happy

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 Complete the sentences with the correct
form of past simple in affirmative
drank
Susan ……………………… (drink) some water.
stayed
They ……………………… (stay) in a good hotel last summer
went
We ………………….. (go) to Rome last Christmas
read
Peter and I ……………………… (read) Gulliver’s book
closed
The school …………………… (close) at 1 yesterday
I ……………………
swam (swim) in the pool yesterday evening
He ……………………
studied (study) a lot for his exam

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 NEGATIVE GRAMMAR STRUCTURE
We form the negative of Past Simple with:
DIDN’T + VERB IN INFINITIVE / WASN’T or WEREN’T
The birds sang last morning He isn’t my friend

The birds didn’t sing last morning He wasn’t my friend

She listened to music She didn’t listen to music

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 Complete the sentences with the correct
form of past simple in negative
didn’t drink
Susan ……………………… (drink) some water.
didn’t stay
They ……………………… (stay) in a good hotel last summer
didn’t go
We ………………….. (go) to Rome last Christmas
didn’t read
Peter and I ……………………… (read) Gulliver’s book
didn’t close
The school …………………… (close) at 1 yesterday
I ……………………
didn’t swim (swim) in the pool yesterday evening

He ……………………
didn’t study (study) a lot for his exam

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 INTERROGATIVE GRAMMAR STRUCTURE
We form the interrogative of Past Simple with:
(Wh) DID + SUBJECT + VERB IN INFINITIVE
The boy kissed the girl He slept in his bed

Did the boy kiss the girl? Where did he sleep?

Yes, he did / No, he didn’t He slept in his bed

(Wh) WAS / WERE + SUBJECT ?

He was at home yesterday Was he at home yesterday?
Where was he yesterday?
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 Transform these sentences into
Interrogative
We played football yesterday
Did you play football yesterday? Yes, I did / No, I didn’t

He watched a film last night. (when)

When did he watch a film? He watched a film last night

We were at the cinema last night.

Were you at the cinema last Where were you last night?
night?
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 Let’s practice
enjoyed
She …………………….. (enjoy) her holidays in London
Where did
…………………………… go
she …………….. (Where / go) last weekend?
didn’t wash (not wash) the car yesterday
We ………………………
travelled
Sarah …………………… (travel) to Paris last summer
sat
I ………………. (sit) next to Peter
Did
…………… live
they ……………… (live) in Valencia last year?
wasn’t
He ……………….. (not be) my boyfriend

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 Any
questions?
questions?

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