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The document provides information about using the simple past tense in English. It indicates that the simple past is used to talk about actions or events that are completed in the past and no longer relevant to the present. It then provides examples of regular and irregular verbs in the simple past tense, including their structure and usage in both affirmative and negative sentences. It also discusses using the past tense of the verb "to be" and provides additional examples of the simple past in short dialogues.

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Begin Start Visit Write Leave Lose Buy Do See Enjoy Go Take Paint Have Drive Speak Travel Come Stay Meet

The document provides information about using the simple past tense in English. It indicates that the simple past is used to talk about actions or events that are completed in the past and no longer relevant to the present. It then provides examples of regular and irregular verbs in the simple past tense, including their structure and usage in both affirmative and negative sentences. It also discusses using the past tense of the verb "to be" and provides additional examples of the simple past in short dialogues.

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begin began go went

start started took


visit visited take painted
write wrote had
leave left paint drove
lose lost spoke
buy bought have traveled
do did came
see saw drive stayed
enjoy enjoyed met
speak
The Simple Past
We use the simple past to indicate
exactly when an action or event took
place in the past.

I visited my sister yesterday.


We went out to dinner last night.
The simple past is used to describe actions
and/or events that are now completed and no
longer true in the present.

I attended Adventist School in 2014. (I no longer


attend Adventist School.)

I saw a movie every weekend when I was a


teenager. (I don’t see movies very much
anymore.)
Structure
Regular verbs: 3) Verbos terminados em
1) terminam em ed
CVC, sendo a sílaba forte a
última, dobra-se a
consoante final e
to play – played
acrescenta-se ed.
to work – worked
to listen – listened to stop – stopped
to prefer – preferred
2) Verbos terminados em
Y precedido de consoante,
retira-se o Y e acrescenta- Irregular verbs:
se ied: (forma própria)

to fry – fried to sleep – slept


to copy - copied to take – took
to write – wrote
Simple Past - Regular Verbs
I
You
Neg.: She did not work yesterday.
He
Int.: Did She work yesterday?
She worked yesterday
It
We
You I walked to school yesterday.
They I was in New York. I entered a department store.
I walked around.
I always walked to school when I was a child.
I lived in Porto Alegre when I was young.
Regular verbs Irregular verbs

drive drove
invite invited
go went
work worked
have had
stay stayed
see saw
study studied spend spent
Verb to be Negative:
She was not at home.
I was
You were
He was Interrogative:
She was Was she at home?
It was
We were
You were was → wasn´t
They were
were→ weren´t
Past tense of be

-Were you away last week?


-Yes, I was.

-Was your brother away last week?


-No, he wasn’t.

-Were you and your sister away last week?


-Yes, we were.
-Were your parents away last week?
-No, they weren’t.

-How long were you away?


-I was away for three weeks.

-How was your vacation?


-It was terrific!

Contractions: was not = wasn’t


were not = weren’t
The weekend
Chris: So, what did you do this weekend, Kate?
Kate: Oh. Diane and I went for a drive in the
country on Saturday.
Chris: That sounds nice. Where did you go?
Kate: We drove to the lake and had a picnic.
We had a great time! How about you?
Did you do anything special?
Chris: Not really. I just worked on my car all
day.
Kate: That old thing! Why don’t you just buy a
new one?
Chris: But then what would I do every
weekend?
Past tense
Did you stay home on Sunday?
Yes, I did. I watched a football game on TV.
No, I didn’t. I invited friends out to dinner.

What did you do on Saturday?


I worked on my car.
I stayed home and studied.
- Did you do anything special?
• Yes, I did. I drove to the lake.
• No, I didn´t. I had a babysitter.

- Where did you go on Sunday?


• I saw a good movie.
• I went to a concert.
On vacation
Mike: Hi, Celia! How was your trip to the United
States?
Celia: It was terrific. I really enjoyed it.
Mike: Great. How long were you away?
Celia: I was there for about three weeks.
Mike: That’s a long time! Was the weather OK?
Celia: Yes, most of the time. But it snowed a long in
Chicago.
Mike: So, what was the best thing about your trip?
Celia: Oh, that’s difficult to say. But I guess I liked
Nashville the best.
Callum: Now William had an interesting experience
last night and I’m going to ask him to tell us about it but
I want you to listen very carefully to what he says.
Listen particularly for the verb forms. OK, William, tell
us what happened to you last night.
William: yes. I was in the cinema and I was watching a
film and half way through the person next to me, their
mobile phone rang and this person answered it and
began to have a conversation. And lots of people were
looking round and tutting and then the manager came
in and he told me to leave. He thought it’d been me on
the phone. So I had to go out and explain to him that it
hadn’t been me, it’d been the man next to me. He
apologised and because of the inconvenience he gave
me some free tickets.
1. I didn´t go New York, I went to Chicago.
2. We didn´t meet Jim, we...
3. He didn´t leave last Tuesday, he...
4. We didn´t see Jim, we...
5. They didn´t buy a Volvo, they...
6. You didn´t know the answer, Tom...
7. I didn´t lose my passport, I...
8. We didn´t have white wine, we...
9. He didn´t write a letter, he...
10. The film didn´t begin at 6.30 p.m., it...
1. Write questions or negative sentences.

a. He cleaned his room before school. ( I)

b.The teacher corrected our tests last night. (N)

c. Alexandre helped Anita with her exercises. (I)

d. They turned off the TV after the news. (N


2. Complete the sentences with the simple past of the verbs in
brackets.
 
a. I ______ (buy) a book for my brother’s birthday. It _____ (cost)
$ 15.
b. She __________(bring) many of her friends to our party.

c. They _________(leave) home very early yesterday.

d. They ________ (do) their homework and _______ (go) to


school.

e. Lúcio ___________ (stop) at the corner and called us.

f. Bob ___________ (come) home from school late.

g. Chris _________ (find) a ten dollar and ________ (give) it to


me.
3. Write was / were or wasn’t / weren’t
a. We weren’t happy with the hotel. Our room _____ very small
and it _______ clean.

b. Mark _______ at work last week because he _____ ill. He’s


better now.

c. Yesterday ______ a public holiday, so the banks ______


closed. They’re open today.

d. “________ Kate and Bill at the party?” “Kate ______ there, but
Bill _______”.

e. “Where are my keys?” “I don’t know. They ______ on the table,


but they’re not there now.”

f. You _______ at home last night. Where ________ you?

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