PAST

SIMPLE
 WE USE THE
PAST SIMPLE
TO SPEAK I cleaned the house.

ABOUT THE He dusted the furniture.

They planned the
PAST AND decorations.

ACTIONS THAT
ARE FINISHED
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AFFIRMATIVE
FORM
REGULAR
VERBS

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NEGATIVE Subject + didn’t + infinitive

FORM I didn’t play

work
He, she, it didn’t
REGULAR We, you, they didn’t
Watch

VERBS

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 Did + subject + infinitive
I N T E R R O G AT I V E
FORM Did I

REGULAR Did he, she, it play?

work?
VERBS Did we, you, they like?

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 dust try
like brush
dance watch
cry cook stay

EXERCISE: -ed -ied -d

PUT THE VERBS IN

THE RIGHT
COLUMN

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EXERCISE: walked (walk) to the pool.
Yesterday Sarah __________

COMPLETE THE enjoyed (enjoy) the movie last night.

I __________
GAPS WITH THE
VERBS IN THE worked (work) hard for the exam last month.
They __________

PA S T S I M P L E . arrived (arrive) late the day before yesterday.

Peter _________

offered (offer) to help with the chores.

We all __________

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EXERCISE: We didn’t watch (not watch) a film yesterday evening.
____________
COMPLETE THE
didn’t eat (not eat) any crisps.
GAPS WITH THE Yesterday Robbie __________

didn’t catch (not catch) the bus.

VERBS IN THE Arthur ____________

PA S T S I M P L E . didn’t play (not play) handball.

Susan ___________

didn’t visit (not visit) their cousins.

John and his sister ___________

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EXERCISE: Did Paul go (Paul / go) to the karate lesson yesterday?
___________
COMPLETE THE Did Molly see (Molly / see) a painting exhibition at the museum?
____________

GAPS WITH THE Did Megan bake (Megan

_______________ / bake) a cake?

VERBS IN THE Did they go (they / go) to the park yesterday afternoon?
____________
PA S T S I M P L E . Did Ann wake up(Ann
_______________ / wake up) early yesterday?

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 Sam / at the back of the classroom / sit /?
________________________________.
Did Sam sit at the back of the classroom?

EXERCISE not buy / Martha / a beautiful dress /.

_______________________________________.
Martha did not buy a beautiful dress.

PUT THE WORDS IN at the café / to his friends / Andrew / talk /.

ORDER AND WRITE _________________________________.
Andrew talked to his friends at the café.

SENTENCES IN THE William / music lessons / not have /.

William did not have music lessons
________________________________________.
PA S T S I M P L E
not go / yesterday / Peter / to school /.
___________________________________.
Yesterday Peter didn’t go to school/
Peter didn’t go to school yesterday.

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 P R E S E N TAT I O N T I T L E

Irregular verbs don’t have a fixed structure, but

IRREGULAR some of them have similar endings:

ࣿ thought (think), bought (buy), caught (catch);

VERBS ࣿ flew (fly), threw (throw), knew (know);

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 P R E S E N TAT I O N T I T L E

ࣿ Unlike the other verbs in the Past Simple, the

verb ‘to be’ has two conjugations instead of one.

ࣿ I was

ࣿ You were

VERB TO BE ࣿ He/She/It was

ࣿ We were

ࣿ You were

ࣿ They were

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 got
Yesterday John ________ (get up) at 7 o’clock. First, he ____________
went (go)
didn’t have (not have) a bath; he ____________
to the bathroom. He ____________ had
got
EXERCISE:
(have) a shower. Then, he ____________(get) dressed. After that, he
went
____________ drank
(go) to the kitchen and ____________ (drink) a glass of milk
ate
and ____________ (eat) toast for breakfast.
COMPLETE THE At quarter to eight he __________
drove (drive) to work, he _________
didn’t catch (not catch)
didn’t go (not go) home, he ____________
the bus. At lunch time he ___________ had
TEXT WITH THE five and ____________ (go) home.
left
(have) lunch in a restaurant. He ____________ (leave) his office at half past
went
PA S T S I M P L E had
At seven o'clock he ____________ (have) dinner with his family. Then he
____________
read didn’t write (not write) emails.
(read) the newspaper, but he ____________
went
At a quarter to eleven he ____________ (go) to bed.

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 ࣿ Use connectors such as:

ࣿ Firstly, I…

ࣿ Then, I…

HOMEWORK: ࣿ After that, I…

DESCRIBE YOUR ࣿ Lastly/Finally, I…
D A I LY R O U T I N E
ࣿ You can lie/make up things to make the
homework easier!!

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