1) Form

Afirmativ:
Subiect + verb + ed

Verbele regulate primesc terminatia ed la Past simple.Verbele

neregulate au o forma specifica ce trebuie invatata ca atare. Foma este identica la
toate persoanele.
! ! ! Atentie.
o Verbele care se termina in consoana + y -----> ied
I carry I carried
o Verbele care se termina in consoana accentuate ------- dubleaza consoana
I stop- I stopped
I travel I travelled
I drop- I dropped
Negativ:
Subiect +did not (didnt) + infinitiv
Interogativ:
Did+subiect+infinitiv?

Affirmative Negative long Negative-Short Interrogative Short answers

form form (Raspunsuri scurte)
I saw= eu am I did not see I didnt see Did I see ? Yes, I did
vazut No , I didnt
You saw You did not see You didnt see Did you see Yes , you did
No, you didnt
He saw He did not see He didnt see Did he see ? Yes , he did
No, he didnt
She saw She did not see She didnt see Did she see ? Yes, she did
No, she didnt
It saw It did not see It didnt see Did it see ? Yes, it did
No, it didnt
We saw We did not see We didnt see Did we see ? Yes , we did
No, we didnt
You saw You did not see You didnt see Did you see ? Yes, you did
No, you didnt
They saw They did not see They didnt see Did they see ? Yes, they did
No, they didnt

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2) USAGE :
pentru a vorbi despre actiuni trecute si incheiate:
ex. We saw the Hymalayas for the first time.
pentru a vorbi despre evenimente care au avut loc la un anumit timp in trecut:
ex. At lunchtime today we arrived at Alba Iulia.
cu adverbe temporale cum ar fi ago,yesterday,last month,in 1998 etc.:
ex. They arrived three days ago.
pentru a nara (povesti) evenimente trecute.
Ex. First they flew to Nepal and then they trekked in the mountains.
pentru a reda afirmatii si intrebari (vorbirea indirecta).
Ex. She said that she lived in Ohio.

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 Verb: to be

Afirmativ Negativ Interogativ

Forma lunga Forma lunga Forma scurta
I was=eu am I was not= eu I wasnt = eu nu Was I?=am
fost nu am fost am fost fost eu?
You were= tu You were You werent=tu Were you?=
ai fost not=tu nu ai nu ai fost ai fost tu?
fost
He was=el a He was He wasnt=el nu Was he?=a
fost not=el nu a a fost fost el?
fost
She was=ea She was She wasnt =ea Was she?=a
a fost not=ea nu a nu a fost fost ea?
fost
It was=el/ea It was not It wasnt=el/ea Was it?=a
a fost =el/ea nu a nu a fost fost el/ea?
fost
We were= noi We were We werent=noi Were we?
am fost not=noi nu am nu am fost =am fost noi?
fost
You were=voi You were You werent=voi Were you?
ati fost not=voi nu ati nu ati fost =ati fost voi?
fost
They They were not They Were they?
were=ei/ele =ei/ele nu au werent=ei/ele nu =au fost ei?
au fost fost au fost

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 THE PAST SIMPLE TENSE
Irregular verb: See (past form- saw)

Form:

Aff: S+ verb 2 (forma de past

simple)
Neg: S + did not (didnt) + verb
Int: Did / didnt + S+ verb?

Affirmative Negative long Negative-Short Interrogative

form form
I saw= eu am I did not see I didnt see Did I see ?
vazut
You saw You did not see You didnt see y Did you see
He saw He did not see He didnt see Did he see ?
She saw She did not see She didnt see Did she see ?
It saw It did not see It didnt see Did it see ?
We saw We did not see We didnt see Did we see ?
You saw You did not see You didnt see Did you see ?
They saw They did not see They didnt see Did they see ?

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 THE PAST SIMPLE TENSE
Regular verb: play (past form- played)

Form:

Aff: S+ verb + ED
Neg: S + did not (didnt) + verb
Int: Did / didnt + S+ verb?

Affirmative Negative long Negative-Short Interrogative

form form
I played I did not play I didnt play Did I play?
You played You did not play You didnt play Did you play?
He played He did not play He didnt play Did he play?
She played She did not play She didnt play Did she play ?
It played It did not play It didnt play Did it play ?
We played We did not play We didnt play Did we play ?
You played You did not play You didnt play Did you play?
They played They did not They didnt play Did they play ?

play

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1.Translate into Romanian:

They were at the seaside yesterday.

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She was in the classroom.
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Where were you?
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Was she here?
__________________________________
Were they absent?
__________________________________
Was Mary ill?
__________________________________
Where was your father last month?
__________________________________
Where was your mother two hours ago?
__________________________________

2. Translate into English:

Ei au fost in gradina.
__________________________________
Unde au fost ei?
__________________________________
Ei nu au fost in padure.
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Eu am fost la scoala.
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Eu nu am fost la servici.
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Paul a fost la spital.
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Paul nu a fost la plimbare.
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Unde a fost Paul ?
__________________________________

3. Give short answers to the following questions (Dati raspunsuri scurte la

intrebarile urmatoare) :
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 3.Give short answers: __________

aa Did you play football yesterday? aa Did Paul listen to music?

__________ __________
aa Did your parents wash the car? aa Did you cry for food?
__________ __________
aa Did Mary play in the pool? aa Did Jane and Paul enjoy the party?
__________ __________
aa Did mother walk in the park? aa Did you and father repair the car?
__________
4.Translate into Romanian (Traduceti in limba romana):

a. They played football yesterday.

___________________________________________
b. Mother washed the car.
___________________________________________
c. Father didnt drink coffee.
___________________________________________
d. My sister didnt play the piano.
___________________________________________
e. Did you watch TV?
___________________________________________
f. Did they like the tea?
___________________________________________
g. Did we eat oranges?
___________________________________________

74.Transform the verbs into the Past tense simple (Transformati verbele la
timpul Past simple):

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They play chess every afternoon.
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They drink coffee every morning.
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She wakes up at seven.
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We eat oranges in the morning.
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What do you do every day?
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When do they arrive?
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Where do they go?
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How often do they have English lessons?
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She cooks bread.
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We run in the park.
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75.Transform the verbs into the negative (Transformati verbele la negativ):
 They jogged in the park yesterday.
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We slept in the tent last summer.
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I had my birthday in January.
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We swam in the pond last winter.
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Mary and Tony had a baby elephant last year.
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She went to the seaside a year ago.
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We drank lemon juice this morning.
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You baked bread last week.
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She played the guitar an hour ago.
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We make a cake yesterday.
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76.Turn the sentences into the Past Simple:

They drink water. The dog does not eat plums.

She plays football every day. The rubber does not work.

Paul and I eat dinner at seven. The worker does not drink milk.

Mary and Tom run in the park every evening. People do not like lying.

You do your homework every day. They do not make cakes here.

She plays on the computer in the afternoon. She does not like apples.

We always cook dinner. We do not eat cucumbers.

The train does not arrive at ten oclock. They do not walk their dog.

77.Translate into English usingthe Past Simple (Traduceti in limba engleza folosind Past Simple):

Eu am mers la mare. Noi am avut ora de engleza.

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Tu ai aranjat camera.
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Ei au udat florile.
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Fetele au vazut filmul.
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Baietii s-au jucat .
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 El a spalat masina. El a raspuns la intrebare.
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Ea a sters tabla. Noi am rezolvat problema.
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78.Choose the correct variant (Alegeti varianta corecta):

a) They ......................tv last night.

watches watched didnt watched
b) She ..................shopping with her mother.
were went didnt went
c) Where ....................... at noon yesterday?
was be were
d) Tom and Mary .................. at home last week.
didnt slept slepted didnt sleep
e) Grandpa and Grandma ....................... in the garden.
works working worked
f) We .....................football in the school yard yesterday.
play playing played
g) Who ....................the boy you talked to a few minutes ago?
wasnt werent was
h) When ........................... at the hotel?
arrived did she arrive did she arrived
i) When ................ the train ................. ?
did/leave did/left didnt left
 Past Tense Simple (Timpul Trecut Simplu)
(Traducere cu imperfect/ perf. comp: eram/ am fost; mancam/ am mancat)

1. Write the short form of the verb (Scrieti forma scurta).

a) She was not at school yesterday. ________________________________________

b) They were not at work two days ago. ________________________________________
c) John was not here two days ago. ________________________________________
d) We were not at home last night. ________________________________________
e) Mary and Paul were not in the room two minutes ago. __________________________________
f) His grandparents were not at the meeting. ________________________________________
g) Our friends were not at school last week. ________________________________________

2. Fill in the gaps with was or were (Completati spatiile libere cu was sau were).

a) She ____________ in the garden two hours g) John ___________ at home three hours ago.
ago. h) Paul and Mary ________ shopping.
b) My parents ____________ in Bucharest last i) _____________ they here four minutes ago?
week. j) We __________ in the mountains last year.
c) My aunt and uncle _______________ at the k) They _____________ in France five years ago.
seaside last year. l) My cousin ___________ at college last year.
d) Our friends _____________ in Spain last year. m) ____________ your mother here?
e) Debbie _____________ at school yesterday. n) ____________ they in the classroom yesterday.
f) __________ the dog here yesterday?

3.Turn the following sentences into negative and interrogative ones and give short answers (yes, .../ no, ...):

a) Mother was at home yesterday. ________________________________________

b) The dog was in the house. ________________________________________
c) My friends were at the hospital last week. ________________________________________
d) Their teacher was ill last week. ________________________________________
e) His parents were on holiday last month. ________________________________________
f) Your father was at work yesterday. ________________________________________
g) Her aunt was there. ________________________________________
h) The pupils were in the schoolyard. ________________________________________
i) Your mother was in the garden 2 hours ago. ________________________________________
j) His cousin was at school last month. ________________________________________
k) They were in the kitchen four minutes ago. ________________________________________
l) She was in the bedroom an hour ago. ________________________________________
m) He was in the garage five hours ago. ________________________________________

4.Turn the sentences into the Past Simple:

They drink water. The dog does not eat plums.

She plays football every day.
Paul and I eat dinner at seven. The rubber does not work.
Mary and Tom run in the park every evening.
You do your homework every day. The worker does not drink milk.
She plays on the computer in the afternoon.
We always cook dinner. People do not like lying.
The train does not arrive at ten oclock.
 They do not make cakes here. We do not eat cucumbers.

She does not like apples. They do not walk their dog.

5.What did they do yesterday? Make sentences using the table and the
model :

Name talk on play walk arrive wash watch clean listen

the chess in the late the tv the to
phone park to school dishes house music
1 Mary
2 Jane
3 We
4 She
5 My best
friend
6 Her
grandmother
7 Father
8 The
policeman
9 My brother
10 My
coousin
11 Your friend
You
MODEL:
Mary talked on the phone, arrived late to school and washed the
dishes but she didnt play chess, or watch tv.

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1.Fill in there was/ were:

....................a theatre in my town 10 years ago.

3. Translate into English (Traduceti in limba engleza):
a) Mary a fost in Spania anul trecut.
_________________________________________
_________________________________________
b) Paul a fost in Franta acum doi ani.
_________________________________________
_________________________________________
c) Ei nu au fost in cladire acum trei ore.
_________________________________________
_________________________________________
d) Au fost ei aici ieri ?
_________________________________________
_________________________________________
e) Parintii mei au fost la munte saptamana trecuta.
_________________________________________
_________________________________________
f) Colegul meu de banca a fost bolnav saptamana
trecuta.
_________________________________________
_________________________________________
g) Verisorul ei a fost la mare anul trecut.
_________________________________________
_________________________________________
h) Ratele si gastele erau in curtea aceasta.
_________________________________________
_________________________________________
i) Magarul era in casa.
_________________________________________
_________________________________________
4. Transform the following sentences into negative ones (Transformati propozitiile urmatoare la negativ).
a) They were at the seaside last year.
_________________________________________
_________________________________________
b) They were in the classroom two days
ago.
_________________________________________
_________________________________________
c) They bus was in the parking lot.
_________________________________________
_________________________________________
d) They were at the restaurant two days
ago.
_________________________________________
_________________________________________
e) She was in the hospital last week.
_________________________________________
_________________________________________
f) We were on holiday four years ago.
j) Pisica era sub masa.
_________________________________________
_________________________________________
k) Cartea era pe birou.
_________________________________________
_________________________________________
l) Penarul si caietele erau in ghiozdan.
_________________________________________
_________________________________________
m) Fratele tau era la scoala.
_________________________________________
_________________________________________
n) Nepoata mea era studenta anul trecut.
_________________________________________
_________________________________________
o) Nepotul tau era sofer acum doi ani.
_________________________________________
_________________________________________
p) Bunicii mei erau in vacanta.
_________________________________________
_________________________________________
q) Camera era mare.
_________________________________________
_________________________________________
r) Patul era mic.
_________________________________________
_________________________________________
_________________________________________
_________________________________________
g) The book was on the table.
_________________________________________
_________________________________________
h) The chair was there and the desk was
here.
_________________________________________
_________________________________________
i) The room was clean.
_________________________________________
_________________________________________
j) That man was tall.
_________________________________________
________________________________________
k) She was beautiful when she was young.
_________________________________________
_________________________________________
l) They were at the cinema last night.
 _________________________________________ q) The notebooks and the pencils were in
_________________________________________ the schoolbag.
m) John and Mary were short and fat. _________________________________________
_________________________________________ _________________________________________
_________________________________________ r) My mother and father were shopping.
n) Paul was naughty. _________________________________________
_________________________________________ _________________________________________
_________________________________________ s) The strawberries were in the basket.
o) The onions were on the table. _________________________________________
_________________________________________ _________________________________________
_________________________________________ t) There was a pineapple in the bag.
p) The cheese was in the fridge. _________________________________________
_________________________________________ _________________________________________
_________________________________________
6. Write the verb to be in affirmative, negative and interrogative in the Present and Past simple
tense (Scrieti verbul to be la formele afirmativ , negativ si interogativ, la timpurile Present si Past
simple).
FORM PRESENT SIMPLE TENSE PAST SIMPLE TENSE
I am = eu sunt I was= eu am fost
You are You were
He is He was
She She
It It
We are We were
Affirmative You You
They They
I I
You You
He He
She She
Negative It It
We We

1. P

5.Put the verbs n the the simple past tense:

8 She speaks slowly.- She spoke slowly. 10 I read a chapter every night.
9 He leaves the house at 9.00.
11 You eat too much.
12 I see him every day. 24 I usually pay him $5.
13 Tom sings in the choir. 25 His dog always bites me.
14 He cries when he is hurt.
26 It smells odd.
15 Who knows the answer? 27 It costs 30 p.
28 My back hurts.
16 I think I know it. 29 I lie down after lunch.
17 The curtain rises at 8.00. 30 We drink water.
31 His roses grow well.
18 He takes the dog out twice a day. 32 He rides every day.
33 He often falls off.
19 We buy them here. 34 These dogs fight whenever they meet.
20 I dream every night.
21 Hens often lay eggs in that nesting box. 35 He puts up his prices every year.

22 He often feels ill. 36 He sleeps badly.
23 I know what he wants.

6.Put the verbs in the following sentences into (a) the negative (b) the interrogative.

1 She saw your brother.

She didnt see your brother. Did she see your brother ?

2 We heard a terrible noise.

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3 He slept till 10.00.

.

4 He looked at the picture.

.

5 They drank all the wine.

.

6 They set out early enough.

.

7 She thought about it.

.

8 The police caught the thief.

.

9 He hid the letter.

.

10 She found her watch.

.

11 His nose bled.

.

PRESENT SIMPLE- PRESENT CONTINUOUS- PAST SIMPLE

1.Tick the correct form:

1.The baby ..now. ] arent going
] is crying 12.They usually ..the train to work but today
] cried they .the bus.
] cries ] takes/ is taking
2.Phillip ..as an administrator. ] take/ takes
] works ] take/ are taking
] worked 13.Mark and I tv when the alarm off
] is working ] were watching/went
3.We ..at the seaside last year. ] watched / was going
] was ] was watching/ went
] went 14.Jim ..his teeth twice a day.
] were ] brush
4. She usually ..the piano but today she ] brushes
the violin. ] is brushing
] played/ played 15. Paul .when I .
] is playing/ plays ] was slept/ called
] plays/ is playing ] was sleeping/ called
5.My parents .jazz but they ..classical ] slept/ was calling
music. 16. Jim and I .brother and sister.
] like/likes ] am
] like/arent liking ] is
] like/ dont like ] are
6.Jim .to music; he to the news. 17.What .when the police ..?
] listened/didnt listened ] did you do/ was coming
] listens/doesnt listened ] did you doing/ came
] listened/didnt listen ] were you doing/ came
7.My brother and his girlfriend .watch The 18. They ..at the seaside; they .in the
Cabin in the Woods. mountains.
] am watching ] was /wasnt
] watches ] were / werent
] is watching ] been/ werent
8.The pizza delicious.
] tastes 19. Jessica staying with her aunt because she
] is tasting ..her flat.
] didnt tasted ] stays/ redecorates
9.Tom .home after school. ] is staying/ is redecorating
] wented ] was staying/ redecorated
] goed 20. Grandpa usually.the paper but yesterday
] went he .a comic.
] buyed/ bought
10. The police ..many questions. ] is buying/ buys
] asked
] didnt asked ] buys/ bought
] asking 21.Where .recently?
11.We .out tonight. ] have they been
] isnt going ] were they
] dont go ] did they be
22.

Put the verbs into the correct form (simple past).

1. Last year I (spend) my holiday in Ireland.

2. It (be) great.
3. I (travel) around by car with two friends and we (visit) lots
of interesting places.
4. In the evenings we usually (go) to a pub.
5. One night we even (learn) some Irish dances.
6. We (be) very lucky with the weather.
7. It (not / rain) a lot.
8. But we (see) some beautiful rainbows.
9. Where (spend / you) your last holiday?