PAST SIMPLE WORKSHOP

NAME: _________________________________________________ GROUP: ___________________________

Teacher: Yuly Prieto

A. Classify the following verbs into the right column. Then write their past form.

Cook Play Measure

Do Read Level
Drink Study Paint
Drive Watch Draw
Eat Write Supervise
Go Work Test
Have Finish Operate
Like Get Build
Listen Sleep Calculate
Live Start Stake out
Take travel Check

Regular verbs Irregular verbs

Present Past Present Past

_________________ _________________ _________________ _________________

_________________ _________________ _________________ _________________
_________________ _________________ _________________ _________________
_________________ _________________ _________________ _________________
_________________ _________________ _________________ _________________
_________________ _________________ _________________ _________________
_________________ _________________ _________________ _________________
_________________ _________________ _________________ _________________
_________________ _________________ _________________ _________________
_________________ _________________ _________________ _________________
_________________ _________________ _________________ _________________
_________________ _________________ _________________ _________________
_________________ _________________ _________________ _________________
_________________ _________________ _________________ _________________
_________________ _________________
_________________ _________________
_________________ _________________
_________________ _________________
_________________ _________________
_________________ _________________
B. Complete the sentences using the right form of the verbs in past.

1. My boss ________________ the construction site yesterday. (supervise)

2. Pablo ________________ to the engineer’s instructions carefully. (not listen)
3. I _______________ to a Georeferrencing conference last Friday. (go)
4. We _______________ to work all Sundays last month. (have)
5. I _______________! Can you repeat, please? (not listen)
6. The best architect in Colombia _______________ this building. (design)
7. I _________________ yesterday. (not study)
8. You _________________ to maths class last night! What happened to you? (not go)
9. The engineer _______________ a report of the construction process last week. (write)
10. Our workers _______________ and _______________ the terrain this morning. (measure, level)
11. We _______________ a taxi to arrive to the committee on time. (take)
12. We _________________ much last night. We had to finish the blueprint. (not sleep)
13. Santiago _________________ the machine manual so he had an accident. (not read)
14. The company soccer team _______________ a championship last month. (play)
15. My brothers ________________ to the USA, they went to England. (not travel)
16. Our construction firm _______________ 4 schools last year. (build)
17. Karen _________________ time to eat luch today. (not have)
18. Our lab technician _______________ the soil characteristics to start construction. (test)
19. My students _________________ homework yesterday. (not do)
20. We _________________ beer. We drank whisky. (not drink)

C. Organize the following questions.

1. you What last did night do? ________________________________________

2. did last you go vacation Where?
3. Sunday Did cook you last?
4. school did finish When high you?
5. English you on study Did vacation?
6. for What breakfast you today eat did?
________________________________________
________________________________________
________________________________________
________________________________________
________________________________________
7. a Did you party weekend go to on the? ________________________________________
8. Did transmilenio take you today? ________________________________________
9. study Who you maths did with? ________________________________________
10. outdoors Did as you play a child? ________________________________________

D. Ask the previous questions to a partner.

E. Make questions with was / were. Then, answer them.

Taken from: https://funlessons.wordpress.com/be-in-past-was-were/

1. Mozart / from / Germany? 5. You / a good student?

Was Mozart from Germany?____________ ______________________________
No, he wasn’t.__________ _________________

2. Virginia Wool / a writer? 6. Yesterday / cold?

___________________________________ ______________________________
Yes, __________________ Yes, _____________

3. Cervantes and Shakespeare / painters? 7. Bethoven and Vivaldi / musicians?

___________________________________ _______________________________
No, ___________________ Yes, _____________

4. Ernesto ‘Che’ Guevara / a doctor? 8. I / in the class list?

___________________________________ _______________________________
Yes, ___________________ No, _____________
 F. Complete the dialogue with was / were / wasn’t or weren’t.

Jhon: Who’s that?

Lucy: It’s William Shakespeare.

Jhon: Why __________ he famous?

Lucy: He __________ a writer.

John: __________ he Scottish?

Lucy: No. he __________. He __________ English. He ___________ from Stratford-upon-Avon.

John: And __________ he married?

Lucy: Yes, he __________. His wife’s name __________ Anne.

Jhon: And __________ they happy?

Lucy: I don’t know.

G. Complete with present or past forms of ‘be’.

1. Today __________ Monday, so yesterday __________ Sunday.

2. Laura: Hi. __________ your sister at home?
David: No, she __________. She __________ here this morning, but now she __________ at work.
3. My books __________ on my desk last night. Where __________ they today?
4. James __________ born in England, but his parents __________ born in Singapore.
5. My boss __________ furious today because I __________ very late for work yesterday, and this
morning too.
6. I __________ relaxed, but yesterday I __________ exhausted because I worked all day.
7. Yesterday __________ a terrible day. The bus __________ late and it _________ raining. My teacher
__________ in a committee so we didn’t have class. My friends __________ at home so I __________
alone in the classroom. To complete, it __________ my girlfriend and I anniversary, which I forgot, so
my girlfriend __________ very happy.
H. Complete the story with the past simple of the verbs in brackets.

Sara’s story

Sara __went____ (go) into the Café Paris and __________ (have) a
coffee. The owner’s name __________ (be) Nestor. He __________
(be) tall and very attractive. Sara fell in love with him the first
time she __________ (see) him.

The next day, Sara __________ (go) to the café again. ‘Do you
want to go out with me?’ she __________ (ask) Nestor. He
__________ (not /can). He __________ (finish) work at six. ‘But I
can after work,’ he said.

Sara __________ (go) back to the café and met Nestor at 6. They
__________ (drive) to the beach in Nestor’s car. At the beach they __________ (drink) and
danced at a disco. They __________ (get) home after midnight.

Every day, Sara __________(go) to the café at six. They __________ (be) very happy. On
Nestor’s birthday, Sara wanted to surprise him. She __________ (not / go) in the
afternoon, she went in the morning. She __________ (see) Nestor, but Nestor __________
(not / see) Sara. He __________ (be) with another woman. Sara __________ (be) very sad
and went out of the café. She never visited Nestor ever again.

I. Have a conversation in small groups about the best vacation in your life so far.

Where?

Activities