Colegio San Ignacio Concepción

English Department 2020

11th grade – Ms Verónica Ormeño

ENGLISH WORKSHEET Nº 1
Unit Starter

Goal: In this handout, you will study and practice the use of Past Forms in English.

PAST TENSES: SIMPLE, CONTINUOUS, AND PERFECT

PAST SIMPLE [worked, stopped, had, went, etc]

They got married last year.

We use the Past Simple to talk about
What time did you get up this morning? à
finished actions in the past.
I didn’t have time to do my homework

PAST CONTINUOUS [was/were + verb + ing]

A What were you doing at 9ºº o’clock last night? We use the Past Continuous to
à describe an action in progress at a
B I was watching TV. It was raining. specific time in the past.

PAST PERFECT [had + past participle]

When they turned on the TV, the game

had finished. We use the Past Perfect to talk about an
When I arrived at the party, my friends à action in the past that happened before
had already gone home. other actions in the past.

REGULAR AND IRREGULAR PAST FORMS

Regular verbs receive final -d, -ed, -ied in the simple past and past participle.

Examples.
Infinitive Simple Past Past Participle

Live Lived Lived

Work Worked Worked
Play Played Played
Marry Married Married

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Irregular verbs change their form in the simple past and past participle.

Examples.

Infinitive Simple Past Past Participle

Be Was/Were Been
Go Went Gone
Have Had Had
Steal Stole Stolen

E X E R C I S E S - Past Simple
1. Complete the chart.

BASE FORM SIMPLE PAST BASE FORM SIMPLE PAST

BE was/ were HAPPEN heppend

WORK worked ARRIVE arrived
FLY flew LEAVE
left
GO STUDY
went studied
DRIVE GET
drove got
TAKE HIT
took hit
LOSE DO
lost did
HEAR HURT
heard hurt
SEARCH GOOGLE
searched googled

2. Past Simple of verb ‘BE’ [was / were]

1 Liz worked very late last night. Ex: She was tired.
2 Carlos lost his job yesterday. was
He _____________ angry.
3 We laughed a lot at last night's film. It was
________________ funny.
4 Yesterday was a beautiful day. ________________
It was sunny.
5 We saw a horror film on Saturday. We were
________________ really scared.
6 Paul and Sue didn't have anything to eat yesterday. ________________
They were hungry.

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3. Write questions and short answers with “was / were”.

EX. 1 MAX: My grandmother died in 1990.

OSCAR: Was she very old ? (very old)
MAX: No, she wasn’t .

2 ELLA: Jack and Rita had an important test yesterday.

BETH: was it difficult
_____________________________? (difficult)
ELLA: No, _________________.
it wasn´t
3 DAVE: Mike got some tickets for the World Cup.
were they expensive
CAROL: _____________________________? (expensive)
DAVE: No, _________________.
they weren´t
4 ALEX: I met my favorite singer after the concert.
KATYA: _____________________________?
were you nervous (nervous)
ALEX: No, _________________.
i´m wasn´t
5 BEN: Julia didn’t go to school yesterday.
was she sick
MARK: _____________________________? (sick)
she was
BEN: Yes, _________________.

4. Complete the sentences. Use ‘Simple Past’: Positive, negative or question.

Did
1 _____________ have
you _______________ a good time at the concert? (Have)
2 The film wasn’t very good. I ___________________
didn´t enjoy it very much. (not Enjoy)
3 A: Where ___________________
were you last night? B: At a party. (Be)
didn´t sleep
4 The bed was very uncomfortable. I ___________________ very well. (not Sleep)

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Past Continuous
1. Look at the picture. What was happening in this street at 10:00 yesterday morning? Write
sentences with the ‘Past Continuous.’

At 10:00 yesterday morning…

Ex: 1 Rosa was chatting in the computer.

was climbing on the tree

2 Sam ________________________________________________________

were playing in the garden

3 Sam's dogs ___________________________________________________

were talking and weating for the bus

4 Mike and Tim ________________________________________________________

5 Mrs Drake ____________________________________________________

was coming to the bakery

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Past Perfect

STUDY THIS EXAMPLE SITUATION:

Sarah went to a party last week. Paul went to the party too, but they didn’t see each other. Paul left the
party at 10.30 and Sarah arrived at 11 o’clock.

Paul went home Sarah arrived

PAST NOW
So…, When Sarah arrived at the party, Paul wasn’t there. He had gone home.

1. Read the situations and write sentences from the words in brackets.

EX: 1 You went to Sue’s house, but she wasn’t there.

(she / go / out) à She had gone out.

a) You went back to your home town after many years. It wasn’t the same as before.
It had changed a lot
(it / change / a lot) à ____________________________________________________

b) I called to invite Rachel to the party, but she couldn’t come.

She had traveled to Hawaii
(she / travel / to Hawaii) à ___________________________________________________ for

the weekend.

c) You went to the cinema last night. You got to the cinema late.
The film had aready started
(the film / already / start) à ____________________________________________________

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Listen and complete the song. (Ver adjunto “Audio 1”)

Oh where, oh where, can my baby be? The Lord (1) __________________

took her away from me
She's gone to heaven, so I’ve got to be good,
So I can see my baby when I leave this world.

We (2) __________________
were out on a date in my daddy’s car
we (3) _______________________
hadn´t very far
there in the road, straight ahead, a car was stalled, the engine (4) __________________
was dead

I (5) __________________
couldn´t stop, so I swerved to the right, I'll never forget the sound that night
the screaming tires, the busting glass, the painful scream that I (6) __________________
heard last.

Oh where, oh where, can my baby be? the Lord took her away from me
She's gone to heaven, so I’ve got to be good, so I can see my baby when I leave this world…

When I (7) __________________

woke up the rain (8) __________________
was pouring down
there (9) __________________
were people ___________________
standing all around
Something warm flowing through my eyes, but somehow I (10) __________________
found my baby
that night
I (11) __________________
lifted her head, she (12) __________________
looked at me and (13)
__________________
said
‘Hold me darling, just a little while’
I (14) __________________
held her close, I (15) __________________
kissed her our last kiss
I found the love that I knew I (16) __________________
would miss

Well now she's gone, even though I hold her tight

I (17) __________________
lost my love, my life, that night…

Oh where, oh where, can my baby be? the Lord took her away from me
She's gone to heaven, so I’ve got to be good, so I can see my baby when I leave this world…

Uhhhhh….
Ohhhh….

‘Last Kiss’
(by Pearl Jam)
Para cualquier consulta, comunicarse con:
Profesora Verónica Ormeño: vormeno@colegiosic.cl
Lunes a Viernes de 10:00am - 11:00am

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Scan the following QR codes to help you STUDY:

Study Simple Past in English here. https://youtu.be/dmJrYbDjxQY

Study Simple Past in Spanish here. https://youtu.be/wLuNOWXw96c

Study Past Continuous in English here https://youtu.be/bTWa5M4UMO8

Study Past Continuous in Spanish here. https://youtu.be/mZ5ibmL8S-w

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Study Past Perfect in English here. https://youtu.be/mZ5ibmL8S-w

Study Past Perfect in Spanish here. https://youtu.be/PQ6s89XUvz4

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For PRACTICE:

Practice Past Simple here! https://agendaweb.org/verbs/past_simple-exercises.html

Practice Past Continuous here! https://agendaweb.org/verbs/past_progressive-exercises.html

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Practice Past Perfect here! https://agendaweb.org/verbs/past_perfect-exercises.html

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