Past Simple

Be (auxiliary verb/ main verb)

Pronoun be be (negative Statement/ Question
form) Negation
I was wasn’t/ I was a student. Was I a student? or
was not I wasn’t a student. Were you a student?
You, you where Weren’t/ You wheren’t…… (a)
Where not student(s). where you……… (a)
You where not…… (a) student(s)?
student(s).
He was wasn’t/ He ……. a student. Was…. he a student?
was not He ……... a student.
She was wasn’t/ She …… a student. Was… she a student?
was not She ……… a student.
It was wasn’t/ It …… a student. Was…. it a student?
was not It ……… a student.
We Where Weren’t/ We …….. students.
Where not We ……… students. Was or
Were ………. we
students?
They Where Weren’t/ They ……… students. Was or
Where not They ……… students. Were … they
students?
Task. Make up sentences as in the table above with a word a writer.

Do (auxiliary verb)
Pronoun do (auxiliary do (negative Statement/ Question
verb) form) Negation
I did didn’t/ I (…) finished a letter. Did I finish a letter?
did not I didn’t finish a letter. Did you finish a letter?
You, you did didn’t/ You finished…. a letter. Did.. you finish a
did not You didn’t…… finish a letter?
letter.
He did didn’t/ He finish…. a letter. Did.. he finish a letter?
did not He …… finish a letter.

She did didn’t/ She finish…. a letter.

did not She …… finish a letter. ….. she finish a letter?

It did didn’t/ It finish…. a letter.

did not It …… finish a letter. ….. it finish a letter?

We did didn’t/ We finish…. a letter.

did not We …… finish a letter. ….. we finish a letter?

They did didn’t/ They finish…. a letter.

did not They …… finish a letter. ….. they finish a letter?
Task. Make up sentences as in the table above with words clean a flat.
Have (main verb)
I, you, he, she, it, we, they had She had a question.
Negation Didn’t have/ hadn’t She didn’t have any questions.
Question Did ..(pronoun).. have ……..? Did she have any questions?
Task. Choose two pronouns and make up sentences with words enough time.
 The Past Simple Rules
1) For an action 2) For actions 3) For past habits 4) For an action
which happened at which happened or states which are which happened in
a definite time in immediately one now finished. the past and cannot
the past. The time is after the other in be repeated.
stated, already the past.
known or implied.

They went camping First she paid the Kitchens were be I once spoke to
by the lake last driver, then she got very different a Frank Sinatra. (He is
month. (When did out of the taxi. hundred years ago. no longer alive. I
they go camping? won't speak to him
Last month. The time again.)
is stated.)

Task 1. Put the verb in brackets in the past simple.

Last weekend, Cathy 1) ............................. (hire) a car and 2) ............................ (drive) to
the seaside. She 3) ................................ (get out) of the car and 4) ............................. (take)
a walk along the seafront. Then she 5) ............................ (decide) to go for fish and chips at
a nearby restaurant. As she 6) .................................... (walk) to her car it
7) .............................. (begin) to rain. However, Cathy 8) ................................. (not/mind)
because she 9) ............................. (have) a wonderful day.

Task 2. Match the sentences with the rules.

1. People had very simple lives in those
days.
2. Princess Diana did a lot of work for
charity.
3. First, she knocked on the door. Then, she
went inside.
4. We went to the zoo yesterday.
a) action which happened at a definite time
in the past
b) actions which happened immediately one
after the other in the past
c) past habit or state which is now finished
d) to talk about actions of people who are
no longer alive

Translate the following sentences using Past Simple tense form.

1. Торік моя старша сестра дуже часто говорила по телефону зі своїми
численними друзями.
2. Учора ввечері я приготував вечерю.
3. Після вечері ми дивилися телевізор.
4. Вони жили в селі минулого літом.
5. Торік мій пес був дуже маленьким. Він часто гавкав на котів і машини.
6. Учора ми грали в футбол у дворі.