MS.

JAQUELIN LAVADO ESPIRITU

❖ To talk about actions that happened at a specific time in the past. You
state when it happened using a time adverb (yesterday, last month)

➢ Tom got up late yesterday

➢ My parents didn‘t sleep at home last night
➢ Luciana went back ten minutes ago
➢ Peter and Luisa danced hip hop at the party
❖ It can be used to talk about completed actions that happened one
after the other in the past.

➢ Mary woke up, ,took a shower and had breakfast.

➢ I made a sandwich turned
, on the TV and watched
the match.
➢ They bought some fish and cooked ceviche.
❖ It is also used to talk about habitual or repeated actions that took
place in the past.

➢ I went to bed early when I lived with

my parents.
➢ My parents didn‘t sleep well when I was
a baby.
➢ Lucas ate many candies when he
had teeth
Subject + verb (in past tense) + object
We ate some delicious pasta last night.
SUBJECT VERB (Past)
I
moved
You to Japan
He Traveled
She
It came
We In 1684
left
You
They
 live - lived
Most verbs take –d or -ed
cook - cooked

Verbs ending in a cry - cried

consoinant + -y study - studied
take -ied But play - played

Verbs with one syllable

ending in one vowel + one Stop - stopped
consonant, double the
slip - slipped
consonant before the -ed
 1. Be was / were
2. Buy bought
Irregular verbs don’t take 3. Drink drank
–ed In the Past Simple. 4. Come came
They change in writting
5. Eat ate
6. Forget forgot
7. Have had
8. Hit hit
Subject + did + not + verb + object
Jim didn’t finish his homework yesterday
 BASE FORM OF
SUBJECT DID NOT
VERB

I
move
You to Japan
He travel
didn’t
She
It come
We In 1684
leave
You
They
 Did + subject + verb + object?
Did Karen lived in Acapulco in 2001?
Yes, she did.
DID SUBJECT BASE FORM SHORT ANSWERS SHORT ANSWERS
OF VERB AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE
I I I
move
You to Japan? You You
He travel
He He
Did She She Did. Didn’t.
Yes, No, She
It come It It
We In 1684? We We
leave
You You You
They They They
Wh word + did + subject + verb + object?
What did you do yesterday night?
➢I did my homework.
WH-WORD DID SUBJECT BASE FORM
OF VERB

I
move
You to Japan?
He travel
When
did She
Why
It come
We In 1684?
leave
You
They
❖ Common time expressions used with the past simple are:

✓ yesterday /yesterday morning, etc.

✓ in + years / centuries
✓ last night / week / month / year
✓ last Wednesday / Friday, etc.
✓Two days/a week / three months ago
❖ Complete the tables with the past form of the verb
BASE FORM PAST SIMPLE BASE FORM PAST SIMPLE

Break Grow

Do Hear

Drive Know
Fall Leave
Feel Make
Find Pay
Fly Run
get say
❖ Complete the sentences. Use one of these verbs in the Simple Past.

brush die end enjoy happen live open play rain stay wait start turn watch
1. Yesterday evening I watched televisión.
2. I _________ my teeth three times yesterday.
3. It was dark, so I ________ on the light.
4. The concert last night _________ at 7:30 and _________ at 10 o’clock
5. The accident ________ last Sunday afternoon.
6. When i was a child, I _______ to be a doctor
7. Mozart _______ from 1956 to 1971
8. We ________ on vacation last year. We _________ at very good hotel
9. Today the weather is nice, but yesterday it ____________
10. It was hot in the room, so I ___________ the window.
11. The weather was good yesterday afternoon, so we ________ tennis.
12. William Shakespeare ____________ in 1616.
❖ Complete the sentences with the Past Simple of the verbs in
parentheses.

1. Kelly _______ (leave) work at 7 o’clock yesterfay, but she __________ (not go) home she
__________ (go) out with Daniel
2. Andy and his wife ________ (have) a great time at the concert last night. They _________
(dance) a lot.
3. I’m really hungry. I ___________ (not have) breakfast this morning.
4. Yesterday I _________ (surf) to internet and I __________ (not find) interesting information-
5. Last year Pamela ________ (paint) her bedroom light blue, but she _________ (not like) it.
so she __________ (change) it to yellow.
6. Where ______ Patricia________ (go) yesterday night?
 ❖ Read the text and answer the questions
Simple Past Story
One autumn, Charkles and Beth went to the theater. They atended a play. The play started at 7:00. Charles
and Beth enjoyed the theater.
After the play, Charles and Beth walked together in the park. They walk beside the lake. The moon was
bright. They talk about their future.
When Charles and Beth went home, their children were not asleep. They waited for Charles and Beth to
return . They were excited to hear about the theater.
Charles told the children about the play. Then, Beth put the children to bed . Charles and Beth were very tired
. It was a good nigth!

1. Where did Charles and Beth go in autumn? _____________________________

2. What time did the play start? _____________________________
3. Where did Charles and Beth go after the play? _____________________________
4. Did the children wait for Charles and Beth? _____________________________
5. What did Beth do after Charles told the children about the play? _____________________________
❖ What did you do yesterday?
❖ answer sentences with the verbs given (affirmative or negative)

1. (get up) ___________________________________________________________

2. (do) _____________________________________________________________
3. (go) _____________________________________________________________
4. (watch) ___________________________________________________________
5. (read) ____________________________________________________________
6. (cook) ____________________________________________________________
7. (have dinner) _______________________________________________________
8. (sleep) _____________________________________________________________