UNIT 12: ON THE MOVE

GRAMMAR: SIMPLE PAST TENSE:

USES:

ACTIONS / ACTIVITIES/ EVENTS THAT SARAH CLEANED THE HOUSE YESTERDAY

STARTED AND COMPLETED, DONE, FINISHED MORNING.
IN THE PAST.
I went to the zoo yesterday afternoon.
BIOGRAPHICAL EVENTS (HISTORY FACTS)
CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS DISCOVERED
AMERICA.
I WAS BORN IN 1990.

STRUCTURE = FORM VERB = REGULAR: ADD

- D, -ED, -IED
POSITIVE SENTENCES - Dance / DANCED
- Play / PLAYED
S + V (REGULAR / IRREGULAR) + C - Study / STUDIED
IRREGULAR VERB : LIST
I went to the park yesterday. GO – WENT = MY SISTER WENT TO THE GYM
I studied Math yesterday. YESTERDAY MORNING.

EAT – ATE = My mother ate "Arroz con

 pollo" yesterday

MY SISTER DIDN’T GO TO THE ZOO

NEGATIVE SENTENCES YESTERDAY. SHE WENT TO THE GYM.

S + DID NOT (DIDN’T) + VERB BASE FORM +C SHE DIDN’T EAT “ARROZ CON POLLO”
YESTERDAY.

MY FATHER DIDN’T BUY THE GROCERIES

YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. HE BOUGHT THEM
THREE DAYS AGO.

QUESTIONS/ interrogative DID SHE GO TO THE ZOO YESTERDAY?

YES, SHE DID. / NO, SHE DIDN’T.
DID + S + VERB BASE FORM + C ?
WH + DID +S + VERB BASE FORM +C ? WHERE DID YOUR SISTER GO YESTERDAY?
SHE WENT TO THE GYM.

WHAT DID YOU DO YESTERDAY MORNING?

I WATCHED TV , CLEANED MY HOUSE, DID MY
HOMEWORK ……..

TIME EXPRESSIONS

YESTERDAY MORNING, AFTERNOON, I BOUGHT A CELLPHONE LAST WEEK.

EVENING.
JOHN WENT TO THE RESTAURANT 4 DAYS
LAST NIGHT, WEEK, WEEKEND, YEAR, TIME, AGO.
MONDAY, ETC
SARAH GOT MARRIED IN 2008.
2 DAYS, 4 WEEKS, 7 YEARS, 2 HOURS, 2O
MINUTES AGO (NUMBERED TIME)

IN (SPECIFIC YEAR)

VERB BE IN PAST = WAS (I, HE, SHE, IT) / WERE (WE, YOU, THEY)= WASN’T / WEREN’T

I WAS TIRED LAST NIGHT. When I was 20 years old …

THEY WERE AT HOME YESTERDAY MORNING.

WERE YOU AT THE PARTY LAST NIGHT? YES, I WAS. / NO, I WASN’T

WAS YOUR MOM TIRED LAST NIGHT? YES, SHE WAS.

DID YOUR FATHER WORK LAST NIGHT? YES, HE DID.

HOW WAS THE PARTY LAST NIGHT?

IT WAS FANTASTIC.
 I LIVED IN AMSTERDAM LAST YEAR.

THEY ARRIVED YESTERDAY. /LAST NIGHT.

WHEN DID JENNY ARRIVE?

DID YOU LIVE WITH YOUR PARENTS?

I WENT TO ENGLISH CLASS YESTERDAY EVENING.

LIFE (NOUN) LIVE (VERB)

LEFT

DID YOU STAY

DIDN’T

LIVED

ARRIVED

WHEN YOU ARRIVE AT SCHOOL?

DID YOU COME TO SCHOOL BY BUS?

DID YOU DO YOUR HOMEWORK?

WHEN DID YOU LEAVE HOME?

 DID YOU DID
WATCH TV LAST DIDN’T.
NIGHT
THEY DIDN’T.
SELL/ CLEAN /
BUY

My first day at work

I remember my first job, I was 18 years old and I was totally scared./ I felt nervous

I worked as a waiter in the restaurant of my brother’s friend.

I took orders from the customers and I cleaned the tables.

I didn’t work in the kitchen because I broke down many dishes there.

I liked the job ..the salary wasn’t high but the tips were really good!!!