Welcome!

We use the past simple to talk about

things that happened in the past.
Past simple: be
We use the verb was and were (the past tense of verb to be) to talk about the past.
.
Positive
Subj + Verb to be in past + complement

I was at school
yesterday.
Be careful!
He
She was at home. We use WAS for singular and WERE for
It plural.

We
You were together last year.
They
LET’S PRACTICE
Past simple: Negative

We usually use short forms in negative sentence.

HE wasn’t (was not) at home.

SHE
IT

WE
YOU weren’t (were not) near the bus station.
THEY
Complete the blog with the correct forms of WAS or WERE.

On Friday I 1. ____________ at an exhibition at the Science Museum

with my class. There 2. _________ lots of gadgets for listening to
music, from the last 100 years or so. There 3. ________ any CDs in the
1990s. There 4. ________ machines called gramophones. They work
like record players, but they have big speakers, like trumpets. The
sound 5. _________ very good, not like modern CDs, but I think some
of gramophones 6. __________ really beautiful.
 Past simple: Questions and short answers.
Answers
Questions
I was

Was I at home?
Yes, He, she , it was
in the church last
he
Was she night? You, we, they were
it in a party yesterday?
we I wasn’t
was not
Were you No,
they He, she , it wasn’t
was not

You, we, they weren’t

were not
 LET’S PRACTICE

Choose the correct words to complete the sentences.

1. Where was / were you this morning?

2. I wasn’t / weren’t in school yesterday.
3. Our class was / were on a trip to the museum.
4. There was / were some very old toys there.
5. What time was / were it?
Function: When do we use it?
1. To talk about completed or finished actions in the past.
Last year, I travelled to France by train. He travelled in the past. The action is
completed. He isn’t travelling now.

2. To describe states or feelings from a specific time in the past.

It was fun! I really liked France. He had these feelings at this specific
time in the past (last year).

3. Often used with past time expressions (which refer to specific

times). Other past time expressions used
with the past simple are: The verb to be in
Last year, I travelled to France by train. the past simple.
1. Yesterday
2. Last month/year/week
3. 10 years/a month ago
4. In 1997
 Past simple: regular verbs
positive
We use the past simple to talk about:

➔ Completed action in the past.

Anne cooked with his mother.

My sister and I played soccer together.

➔ Actions that happened at a specific time in the past.

I washed my car yesterday.

He ate pizza last night.
Past Simple - Regular
verbs

Tom phoned his best friend.

 Regular verbs
Spelling rules
To form the affirmative past tense of most regular verbs:

● Add -ed to the base form of the verb (wash - washed).

● If the verb ends in -e, add -d (live - lived).

● If the verb ends in a consonant preceded by a vowel, double the

final consonant (stop -stopped)

● If the verb ends in -y preceded by a consonant, omit the “y”

and add -ied (copy - copied).
 Expressions for past tense.
LAST AGO YESTERDAY

Last night Ten years ago Yesterday

Last sunday A year ago Yesterday morning

Last week A week ago Yesterday afternoon

Last year Three days ago Yesterday night

Last weekend Five minutes ago Yesterday evening

Last month One month ago The day before yesterday

 EX:
Negative. ● I didn’t watch TV last
night.
● We make negative sentence with did/didn’t and
the base form of the verb. ● Allan didn’t listen music
yesterday.
● We don’t add -ed to the verb in negative
sentence. ● Emma didn’t run in the
park.
● We usually use short forms in negative sentence.
● My mom and I didn’t cook
last week.

Subj + didn’t + verb in inf + complement ● They didn’t play video

games.
Past Simple - Regular
verbs

They didn’t study for the Maths test.

They studied for the History test.
 EX:
Questions
● Did you go to the school
yesterday?
We don’t add -ed to the verb in ● Did she watch TV last
questions. night?

● Did Josh drive his car?

We change the word order in
SHORT ANSWER
questions.
Yes,
I/he/she/it/we/you did.
Did + subj + verb in inf + complement + ? /they

No,
I/he/she/it/we/you didn’t.
/they
Did they visit London last year?
Yes, they did.
Did Kate walk to school?
No, she didn’t
 LE󰈜’󰈟
P󰈤A󰉎T󰈾󰉑󰉈
 Exercises
https://www.liveworksheets.com/jv153118zr
 VIDEO
https://view.genial.ly/5e735
5aa657be132627fadc6
 - For irregular verbs, we DON’T add –ED to
make the past simple.
-Each irregular verb has its own form.
See = saw
I saw you at the weekend. Seed

She went to school at 8:00 o’clock. Go = went

Goed

They did their homework. Do = did

Doed
speak

spoke
eat

ate
throw

threw
see

saw
write

wrote
run

ran
 buy

bought
come

came
ride

rode
read

read
put

put
cut

cut
give

gave
fly

flew
sleep

slept
Past simple: irregular verbs
Some verbs don’t use -ed in the past simple.
We call these irregular verbs.

Positive
Subj + Verb + complement

Ben went to the USA. Be careful!

People saw her on TV. Take time to learn

irregular verbs.
 Past simple: irregular verbs
Some verbs change one or two letters, but look similar to the present
form.

know – knew
make – made
sing – sang
win – won

For other verbs, the present form and the past simple form can be very
different.

buy – bought
do – did
go – went
 Past simple: Negative
We usually use short forms in negative sentence.

We make negative sentences with did/didn’t + the base form of the verb.

I
HE
SHE didn’t (did not) go to London.
IT
WE
YOU
THEY
 Past simple: Questions and short answers.
Answers
Questions
I

I
he Yes, He, she , it did.
Did she
it go to London? You, we, they
we
you
they I

No,
He, she , it didn’t.

You, we, they

 LE󰈜’󰈟
P󰈤A󰉎T󰈾󰉑󰉈
PAG 11
Complete the article with the past simple form of the verbs in
brackets.

I didn’t know that!

Six facts for Twilight fans
Stephanie Meyer is a world-famous writer now, but did you know these
things about her?
►She 1 ________ (have) no experience of writing before Twilight.
►She 2 ________ (write) the first book in just three months.
►The idea for Twilight 3 ________ (come) to her in a dream.
►Her sister 4 _______ (read) the story first and told her to publish
it.
►Her Twilight books 5 ________ (be) in the Top Ten Bestsellers list
for 143 weeks.
PAG 16