Past Simple

INSTITUTO TÉCNICO BILINGÜE
Course: Basic English A2

Teacher: Priscilla Chavarría Rojas
PAST SIMPLE.
We use the past tense to talk about something that happened once in
the past.
Some important vocabulary:
 Ago.
“Five years ago, broke my leg.”

“She had a baby a month ago. (“a week ago,”, “two weeks ago”,
but not “a day ago” – instead, use “yesterday”.)
 Last
“Last week I went to London.”

“Last year I visited the USA.”
(also “last month” and “in the last century”.)
 Prepositions of time
We use these prepositions with times and dates. (Remember: we can
use these with past, present and future time forms.)
On
I started work on Monday.
On my birthday I went out for dinner.
It’s his wedding anniversary on December 7th.
British people often eat turkey on Christmas Day.
At (a clock time / a period of time)

I finish work at 6pm.
They ate lunch at midday.
I don’t like going out at night.
In
(With a century, year, month, season, part of the day)
They got married in 2010.
She went on holiday in March.
They go to the beach in summer.
She goes shopping in the morning.
They left early in the evening.
During (at some point in a period of time)

It rained during the night.
They argued during the holidays.
 Sequencing words
Before antes
I woke up before the alarm clock went off.
After despues
After I had a shower, I got dressed.
Then
Then I had breakfast.
After that / Afterwards
After that, I left the house.
Later
Later that day, I got a strange phone call.
When
When I got home, I listened to some music.
 Verbs
https://www.linguasorb.com/english/verbs/most-common-
verbs/
was / were – past of is / are

 Physical appearance:
She was small.
 Professions
They were football players.
 Adjectives
The dog was beautiful.
 ubications
We were in Russia
 To feelings
they were very happy.
The structures.
Examples:
I was not in my job in the morning at 7:00 o’ clock.
My pet wasn’t an exellent dog.
They were not / weren’t good students in 2015.
Examples:
I wasn’t happy yesterday.
We weren’t in San Ramon.
she wasn’t a good friends
Examples:
1. Was I a good student? (¿Yo era un buen estudiante?)
Yes, I was a good student.
2. Were we old friends? (¿Nosotros éramos viejos amigos?)
No we weren’t
3. Was he a student? (¿Él era un estudiante?)

4. Was the pencil on the desk? (¿El lápiz estaba sobre el
escritorio?)
5. Where was your last party?
6. my last party was in august
7. it was in November
8. Was she absent from class yesterday? (¿Ella no estaba en
clase ayer?)
9. Was the sky clear? (¿El cielo estaba limpio?)
Yes, It was
10. Was the child in the garden? (¿El niño estaba en el jardín?)
No, He was not, because He was In the house.
11. Was it a pleasant day? (¿Fue un día placentero?)
Yes , It was because it was a
12. Was she sick yesterday? (¿Ella estaba enferma ayer?)

13. Was he a businessman? (¿Él era un hombre de negocios?)
14. Was he a lawyer? (¿Él era un abogado?)
15. Was yesterday Monday? (¿Ayer fue lunes?)
16. Were he and Mary good students? (¿Él y Mary
fueron buenos estudiantes?)
17. Was the man on the corner waiting the bus? (¿El hombre
en la esquina estaba esperando el autobús?)
18. Was he in Europe? (¿Él estaba en Europa?)
19. Was he tired last night? (¿Él estaba cansado anoche?)
20. Was the tax high? (¿El impuesto era alto?)
21. Was the workout easy to do? (¿El ejercicio fue fácil de
hacer?)
22. Was she angry? (¿Ella estaba enojada?)
23. Were you very serious? (¿Tú eras muy serio?)
24. Was the window closed? (¿La ventana estaba cerrada?)
25. Was he in the same class as Peter last year? (¿Él estaba
en la misma clase que Peter el año pasado?)
26. Were we members of the club? (¿Nosotros éramos
miembros del club?)
27. Was she a good football player? (¿Ella era una buena
jugadora de futbol?)
28. Was the sky cloudy? (¿El cielo estaba nublado?)
29. Was she hungry after workout? (¿Ella estaba hambrienta
después del ejercicio?)
30. Were they good friends for many years? (¿Ellos eran
buenos amigos por muchos años?)
31. Was he in his office? (¿Él estaba en su oficina?)
32. Were we busy yesterday? (¿Nosotros estábamos ocupados
ayer?)
33. Was it a good movie? (¿Fue una buena película?)
34. Were we married? (¿Nosotros estábamos casados?)
35. Were they sick yesterday? (¿Ellos estaban enfermos ayer?)
36. Was he a happy child? (¿Él era un niño feliz?)
37. Was she a stranger to him? (¿Ella era una extraña para
él?)
38. Was he at the beach this morning? (¿Él estaba en la playa
esta mañana?)
39. Was she a pretty woman? (¿Ella era una mujer bonita?)
40. Was my uncle a good swimmer? (¿Mi tío era un buen
nadador?)
41. Were they old friends of my family? (¿Ellos eran viejos
amigos de mi familia?)
42. Was my aunt a good tennis player? (¿Mi tía era una buena
jugadora de tenis?)
43. Were you tired after a long walk? (¿Tú estabas cansado
después de una larga caminata?)
44. Was the wind very strong? (¿El viento era muy fuerte?)
45. Was he a football player at college? (¿Él era un jugador de
futbol en la universidad?)
46. Was he her boyfriend? (¿Él era su novio?)
47. Was the party boring? (¿La fiesta estaba aburrida?)
48. Was she eating when I arrived? (¿Ella estaba comiendo
cuando llegué?)
49. Were you happy to see me? (¿Estabas feliz de verme?)
50. Was he reading? (¿Él estaba leyendo?)
51. Was she doing her homework? (¿Ella estaba haciendo su
tarea?)
52. Was she cooking a cake? (¿Ella estaba cocinando un
pastel?)
53. Were they here yesterday? (¿Ellos estaban aquí ayer?)
Written Practices.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Be1_hVWLdH4
https://www.engblocks.com/grammar/exercises/tenses/pa
st-simple-with-to-be-was-were-wh-questions/
Game:
https://wordwall.net/es/resource/11685766/choose-was-
were
Listening.
https://www.liveworksheets.com/worksheets/en/English_
as_a_Second_Language_(ESL)/Verb_to_be_-
_past_simple/Listening*Was-Were_cc1238808nk
Written practice : Where were you yesterday ?
Speaking practices.
https://wordwall.net/es/resource/22110831/answer-the-
questions-was-were
Homework.
https://es.liveworksheets.com/worksheets/en/English_as_
a_Second_Language_(ESL)/Was_or_were/Listening_ve33
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INSTITUTO TÉCNICO BILINGÜE

Course: Basic English A2

“Five years ago, broke my leg.”

“Last week I went to London.”

At (a clock time / a period of time)

During (at some point in a period of time)

was / were – past of is / are

Yes, I was a good student.

2. Were we old friends? (¿Nosotros éramos viejos amigos?)

3. Was he a student? (¿Él era un estudiante?)

No, He was not, because He was In the house.

11. Was it a pleasant day? (¿Fue un día placentero?)

Yes , It was because it was a

12. Was she sick yesterday? (¿Ella estaba enferma ayer?)

Written practice : Where were you yesterday ?

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