 1) Write the past simple form of these verbs:

Walk ________________________ Play_________________________

Eat _________________________
Visit ________________________
Be _________________________
Paint ________________________
Go _________________________
Want ________________________
Come ________________________
Say__________________________
Make_________________________
Cry__________________________
Jump_________________________
Scream_________________________
Smile__________________________
Read__________________________

 2) Put the verbs from exercise 1) into the right column.

REGULAR VERBS IRREGULAR VERBS

 3) Do you remember?

What’s the past tense of the verb TO BE?

He / She / It We / They / You I

Negative: Negative: Negative:
Positive: Positive: Positive:

What’s the past tense of the verb DO?

 4) Make sentences using the verbs from exercise 1) and 2).

PAST SIMPLE

Positive Subject + Verb (past form)

(ex. She ate.)

Negative Subject + didn’t + Verb (infinitive)

(ex. She didn’t eat.)

Interrogative (Wh) Did + Subject + Verb ? (infinitive)

(ex. Did she eat? What did she eat?.)
  5) Change the sentences into the negative form.

a) Anthony played tennis yesterday.

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b) Your friends ate hamburgers last night.
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c) Alex and Chris were in Mendoza in June.
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d) I read a book about pirates yesterday.
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 6) Change the sentences into the interrogative form.

Ex.
We ate a piece of cake.
Did we eat a piece of cake?_______________________________________________
a) Warner smiled at you.
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b) I put a book on the shelf.
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c) They went to the cinema last weekend.
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d) She took a carton of milk from the fridge.
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 7) Complete the sentences with the past of the verbs in brackets ( ).

a) My friend _____________ (say) he likes butter and dulce de leche on his toast.
b) I didn’t _____________ (make) coffee today!
c) Neill _______________ (give) his mother a beautiful present.
d) ______________ the students ___________ (do) their homework yesterday?

 8) Match the question with the right answer.

What did you cook yesterday? Yes, they did. They went to Italy!

Did you do your math homework? That girl was my cousin, Martha.

Did they go on holiday last year? I went to school on Friday.

Who was that girl? No, she didn’t. She played the violin.

When did you go to school? No, I didn’t. I was busy.

Did she play the guitar last night? She said she was angry at you!

Did John visit his mother? No, he didn’t.

What did Maggie say? I cooked milanesas yesterday.

  9) Rewrite these sentences from the present simple to the past simple.

I go on holiday. ________________________________________________________________

Do you eat cake? _______________________________________________________________

I don’t smile very often. _________________________________________________________

She walks to work. _____________________________________________________________

There is a black cat on the roof. __________________________________________________

They make a delicious apple pie. __________________________________________________

We don’t like homework. _______________________________________________________

He doesn’t visit the hairdresser. __________________________________________________

She isn’t a friendly woman. ______________________________________________________

Do they play tennis? ____________________________________________________________

There aren’t any eggs in the fridge. ________________________________________________

 10) Choose a card and write a sentence using the past simple.
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 11) Answer the questions using the past simple.

Did you have fun at school yesterday? What did you do? What did you learn?

Who did you see today at school? (I saw…)

Did you finish your homework?

How much water did you drink at school?

What did you watch on TV last night?

Did you watch any horror movies last month?

Did you play video games last week?

Did you enjoy school?

Can you ask a question in the past tense?

Homework

Write a short story using the past simple. Write about Benjamin’s birthday. What did he and
his family do?

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