6A Simple past ‘We use te simple past to tak about completed actions in the past | bought a new camera yesterday. Emma didn't come to work last week Did you see Lucia atthe party? ‘We form negatives and questions wth dh and did + the base form ofthe verb orn Regular verbs Irregular verbs ‘We took lat of photos. He didn’t go shopping last week. Did you meet anyone interesting? No, | didnt. + Wewalked to school yesterday. = | did study science incolege 2 Didheuse his own camera? YIN Yes.hedid ‘We usually add -ed to regular verbs to make the positive frm ofthe simple past Spelling rules for regular simple past positive forms We usually add -ed tothe vero. play => played watch -> watched When averbendsine, weadd-d. dance > danced livec> lived Wena verb endsin consonant +, we change they to fand then we ad -ed study = studied When a vero endsin consonant + vowel + consonant, we double the final consonant and then added. stop <> stopped plan > planned Many common verbs have iregular simple past postive forms. 190= went have c> had take = took Look! The verbs be and can ae irregular in the simple past Iwas atthe party. We could see the house. ‘She wasn't here. He couldn't come to class. Were you happy? Could you speak French when you were younger? Yes, Iwas. No, I couldn't Time expressions ‘We often use time expressions wit the simple past to say when an action happened, Time expressions can go atthe end or at the beginning of sentences. Last year, the president traveled to Europe. The president traveled to Europe las year. NOT Fhe president raveledact-yearto Europe Oe Time expressions at times ~Thetrainarrvedat6oelock SSS Jn seasons, months, years They traveled inthe summer. 1n2015, we moved to Portugal. Last night, | saw a good game on TV. We went there last year, What did you do on Monday? Did you do anything special on July 4th? | wentto the movies on the weekend. ‘An hour ago, Kevin was here | saw him three days ago. | saw her yesterday. last +night/weekimonthl year (on + days, dates, the weekend seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, years +ago. vesterday ‘1. Complete the sentences with the correct simple past form of the vers. 4 They_Iearned__t0 speak Spanish in Colombia (learn) 2 id you _sce__ Hannah yesterday? see) '3 We tock thisphoto from the top ofthat building, take) 4 | didnt goto clas last week. (not gol 5 Did you eajey the movie? enjoy) 66 How annoying Else didn check her e-mail last night {not check! 7 pid Paula you on Monday? (eal 8 |_seotked _ ina restaurant five years ago. work) 2A White simple past questions 4 what you dof yesterday? 2 yoursister go onvacaton /wthyou st yea? 5 when /you fish the project? 4 yu have /a smartphone ten years 90? 5 when Nara ake the photo? 66 where be /you / on Monday / a 10:00 am? Match answers af with questions 1-6. 8 Hfnishedita few days ago. — b Yes, Idi. twas very expensive « Iwenttoaiend’s house and watched a move, Iwas in my cr, diving to work, «No, she didn't, She stayed at home _ He took ast month when he was in Poland, 3 Choose the comec options to complet the sentences 1 Wein take any photos on i atthe summer. 2 ought this phonea few yearsago last past. 55 Wemoved oa new apariment on i a August. 4 Did you se Andes in town yesterday ast day doy 390? 5 Theconcert stated | on [81990 pm. 6 Monica andJleta went tothe movies in at) saturay 7 Did your college course rsh inf / a uy 50? 8 Theymetinacaféago las past night “4Go back to page 49