SIMPLE PAST

1. SIMPLE PAST OF BE (WAS-WERE)

-She was at home yesterday.
-She wasn’t at home yesterday.
-Was she at home yesterday?
Yes, she was.
No, she wasn’t
- Where was she yesterday?
 We were in class last Sunday.
 We weren’t in class last Sunday.
 Were we in class last Sunday?
 When were we in class?

2. SIMPLE PAST (DID)

Work – eat –sleep – play – sing- study…..

VERB
REGULAR VERBS IRREGULAR VERBS

WORK –WORKED EAT –ATE

PLAY – PLAYED GO –WENT

STUDY – STUDIED HAVE – HAD

ENJOY - ENJOYED SLEEP - SLEPT

 Cook –cooked
 Start- started -ed = /t/ /d/ /-Id/
 Finish- finished
 Want- wanted I worked until
-ed10pm
= /t/ last night.
 Stay-stayed
Sh/ chVictor
I visited my uncle / k / 1 year ago.
 Visit- visited
 Travel- traveled Finish – finished / work – worked / watch- watched

 Call- called -ed = /d/

 Watch- watched
Y / v /n /l
 Arrive- arrived
Play – played / listen – listened / arrive- arrived / call -called
 Listen- listened
 Ed = /Id/

T/d

Want : wanted

Visit : visited

Decide : decided

NEGATIVE: DID (AUXILIARY) (-)(?)

DID NOT : DIDN’T (NO)

 I didn’t work yesterday.

 I didn’t study English 2 years ago.
 I didn’t finish the homework of English.
 I didn’t visit my mom last week.
 I didn’t travel to Colombia.

You

He
Did not = didn’t Verb (base form)
She

It

We

they
QUESTIONS SIMPLE PAST

1.- YES / NO QUESTIONS : YES,-……. / NO,……

2.- WH QUESTIONS : MORE INFORMATION

1.- YES / NO QUESTIONS (DID)

 (+) Gabriela studied English last year.

(?) Did Gabriela study English last year ?

Yes, she did.
No, she didn´t

 (+) You finished work at 8:00 yesterday.

(?) Did you finish work at 8:00 yesterday?
Yes, I did.
No, I didn’t.