INSTITUTO INTERNACIONAL DE IDIOMAS

FACULTAD SECCIONAL CHIQUINQUIRÁ

WORKSHEET LEVEL 2
Topic: Simple Past Tense and Week: 5 y 6 Time: 2 weeks
Linking Words.

Para el desarrollo de la guía, se podrá utilizar los recursos que tenga a mano en casa como el
diccionario o libros. Adicionalmente, si cuenta con el acceso a internet podrá complementar con
tutoriales en YouTube, enlaces enviados por la docente, diccionarios online:
www.wordreference.com. Las tutorías se harán por Chat en MOODLE, en primera instancia y
dependiendo el caso, vía telefónica, whatsapp o google meet, según horario establecido. Es
importante mantener una actitud positiva para desarrollar sus actividades de clase autónomas.
Recuerde: Stay Home, Save lives.

I. TEACHING: Simple Past Tense.

The simple past tense is used to talk about a completed action in a time before now. The simple
past is the basic form of past tense in English. The time of the action can be in the recent past or
the distant past and action duration is not important.

Examples:

• She cleaned her house.

• I broke the window.

AFFIRMATIVE
The affirmative of the simple past tense is simple.
• I was in Japan last year
• She had a headache yesterday.
• We did our homework last night.
NEGATIVE AND INTERROGATIVE

For the negative and interrogative simple past form of "TO DO" as an ordinary verb, use the
auxiliary "DID", e.g. We didn't do our homework last night. The negative of "have" in the simple
past is usually formed using the auxiliary "did", but sometimes by simply adding not or the
contraction "n't". The interrogative form of "have" in the simple past normally uses the auxiliary
"did".

Examples:
• I didn't want to go to the dentist.
• She didn't have time.
• You didn't close the door.
• Did you study? – Yes, I did.
• When did you study? – I studied last night.
• Where did you study? – I studied at the library.

Note: For the negative and interrogative form of all verbs in the simple past, always use the
auxiliary 'DID''.

REGULAR VERBS IN THE PAST TENSE

The simple past is formed using the Verb + Ed.

want → wanted learn → learned

stay → stayed walk → walked

show → showed

EXCEPTIONS
IRREGULAR VERBS IN THE PAST TENSE
A verb that does not follow the usual rules for verb forms. Also known as a strong verb. Verbs in
English are irregular if they don't have the conventional -ed ending (such as asked or ended) in
the past tense and/or past participle forms

Example:

VERB PAST
Be was (I, he, she, it)
were (you, we, they
Do did
Have had

II. PRACTICE

Find the past simple forms of the verbs in the boxes below. Then, write their past forms
in the boxes next to them.
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III. HOMEWORK
Create a story using simple past tense and linking words.

Example: First, I walked …

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IV. EVALUATION.
Select the best option