WRITING

REVIEW
 Simple Past
Simple Past is when we say we completed an activity in the
past and it’s not happening anymore.

REMEMBER we have 2 types of verbs using Simple Past.

Regular Irregular
These are the verbs These are the verbs
that finish with -ED that change

travel – traveled go –went

sail – sailed make – made
start – started take - took
 Negative
In past, to say something in
negative you use:

DIDN’T + action

Did not is the same of didn’t.

I didn’t travel
I didn’t sail
I didn’t take
I didn’t go
I did not take

REMEMBER: The actions don’t put

them in past.

I didn’t traveled
I didn’t went
 Question form
To make questions, you need to do this:

DID + SUBJECT + ACTION + …?

Did Marco Polo travel to China?

Action is not in past here.

Make these sentences into questions:

• They met the emperor of China

• Marco Polo sailed to Venice
• He started his journey
• The Pope gave them gifts
 Ago
This sentence is used to measure time and
it’s only used in past sentences.

Man began to measure time by

natural cycles about 30,000
years AGO.

Also, you can find the word AGO:

• At the end of a sentence
• Next to numbers
• Next to the words: hundreds, years
 Was and Were
You use this words in past to talk about:
locations, feelings, descriptions, etc…

Was Were
Use this with more than 1 person
Use this with one person or object
or object

The invention was an oil lamp Clocks were so useful

The pendulum clock was big Hourglasses were a good option

Notice how with Was, the subject doesn’t

finish with “s” like with Were.