PA S T S IM P L E

REGULAR VERBS
 AFFIRMATIVE
SINGULAR
I DANCED WITH A PRINCE LAST LIGHT.
YOU CLIMBED THE BEANSTALK YESTERDAY.
HE/SHE/IT JUMPED THE RIVER IN SEPTEMBER

PLURAL
WE/YOU/THEY SERVED PORRIDGE FOR BREAKFAST TWO DAYS AGO.

• USE: FINISHED ACTIONS THAT HAPPENED AT A DEFINITE TIME IN THE PAST.

• (UTILIZAM PAST SIMPLE (TRECUTUL) PENTRU ACTIUNI INCHEIATE LA UN ANUMIT TIMP IN TRECUT.
• (LAST NIGHT, YESTERDAY, IN SEPTEMBER, TWO DAYS AGO, IN 1995 ETC.)
 SPELLING

• CLIMB-CLIMBED
• CARRY-CARRIED
• DANCE-DANCED
• SKIP-SKIPPED
• STOP-STOPPED
• CRY-CRIED
INTERROGATIVE (?)
SINGULAR
• DID I DANCE WITH THE PRINCE? YES, YOU DID /NO, YOU. DIDN’T.
• DID YOU CLIMB THE BEANSTALK? YES, I DID /NO, I DIDN’T
• DID HE/SHE/IT JUMP THE RIVER? YES, HE/SHE/IT DID / NO, HE/SHE/IT DIDN’T.

PLURAL

• DID WE/YOU/THEY SERVE PORRIDGE FOR BREAKFAST? YES, YOU/WE/THEY DID.

NEGATIVE (X)
• LONG FORM /SHORT FORM

•I DID NOT (DIDN’T) DANCE WITH A PRINCE .

•YOU DID NOT (DIDN’T) CLIMB THE BEANSTALK.
•HE/SHE/IT DID NOT (DIDN’T) JUMP THE RIVER.
•WE/YOU/THEY DID NOT (DIDN’T) SERVE PORRIDGE FOR BREAKFAST.
READ AND FILL IN WAS OR WERE:
1. UNCLE HARRY …WAS…………… NOT AT WORK YESTERDAY.
2.LARRY AND LULU ……………………..AT THE ZOO LAST NIGHT.
3.……………..LARRY AND PACO IN THE GARDEN AN HOUR AGO?
4.………………….THE CAKE FOR ROBBIE’S BIRTHDAY?
5.MUM AND DAD……………..…. NOT AT HOME LAST NIGHT.
 COMPLETE THE QUESTIONS WITH
WAS/WERE/ DID:
• 1. WHAT DID YOU WATCH ON TV YESTERDAY?
• 2.WHERE ………………...YOU LIVE IN 2008?
• 3………………YOU STUDY FOR ANY EXAMS LAST MONTH?
• 4.HOW……………..YOUR WEEKEND?
• 5WHERE …………..YOU GO YESTERDAY?
• 6.WHEN …………….... YOU START LEARNING ENGLISH?
• 7………………..…YOU STUDY FOR ANY EXAMS LAST WEEK?
 MAKE THE SENTENCES NEGATIVE:
DIDN’T +VB
• LUKE STUDIED ENGLISH LAST YEAR. LUKE DIDN’T STUDY ENGLISH LAST YEAR.
• 1.SHE DANCED WITH A PRINCE LAST WEEKEND.
• 2. THE CAT CLIMBED A TREE LAST MONTH.
• 3. SUE JUMPED THE ROPE ON SUNDAY.
• 4.WE WATCHED TV ON FRIDAY.
• 5. JOHN CARRIED A BIG BOX UP THE STAIRS ONE WEEK AGO.