SIMPLE PAST TENSE

We use simple past tense to

talk about activities that
happened in the definite past.
Yesterday we played soccer.
We danced in the disco
last night.
She prepared delicious food
yesterday.
He bought a modern computer
last week.
 REGULAR VERBS
REGULAR VERBS
PRESENT PAST PAST PARTICIPLE
Play played played
Dance danced danced
Watch watched watched
Erase erased erased
Clean cleaned cleaned
Use used used
Walk walked walked
 IRREGULAR VERBS
PRESENT PAST PAST PARTICIPLE
Do did done
Go went gone
Write wrote written
Make made made
Buy bought bought
Sleep slept slept
Read read read
Put put put
 AFFIRMATIVE SENTENCES
SUBJECT + VERB + COMPLEMENT

I studied secondary in Chota last year.

She danced in the disco last night.

We bought a new computer last month.

The teacher taught English last week.

He bought the bread yesterday.
They rode their bicycles
last weekend.
He bought a new umbrella
last month.
 NEGATIVE SENTENCES
SUBJECT + AUX. DID + NOT + VERB + COMPLEMENT

I did not play the guitar last night.

He did not paint the new office yesterday.

We did not read the poem last class.

She did not use the computer yesterday.

.
They did not use the
computer yesterday.
They did not travel by
train last year.
She didn’t have dinner at
the restaurant.
 INTERROGATIVE SENTENCES
Aux. did + subject + verb + complement + ?

Did you study primary in Chota last year?

Did she prepare hamburgers last week?

Did the teacher teach English last year?

Did the students use the computer yesterday?

Did she read a book at the
library?

Yes, she did.

Did she use the computer
yesterday?

No, she didn’t.

Did they play volleyball
last weekend?

No, they didn’t.

 Answer the questions with short answers.

1.- Did you study here last year? (MODEL)

- Yes, I did No, I did not.

2.- Did she clean her bedroom yesterday?

3.- Did the teacher play the guitar last week?

4.- Did the students eat fruit yesterday?

5.- Did he go to the disco last night?

 Answer with a complete sentence

Did you go to the disco last night?

- Yes, I went to the disco last night. (Model)
- No, I didn’t go to the disco last night.

1.- Did you play the guitar last night?

2.- Did the nun visit hospital last wek?
3.- Did the teacher attend to class last class?
4.- Did the students read the poem yesterday?
5.- Did you buy a modern computer last year?
Yesterday was a busy day.
Yesterday was a busy day for Laura because she
Went to the market to buy meat, vegetables and
Some fruit, after that she returned back home.
She cleaned her bedroom, washed her clothes
and prepared her lunch and then she ironed her
clothes, cleaned her bathroom and went to the
bank to cash a check. Then she helped her son
with his task and after that she prepared her
dinner. At the end she went to bed very tired.
If you want to learn English,
you have to practice,
practice and practice.

BY: MANUEL MALHABER DIAZ