SIMPLE PAST WITH REGULAR AND

IRREGULAR VERBS
AUXILIARY DID
I
YOU
HE
DID SHE
WE
YOU
THEY
 FORMULA YES-NO QUESTIONS
DID + SUBJECT + VERB + COMPLEMENT?

DID YOU STAY HOME YESTERDAY?

 YES – NO QUESTIONS WITH
AUXILIARY DID
DID YOU LIKE THE MOVIE?
Yes, I did. No, I didn’t.
DID CARLA GO TO PUNTA ARENAS?

Yes, she did. No, she didn’t.

DID THEY STUDY FOR THE QUIZ?

Yes, they did. No, they didn’t.
 WH-QUESTIONS
WH-Q + DID + SUBJECT + VERB + COMP?

WHAT DID YOU DO LAST NIGHT?

I WENT TO A BARBECUE
WH-QUESTIONS
WHAT DID YOU DO LAST NIGHT?
I went to a party.
HOW DID YOU LIKE THE MOVIE?
I liked it very I didn’t like it.
much.
HOW LONG DID SHE STUDY ENGLISH?

She studied two hours.

 SIMPLE PAST
WENT / WORKED / TRAVELED/ GOT UP

PETER WENT TO A PARTY LAST NIGHT.

MY HUSBAND TRAVELED TO PUCON LAST MONTH.

I GOT UP LATE LAST MORNING.

YOU WORKED LATE LAST WEEK

NEGATIVE STATEMENTS
I DIDN’T STUDY FOR THE QUIZ.

SHE DIDN’T GO TO THE MALL

YESTERDAY

I DIDN’T SEND MY TOEIC EXERCISES

HE DIDN’T EAT ALL HIS MEAL

WAS / WERE
I
SHE
WAS
HE
IT
WE
WERE
YOU
THEY
SIMPLE PAST: VERB TO BE

I WAS AT HOME YESTERDAY.

 YOU WERE IN CLASSES LAST WEEK.

 HE WAS IN LONDON .

 SHE IN A PARTY LAST NIGHT.

WAS
 IT A NICE DAY YESTERDAY.
WAS
 WE IN THE MALL.
WERE
 YOU IN A RESTAURANT.
WERE
 THEY SICK LAST NIGHT.
WERE
FORMULA YES-NO QUESTIONS WITH VERB
TO BE
BE + SUBJECT + COMPLEMENT?

WERE YOU AT HOME YESTERDAY?

WAS SHE IN CLASSES YESTERDAY?

INTERROGATIVE FORM
YES – NOT QUESTIONS
WERE YOU AT HOME YESTERDAY?

WERE YOU IN CLASSES LAST MORNING?

HE IN THE SOCCER MATCH?
WAS SHE ILL LAST NIGHT?
IT A NICE DAY YESTERDAY?

WE IN THE MALL?
WERE YOU IN THE INSTITUTE?
THEY IN THE CINEMA?
YES-NO QUESTION VERB TO BE

WERE YOU IN CLASSES YESTERDAY?

YES, I WAS. NO, I WAS NOT.

• WAS HE IN THE TENNIS MATCH?
YES, HE WAS. NO, HE WASN’T.

WERE THEY IN THE CITY LAST NIGHT?

YES, THEY WERE. NO, THEY WEREN’T.
WH-QUESTIONS WITH VERB TO BE
 WHEN?

WHEN WAS THE PARTY?

• WHERE?

WHERE WERE YOU LAST NIGHT?

• WHY?
WHY WAS SHE LATE YESTERDAY?
 WH – QUESTIONS WITH VERB TO BE
WH-Q + BE + SUBJECT + COMP?

HOW LONG WERE YOU AWAY?

ANSWERS
SUBJECT + BE + COMPLEMENT

I WAS AWAY FOR A WEEK

Do you know the past verbs?
presentpast present past
 begin ___  know ___
 buy ___  leave ___
 drive ___  lose ___
 fail___  mean ___
 feel ___  pay ___
 go ___  sell ___
 grow ___  sit ___
 hear ___  think ___