• PAST SIMPLE USES We use Present Simple to talk about actions we did in the past (and we are not doing yet)
I lived in Madrid (but I live in Badajoz now…) She played tennis (but she prefers badminton now…)
And also to say: how we were: She was very beautiful how old we were: I was 8 when it happened where we lived: We lived in Madrid in 1990 our state in the past: You were very hungry yesterday
My teacher had a bad cold
the time in the past: It was six o’clock when she came the weather in the past: Yesterday, it was sunny FORM (Examples: verbs LIKE and BREAK) I liked
I broke
You liked
You broke
He / she / it liked
He / she / it broke
We liked
We broke
You liked
You broke
They liked
They broke
There are two types of English verbs: Regular verbs: form the Past Simple by adding –ED or –D (-d, when ending in ‘e’ (live: lived)). Verbs ending in ‘consonant + y’ add –IED (cry: cried) Lulu watched TV yesterday Short regular verbs ending in vowel+consonant, they double the last consonant Stop - stopped Irregular verbs: they have their own form for Past Simple (you must study the irregular verbs list) We (go) went to New York last Christmas
Negative I didn’t like
I didn’t break
You didn’t like
You didn’t break
He / she / it didn’t like
Remember!! I not liked He / she / it didn’t break didn’t
We didn’t like
We didn’t break
You didn’t like
You didn’t break
They didn’t like
They didn’t break
He didn’t broke break
Interrogative Did I like?
Did I break?
Did you like?
Did you break?
Did he / she / it like?
Did he / she / it break?
Did we like?
Did we break?
Did you like?
Did you break?
Did they like?
Did they break?
Remember!! Liked you? Did you like? Did she broke? break
ACTIVITIES 1.- Change the verb from Present Simple to Past Simple Sam (wants) ________ a new car
I (push) _______ the bike
She (buys) _______ a CD
You (take) ______ the book
2.- Choose one verb from the list below and write it in Past Simple (mind well: (i) means that the verb is irregular) want
write (i)
like run (i) go (i)
play
look
drive (i)
open
study
Dad ___________ a letter to his friend
It was hot, so I _________ the window
The exam was OK: I ___________ a lot
They __________ oranges very much
Mum _________ her car
I __________ tennis when I was a child
We ________ and jumped
Sam __________ a bike for his birthday
She _________ to the supermarket yesterday She __________ at me and smiled
3.- Form negative sentences (use Past Simple) Tim (not go) ____________ to the party
She (not come) ____________ with me
He (not paint) _____________ his bike
I (not see) ______________ the boat
You (not wear) _____________ shorts
They (not know) __________ the address
4.- Order these interrogative sentences in the proper way climb – a tree – did – she - ? ___________________________________? they – visit – their – friends – did - ? ____________________________________? he – a book – did – read - ? _________________________________? play – computer games – he – did - ? ___________________________________?
5.- All these Past Simple sentences have some mistakes. Rewrite them correctly I didn’t ran 20 kilometers ______________________________ Do you liked the party? _______________________________ She finded a coin in the park ______________________________ We don’t broke the window ______________________________