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Past simple
You use it:
When you talk about things you did
in the past



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Affirmative
I went to the park
I played tennis
There are two types of past verbs
Regular verbs Irregular verbs
You add ed to the end
of the verb in infinitive
The word changes
completely
Talked Eat ate
Walked Go went
jumped Run ran
worked Take took

Activity 1: Complete the sentences with the verb in
brackets in the past
1) Yesterday I ______ (see) a film on the TV.
2) On Saturday I ____________ (play) computer games with my cousins.
3) My brother ____________ (travel) to Ireland last summer.
4) She _________ (go) to the disco alone.
5) Jane _________ (get) the best score in the English test.
6) I _________ (sell) my old red guitar and _________ (buy) a trumpet.
7) The storm _________ (start) at about ten o'clock
8) I look _______ (look) at the photos.
9) She _______ (leave) her house in the morning.
10) I _______ (eat) pizza yesterday.


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Activity 2: Fill the blanks with one of the following
verbs: swam- had- drank- dreamed- took- arrived-
read- woke up- wrote- went- read- left- did- said-
was- went watched- bought-returned-went- ate-
left- asked

Tom _______ very early yesterday morning and _____ a bath. Then he ____ down to the
kitchen and ______ two pieces of toast and _____ a glass of milk. Tom works in the local
hospital and, yesterday he ____ the house at about 8 o'clock.
He _______ the number ten bus and he ______ at work at 8.30. He _____ 'good morning' to
his secretary, Maura, and then he _______ all the letters that were on his table. Then he ______
Maura for a cup of coffee and he _____ four very important letters.
At one o'clock, Tom ______ for lunch in a caf and _______ his newspaper. He _________ to
the office at two o'clock and ________ at six.
In the evening, he _______ in the local swimming pool and _______ the shopping in the local
supermarket where he _______ a lot of food. He _____ very tired in the evening so he _______
television. He _______ to bed at 11 o'clock and he ________ about winning the lottery.

Activity 3: word search


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Negative
You did not (didnt) go to the park.
You did not (didnt) play tennis.
Activity 1: Put the verbs in brackets in the negative
past form

Activity 2: Put the following sentences into the
negative form
1. I like to read science fiction.
2. Dogs chase cats.


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3. Dogs like to chase cats.
4. Pete wants to talk with Ann.
5. Alice works for an insurance company.
6. I like this wine very much.
7. I enjoy playing with my kids.
8. Sharon makes models from clay.
9. I practice the violin every morning.
10. He goes to school by bus

Interrogative
Did you go to the park?
Did you play tennis?
There are two types of questions:
Yes/No questions Wh-questions
Did you watch TV
yesterday?
Yes, I did
No, I didnt
What did you watch?
I watched a football
match.

Activity 1: Answer the questions


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Activity 2: Write the questions


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Final activity



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Project: My holiday



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Notes