Simple Past

SIMPLE PAST TENSE

STRUCTURES
(+) Subject + verb in past (-ed)
Eg: I cleaned my bedroom
(-) Subject + did not (didnt) + verb in infinitive form
Eg: I did not clean my bedroom
(?) Did + subject + verb in infinitive form
Eg: Did I clean my bedroom?
SHORT ANSWERS IN PAST
Did you pass the exam?
Yes, I did / No, I did not

Did they finish their homework?

Yes, they did / No, they did not
 USE 1
We use simple past to express the idea that an action
started and finished at a specific time in the past
Eg: Iwatcheda movie yesterday.
Hedidn't washhis car
Last year, Itraveledto Japan.
 USE 2
Simple Past can be used with a duration which starts and
stops in the past.
Eg: Ilivedin Brazil for two years.
Wetalkedon the phone for thirty minutes.
ShaunastudiedJapanese for five years.
 USE 3
Simple Past can also be used to describe a habit which
stopped in the past.
Eg: IstudiedFrench when I was a child.
Didyouplaya musical instrument when you were a
kid?
Sheworkedat the cinema after school.
 IT WAS A DREAM!
Our friend Alejandro _________ (want) to go to a Placebo concert because he
_____(like) their music very much.
He ________ (ask) himself: where can I buy the tickets?
A friend _________ (answer) him that he could buy them at a shopping
centre.
Alejandro _________ (need) money, so he ________ (work) at "Nueva
Condomina" last Saturday because the local team, Real Murcia, _________
(play) there.
He won enough money to buy the tickets but his parents said: If you want
to go to the concert, you must study more than last week. So Alejandro
_________(study) every day and went to the concert.
That special night, on the way there, he __________(stop) to fill in the tank at
the petrol station and, at last, he ____________ (arrive) at the concert.
He was very happy; he ___________ (smile) and clapped all night. He
_________ (look) like a little baby and he ______________ (kiss) everybody
around.
Ring... Ring... Ring...
Alejandro, get up! Its too late, his mother said to him. And he thought: It
 NOW IS YOUR TURN!
Create positive sentences in Create negative sentences in
past with the folloring verbs: past with the following verbs:
Study Watch
Like Play
Dream Work
Decide Clean
Invite Live
DESCRIBE WHAT THESE PEOPLE
DID
 ANSWER THE FOLLOWING
QUESTIONS
Did you sleep well last night?
Yes, I did / No, I did not.
Did you arrive on time at
school?
Yes, it did / No, it did not.
Did your best friend
remember your birthday?
Yes, he did / No, he did not.
Did your parents ring you last
week?
Yes, they did / No, they did
not.
Did you lose yourdog?
Yes, I did / No, I did not.
Did you play a drum last year?
Yes, I did / No, I did not