SIMPLE PAST
We use Simple Past to talk about a complete action in the past.
Example: I drank soda yesterday
S.P. Verb in past Comp. Time expressions.
Subject SIMPLE PAST
Pronouns Verb in past Complement Time expression Auxiliary verb Do
I ran in the park yesterday Did
You studied English last year
He ate rice two days ago
She played basketball the day before
It drank water yesterday
We sang beautiful songs
You wrote a letter
They bought clothes
Subject NEGATIVE FORM
Pronouns Negative Contraction Verb Complement Time expression
I did not didn’t run in the park yesterday
You did not didn’t study English last year
He did not didn’t eat rice two days ago
She did not didn’t play basketball the day before
It did not didn’t drink water yesterday
We did not didn’t sing beautiful songs
You did not didn’t write a letter
They did not didn’t buy clothes
INTERROGATIVE FORM
Auxiliary Subject Verb in Complement Time expression
Simple form
Did I run in the park yesterday?
Did you study English last year?
Did He eat rice month?
Did she play basketball week?
Did it drink water two weeks ago?
Did we sing beautiful songs the day before yesterday?
Did you write a letter
Did they buy clothes
I ________ ([Link]) soccer last Saturday afternoon, I _______ ([Link]) with my friends, we _______ (3. stay) there
for two hours, we ________ ([Link]) a lot of fun. When we _________ ([Link]) we ________ ([Link]) to my house
and we __________ ([Link]) homework, like it was late we _____________ ([Link]-finish).
I __________ ([Link]) until 12 0´clock that night because I ___________ ([Link]) a movie, the film
___________ ([Link]) excellent. On Sunday morning I ___________ ([Link]) in the park for 30 minutes,
I__________ ([Link]) back home, I ________ ([Link]) breakfast and _____________ ([Link]) a shower, I
_____________ ([Link]) my girlfriend in the afternoon. She _________ ([Link]) very beautiful and intelligent,
she ______ ([Link]) the best in her class. We _________ ([Link]) dancing and ________ ([Link]) in a new karaoke
bar, the environment _______ ([Link]) great. I ________ ([Link]) in my house at 9 O´clock, I _______ ([Link])
going to bed when I __________ ([Link]) my homework, so I _______ ([Link]) up and I _________ ([Link])
it, that night I _____________ ([Link]-sleep) until I ______________ ([Link]).
I.- Complete the questions in this conversation.
A: How did you spend your weekend?
B: I spent the weekend with Joe and Kathy.
A: What ______________________________________________________
B: Well, on Saturday, we went shopping.
A: And _____________________________________________ in the evening?
B: No, nothing special.
A: Where _____________________________________ on Sunday?
B: We went to the amusement park.
A: How __________________________________________________________
B: we had a great time. In fact, we stayed there all day.
A: Really? What time _______________________________________________
B: we got home very late, around midnight.
II.- Complete these conversations with was, wasn’t, were or weren’t
1. A: How was your vacation in Peru, Julia?
B: It ____________ great. I really enjoyed it.
A: How long ____________ you there?
B: We _____________ there for two weeks.
A: ___________ you in Lima all the time.
B: No, we ___________ . We _____________________ in the mountains for a few days.
A: And how ______________ the weather? ____________ it good?
B: No, it _________ good at all. The city ________ very hot, and the mountains ________ really cold!
2. A: How long _________ your parents in Europe?
B: They ________ there for two weeks.
A: ________ they in London the whole time?
B: No, they ___________. They also went to Paris.
3.- A: ________ you in Los Angeles last weekend?
B: No, I ____________. I _____________ in San Francisco.
A: How _________ it?
B: It ___________ great!. But it __________ foggy and cool as usual.
4.- A: ________ you away last week?
B: Yes, I ___________ in Istanbul.
A: Really? How long ___________ you there?
B: For almost a week. I ___________ there on business.