THE PAST SIMPLE
Mr. Guillermo Castro
Objective
• To learn the use and form of the “PAST SIMPLE TENSE”
PAST SIMPLE
• We use the past simple to talk about finished activities
that took place in the past.
• It can also express series of events in the past, and
habits.
Ex:
She worked in a supermarket last year.
They went shopping yesterday.
Within this tense we use regular and
irregular verbs.
REGULAR Irregular
• Finish in “–ED” • They can change their entire
form or maintain their form in
past.
• Ex:
• Ex:
• Play…….Played
• Eat…..Ate
• Finish….Finished
• Go……Went
• Listen….Listened
• Find….Found
Irregular verb List
INFINITIVE PAST SIMPLE PARTICIPLE
Be Was/ were Been
Become Became Become
Put Put Put
STRUCTURE
Positive and Negative
SUBJECT + VERB (PAST S.) + COMPLEMENT
+. Manolo watched a horror movie yesterday.
-. Manolo didn’t watch a horror movie yesterday
Questions
DID + SUBJECT + VERB (INF) + COMPLEMENT ?
Did Manolo watch a movie yesterday?
The verb “do” changes into “did” and it is used
to make negative sentences and questions.
Negatives Questions
I didn’t copy during the test. Did he copy during the
test?
She didn’t bring her mobile
phone. Did she bring her mobile
phone?
He didn’t want to do the
homework. Did he want to do his
homework?
Exercise: Identify the sentences
which describe an action in the past.
HE IS A SINGER HE WAS A SINGER
IT WAS BEAUTIFUL IT IS BEAUTIFUL
WE ARE ARTISTS WE WERE ARTISTS
I AM A DRUMMER I WAS A DRUMMER
I DIDN’T LIKE THAT SONG I DON´T LIKE THIS SONG
SHE VISITS THE MUSEUM SHE VISITED THE MUSEUM
THE MAN WRITES A BOOK THE MAN WROTE A BOOK
PICASSO PAINTS EVERYDAY PICASSO PAINTED EVERYDAY
ANSWER KEY 1
HE IS A SINGER HE WAS A SINGER
IT WAS BEAUTIFUL IT IS BEAUTIFUL
WE ARE ARTISTS WE WERE ARTISTS
I AM A DRUMMER I WAS A DRUMMER
I DIDN’T LIKE THAT SONG I DON´T LIKE THIS SONG
SHE VISITS THE MUSEUM SHE VISITED THE MUSEUM
THE MAN WRITES A BOOK THE MAN WROTE A BOOK
PICASSO PAINTS EVERYDAY PICASSO PAINTED EVERYDAY
COMMON EXPRESSIONS
• YESTERDAY
• LAST NIGHT
• LAST YEAR
• LAST WEEK
• THE OTHER DAY
• TWO YEARS AGO
EXERCISE 2
CHOOSE THE CORRECT ANSWERS (PAST SIMPLE)
WE USE THE PAST SIMPLE TO…
A. TO TALK ABOUT ACTIONS IN THE PAST.
B. TO TALK ABOUT ACTIONS IN THE PRESENT.
C. TO TALK ABOUT ACTIONS WE ARE DOING IN THE
MOMENT.
D. TO TALK ABOUT THE FUTURE.
WE USE THE PAST SIMPLE TO…
A. TO TALK ABOUT ACTIONS IN THE PAST.
B. TO TALK ABOUT ACTIONS IN THE PRESENT.
C. TO TALK ABOUT ACTIONS WE ARE DOING IN THE
MOMENT.
D. TO TALK ABOUT THE FUTURE.
_________ your mother ________
(cook) yesterday?
A. DID / COOK
B. DID / COOKED
C. IS / COOK
D. IS / COOKED
_________ YOUR MOTHER ________
(COOK) YESTERDAY?
A. DID / COOK
B. DID / COOKED
C. IS / COOK
D. IS / COOKED
YOU __________ (NOT / DO) YOUR
HOMEWORK LAST WEEK.
A. DO NOT
B. DON’T DO
C. DIDN’T DO
D. DO NOT DO.
YOU __________ (NOT / DO) YOUR
HOMEWORK LAST WEEK.
A. DO NOT
B. DON’T DO
C. DIDN’T DO
D. DO NOT DO.
"WHAT DID YOU DO YESTERDAY?"
A. LAST YEAR I STUDIED FRENCH.
B. YESTERDAY I GO TO THE CINEMA.
C. LAST WEEK I EXERCISED A LOT.
D. YESTERDAY I WENT TO MY GRANDPARENTS' HOUSE.
"WHAT DID YOU DO YESTERDAY?"
A. LAST YEAR I STUDIED FRENCH.
B. YESTERDAY I GO TO THE CINEMA.
C. LAST WEEK I EXERCISED A LOT.
D. YESTERDAY I WENT TO MY GRANDPARENTS' HOUSE.
"I SLEPT VERY WELL LAST WEEK AND
NOW I CAN'T". THE CORRECT
QUESTION FOR THIS SENTENCE IS:
A. DID YOU SLEPT WELL LAST WEEK?
B. DID YOU SLEEP WELL LAST WEEK?
C. DID YOU SLEEPED WELL LAST WEEK?
D. DID SHE SLEPT WELL LAST WEEK?
"I SLEPT VERY WELL LAST WEEK AND
NOW I CAN'T". THE CORRECT
QUESTION FOR THIS SENTENCE IS:
A. DID YOU SLEPT WELL LAST WEEK?
B. DID YOU SLEEP WELL LAST WEEK?
C. DID YOU SLEEPED WELL LAST WEEK?
D. DID SHE SLEPT WELL LAST WEEK?