Simple Past
Tense
Learning objective
•Use correct forms to talk about past
activities
We use
“Simple Past
Tense” to
express an
activity
completed in
the past
Types of
sentences
Affirmative Negative Interrogative
sentences sentences sentences
They went to
school. He swam
They did not go He didn’t swim
to school. Did he swim?
Did they go to Where did he
school? swim?
What did they do
yesteday?
They ate an ice-
Key words
Yesterday
Last week,
Last night
Two days ago
On Saturday
Last weekend
Etc…
What did they do
last week?
He built a house.
She bought a car
He drove a car
They cooked a cake
he painted the wall
What did they do
last tusday?