Past simple intro

Past simple to be and adjective/noun recap

Past simple

The past simple is used to talk about actions in the past that are finished.

Finished actions, states or habits in the past.

Multiple Choice

Change this sentence so it is in the past simple: I am tired

• I were tired

• I is tired

• I was tired

• I was tiring

Multiple Choice

Change this sentence so it is the past simple: She is asleep

• she were asleep

• she was asleep

• she was asleeps

Negative sentences using be in the past simple

• I/he/she it- was not/ wasn't

• It wasn't raining yesterday

• We/you/they - were not/ weren't

• They weren't at school on Sunday

Multiple Choice

Make this sentence negative : He was at work yesterday

• He were at work yesterday

• He wasn't at work yesterday

• He worked yesterday

• He at wasn't work yesterday

Questions and short answers using be in past simple

• Was I/he/she/it - was goes at the start of the sentence

• Was he sick yesterday?

• Were you/they/we - were goes at the start of the sentence

• Were they allowed out on Tuesday?

Multiple Choice

Make this sentence into a question using be in the past simple : He was at the shop

• Be he at the shop?

• Was he at the shop?

• Were he at the shop?

• He was at the shop?

Multiple Choice

Make this sentence into a question using be in the past simple: They were at home all day

• Home were they all day?

• Were they at home all day?

• Was they at home all day?

• Weren't they all day?

Multiple Select

Tick the adjectives (remember adjectives describe nouns)

• dog

• sunny

• purple

• wall

Multiple Select

Tick the nouns (remember nouns are naming words)

• blue

• lamp

• Paris

• floor