SIMPLE PAST TENSE

SIMPLE PAST TENSE

The simple past tense is used to talk about a completed action in a time before now. 

Carmen was in the park yesterday.

Tomas and Luis were happy.

In the negative form, we change was to wasn't and were to weren't.

Multiple Choice

Read the following sentences and choose the one with the correct use of WAS - WERE / WASN'T-WEREN'T.

• Julia and some friends was at the party yesterday.

• Julia and some friends were at the party yesterday.

Multiple Choice

The simple past of be is:

• was -were

• are-is

Multiple Choice

The negative form of was and were are:

• aren't - isn't

• wasn't - weren't

Multiple Choice

Read and choose the correct answer:

• Paula wasn't at school yesterday, she was at home.

• Pula weren't at school yesterday, she were at home.

REGULAR VERBS

Regular verbs are defined as having both their past simple tense and past participle forms constructed by adding the suffixes “-d” or “-ed” to the end of the word.

Tommy moved to a new apartment last week.

(Example of affirmative sentences using a regular verb)

IRREGULAR VERBS

A verb in which the past tense is not formed by adding the usual -ed ending. Examples of irregular verbs are sing (past tense sang); feel (felt); go (went).

They went to the park yesterday.

(Affirmative sentences using an irregular verb.)

Multiple Choice

CHOOSE THE CORRECT PAST FORM OF LIVE:

• leave

• lived

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct past form of go:

• goes

• went

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct verb form in the sentence:

• I studied English.

• I studyied English.

Affirmative: I cooked dinner yesterday.

Negative: I didn't cook dinner yesterday.

(Example with regular verbs)

Affirmative: I went to Miami last week.

Negative: I didn't go to Miami last week.

(Example with an irregular verb)

Multiple Choice

CHOOSE THE CORRECT NEGATIVE FORM:

• He didn't study French.

• He didn't studied French.

Multiple Choice

CHOOSE THE CORRECT FORM:

• I didn´t bough food. It was expensive.

• I didn't buy food. It was expensive.

QUESTIONS IN PAST

DID + SUBJECT + VERB INFINITIVE + COMPLEMENT?

DID CAMILA WATCH TV YESTERDAY?

YES, SHE DID.

NO, SHE DIDN'T.

DID YOUR FATHER GO TO THE BEACH LAST WEEK ?

YES, HE DID.

NO, HE DIDN'T.

Answer these questions:

• DID YOU WORK TODAY?

• DID YOU DANCE TODAY?

• DID YOU LISTEN TO MUSIC IN THE MORNING?

• DID YOU WORK YESTERDAY?