Simple Past Tense

Simple Past Tense

By Ms Muti

When to Use Simple Past Tense

To talk about something that happened or existed before the present. It communicates that the action or state of the verb occurred at a specific time in the past and then was completed.

Simple Past Tense

Multiple Select

Which of the following adverbs of time does NOT happen in the past?

(You can choose MORE than one)

• Two weeks ago.

• Last year.

• Next week.

• Just now.

• A year later.

Verbal simple past

Positive

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negative

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interogative​

Subject + V2 / Past Verb + Object

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Subject + did not + V1 / Present Verb + Object​

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Did + Subject + V1 / Present Verb + Object + ?​

Simple Past Tense

Multiple Choice

I ______ some letters yesterday.

• write

• wrote

• writes

• written

• writed

Multiple Choice

Arini did not ______ the class last week.

• attend

• attended

• attending

• attendt

• attends

Multiple Choice

Did you ____ to school yesterday?

• went

• gone

• go

• goed

• going

Multiple Choice

I work in travel agency now. Before that I ...... in department store.

• work

• worked

• working

• to work

• works

Multiple Choice

Laura ... her exam because she studied very hard.

• pass

• passed

• to pass

• passing

• past

Nominal Simple Past

Positive

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Negative

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Interogative​

Subject + to be (was / were) + Adjective / Adverb

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Subject + to be (was / were) + not + Adjective / Adverb

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To be (Was / Were) + Subject + ​Adjective / Adverb + ?

Simple Past Tense

You

They

We

More than one person

More than one thing​

Plural nouns

I

She

He

It​

One person

One thing​

Singular nouns

To be (was / were)

Simple Past Tense

​Was

​were

Multiple Choice

Bob _____ late yesterday.

• was

• were

• am

• is

• are

Multiple Choice

The shoes _____ not expensive in the last garage sale.

• was

• were

• is

• am

• are

Multiple Choice

You and John went to the movie last week. ______ it nice?

• Was

• Were

• Am

• Is

• Are

Multiple Choice

Mozart ... only 35 years old when he died.

• is

• am

• was

• were

• be

Multiple Choice

Why was she angry? She was angry because they ... late.

• are

• were

• was

• is

• am