Past Simple

​Past Simple

Was/Were, Regular & Irregular Verbs

​Was & Were

Was he happy?

Were they happy?​

Questions

I/He/She/It was 5 years old.

We were 5 years old.

I wasn't 5 years old.

She wasn't 5 years old.

We weren't 5 years old.

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Positive & Negative

Be -> Was/Were

​Are these sentences correct or incorrect?

Multiple Choice

I wasn't born in 2004.

• Correct

• Incorrect

Multiple Choice

They was best friends.

• Correct

• Incorrect

Multiple Choice

He weren't a teacher.

• Correct

• Incorrect

Multiple Choice

Was I at home?

• Correct

• Incorrect

Multiple Choice

Was you in Colombia?

• Correct

• Incorrect

Regular & Irregular Verbs

No rules - Verb list (p. 127)

​Go - went

Have - had

See - saw

Eat - ate

​Think - thought

Buy - bought​

Irregular Verbs

Rule: V + -ed/-d

Love --> loved​

Hate --> hated

Work --> worked

Want​ --> wanted

Start --> started

Live​ --> lived

Regular Verbs

​Past Simple

​Complete with Past Simple

Fill in the Blank

I _____ (start) a new school.

Fill in the Blank

He _____ (live) in Spain.

Fill in the Blank

She _____ (meet) her best friend in 1999.

Fill in the Blank

We _____ (study) English.

Fill in the Blank

You _____ (go) to bed early

Fill in the Blank

They _____ (eat) a lot

​Negative Form

Subject + didn't + V (infinitive)

I didn't work in an office.

She didn't study for the test.

They didn't watch a movie.​

​Make these sentences negative

Open Ended

I had a car.

Open Ended

She did a lot of sport.

Open Ended

He ate a lot of junk food.

Open Ended

They went to many concerts.

Open Ended

You bought a new mobile phone.

Open Ended

They spoke English a lot.

​Questions

Did + S + V (infinitive)​?

Did you work from home?

Did she buy a new car?

What did you do?

Where did they live?​

​Make questions using the prompts

Open Ended

(you / meet your father yesterday?)

Open Ended

(we / go to Spain in June?)

Open Ended

(it / snow last winter?)

Open Ended

(they / stay in last night?)

Open Ended

(Julie / watch a film on Saturday?)

Open Ended

(Sally and Victoria / go to a café at lunchtime?)