past simple

​Past simple

​Today's objectives: To understand and use the past tense through a quizizz game with a participative attitude.

Multiple Choice

How do you feel today?

Open Ended

Do you remember any embarrassing situations? Write it down.

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​Future

​Past simple

The Simple Past is used for actions that started and finished at a specific time in the past.

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I saw a movie last week.

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​Past simple

The Simple Past is used for actions that started and finished at a specific time in the past.

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I saw a movie last week.

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​Past simple

• The Simple Past is used to describe a process that started and finished in the past. In this case, the process of the action is long and is used by specifying time periods such as ‘the whole year’ or ‘all day’.

 

I lived in Italy for five years.​

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The Simple Past can also be used in sentences that describe past habits.​

 

​I often played football when I was a young man.

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Affirmative sentences in the Simple Past

1. Put the words in the correct order.

• He

• his

• saw

• family

• last week

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2

3

4

5

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

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Negative sentences in the Simple Past

1. Put the words in the correct order.

• I

• didn't

• play

• football

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2

3

4

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• 2
• 3
• 4

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Questions in the Simple Past

1. Put the words in the correct order.

• Did

• they

• lose

• the match?

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2

3

4

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

Open Ended

Complete the sentences with the past tense verb.

1. When I was a child, I_________ the piano (play)

Open Ended

Complete the sentences with the past tense verb.

1. Mary _________ to the city park last Sunday (go)

Open Ended

Complete the sentences with the past tense verb.

1. The students_________ English exam last week (have)

Open Ended

Complete the sentences with the past tense verb.

1. Donna _________ Paris last month (visit)

Open Ended

1. Write a sentence using past simple

Multiple Select

When do we use the past simple?

• to describe a process that started and finished in the past

• to describe several actions that were completed in the past.

• for actions that started and finished at a specific time in the past