Past Simple

Past Simple

​Don't forget:

• Affirmative (regular verbs - ed and irregular verbs - see list of Irregular verbs at the end of your book);

• Negative (the auxiliary verb is "didn't" - didn't + infinitive)

• Interrogative (the auxiliary verb is "did" - did + subject + infinitive)

• Don't forget the exception with the verb to be: was(n´t)/ were(n't)

Past Simple

​Don't forget:

We use the Past Simple when the action finished in the past, so we associate this verb tense with words like:

• Yesterday, last week/ year/ Monday, two hours/ three days ago, In 2021, etc

Multiple Choice

Last week he _____ to win the competition.

• tryed

• tried

• trie

• try

Multiple Choice

Last year Mark and Kate _____ the best students in my class.

• were

• was

• is

• are

Open Ended

Write two sentences beginning with: Yesterday I...

Multiple Choice

Unfortunately he _________ to the party last Saturday.

• didn't came

• don't came

• doesn't come

• didn't come

Multiple Choice

__________ the newspaper yesterday?

• Did you bought

• You bought

• Did you buy

• You did buy

Open Ended

Write a negative sentence in the Past Simple.

Multiple Choice

When I went to the mall, I ________ enough money to eat an ice cream.

• haven't

• didn't have

• hadn't

• didn't had

Poll

Is the Past Simple difficult?

• Yes

• No

• A little