This document provides instruction on using the simple past tense in English. It discusses using expressions like yesterday and last year with past tense verbs. It also distinguishes between regular and irregular past tense verbs. Examples are provided to practice forming affirmative, negative, and interrogative sentences using was/were as helping verbs and rewriting sentences in the negative. Students are prompted to write sentences based on pictures and a short paragraph describing what they did on vacation.

1. English Course
9thº Basic Level
Workshop on Simple Past
Remember: The simple past expresses an action in the past. You can use some
expressions like yesterday, the day before yesterday, last week, last year, etc. Pay
attention to the verbs, are they regular or irregular?
Speak: Irregular verb Positive Negative Question
I spoke. I did not speak. Did I speak?
1. Was or Were? Complete the blanks with the correct form of the verb To Be in
past
- I _was_ happy. - The cat _______ on the roof.
- It _______ cold. - The children _______ in the
- We _______ at school. garden
- You _______ at the cinema.
2. Rewrite the sentences in the negative form
a. They studied French. →They did not study French at school
b. Albert played soccer. → __________________________
c. Fiona visited her grandma. → __________________________
d. He washed the car. → __________________________
e. You were thirsty. → __________________________
f. He had a computer. → __________________________
3. Look at the pictures and write sentences in simple past (affirmative and
negative, optional interrogative)
-____Sally slept two times yesterday_______
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4. Write a short paragraph telling what you did on vacations
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