Simple Past. (adapted by Miguel Villegas)

1. What did you do yesterday?
Simple Past
• Simple Past Tense
• Regular Verbs
• Irregular verbs
• Wh- and Yes / No questions in Past Tense
• Be in Past Tense
Adapted by Miguel
Villegas

2. REGULAR VERBS

3. Spill
Pinch Want
Talk

4. Walk Play
Listen Jump

5. CountLaugh
CloseOpen

6. Watch TV
Play TV games Dance
Cry

7. Wait
Climb
Use a computer
Clean

8. Play football Play the piano
CookCall

9. Turn on Turn off
Share Study

10. Push
Pull Look at
Fix

11. Colour Look for
Wash Ask

12. REGULAR VERBS
Spelling rules
To form the affirmative past tense of most regular verbs:
• Add –ed to the base form of the verb (wash-
washed).
• If the verb ends in –e, add –d (live-lived)
• If the verb ends in a consonant preceded by a vowel,
double the final consonant (stop-stopped)
• If the verb ends in –y preceded by a consonant,
omit the “y” and add –ied ( copy-copied)

13. Write the past tense form.
1. Dance_________
2. Plan_________
3. Clean_________
4. Type_________
5. Study_________
6. Shop_________
7. Look_________
8. Play_________
9. Empty_________
10. Stop_________
1. Wash_________
2. Work_________
3. Shave_________
4. Carry_________
5. Listen________
6. Turn ________
7. Ask ________
8. Answer ________
9. Push ________
10. Wait ________

14. SIMPLE PRESENT
POSITIVE STATEMENT NEGATIVE STATEMENT
I work in Mushrooms Company. I don’t work in The Coke Company.
He lives in that small house. He doesn’t live in the big one.
We study in the CETis We don´t study in the CBTis
Maria knows how to cook. Maria doesn’t know how to make
tortillas
Today I have a party. Today I don´t have classes.
My mom has my wallet My mom doesn’t have her purse

15. SIMPLE PAST USE
• Actions that started and finished in the
past
– I went to the beach last Sunday
– I bought a new car yesterday.

16. SIMPLE PAST USE
• Actions that happened one after the other in
the past (like in a story)
– He came in, took off his coat and sat
down.
– I went into the disco and I saw my
favourite girl, then I asked her to dance,...

17. NEGATIVE SENTENCES
DID NOT + VERB (base form)
Example: I did not work yesterday
or
I didn’t work yesterday
INCORRECT: I didn’t worked

18. NEGATIVE VERB TO BE
WAS / WERE + NOT
Examples:
I was not at school yesterday afternoon
or
I wasn’t at school yesterday afternoon
They were not at home last weekend
or
They weren’t at home last weekend

19. EXAMPLES
POSITIVE STATEMENT NEGATIVE STATEMENT
I worked in Mushrooms Company in
May.
I didn’t work in The Coke
Company.
He lived in that small house 2 years
ago.
He didn’t live in the big one.
We studied in the CETis last year. We didn’t study in the CBTis
Maria knew how to cook. Maria didn’t know how to make
tortillas
Yesterday I had a party. Today I didn’t have classes.
My mom had my wallet last night. My mom didn’t have her purse

20. / d / / t / / id /
Play played Walk walked Need needed
Mail mailed Stop stopped Wait waited
Try tried Look looked Visit visited
PRONUNCIATION. Practice with a partner and locate the regular
verbs according to their pronunciation. (See the verb list in the
appendix).

21. Expressions for Past Tense
last ago yesterday
last night 10 minutes ago yesterday
last Sunday an hour ago yesterday morning
last week three days ago yesterday afternoon
last weekend a week ago yesterday evening
last year a month ago the day before yesterday
last month a year ago

22. IRREGULAR VERBS

23. Win
GiveFind
Break

24. Throw awayTake a picture
ThinkCut

25. Hit
Hold
Hurt
Buy

26. ReadWrite
Sleep Run

27. Put onFly
Take a bath Win

28. Catch Throw
Draw

29. Swim
Make a sandcastle Fight
Speak

30. Ride Sing
GoCome

31. Eat
Drink

32. 1. Drive ________ 7.- get ________ 13.- buy ________
2. Take ________ 8.- eat ________ 14.- ring ________
3.- run ________ 9.- see ________ 15.- sing ________
4.- do ________ 10.-forget ________ 16.- bring ________
5.- leave ________ 11.- make ________ 17.- read ________
6. -go ________ 12.- write ________ 18.- hear ________
Look for the Past Form of the following
verbs in your list.

33. Write the correct form of the verb on the lines.
Use the Simple Past Tense.
• John Lennon (be) _________ born in 1940 in
Liverpool, England, where he (grow up)
___________. As a teenager, he (meet)
_________Paul McCartney, and they (begin)
_________ to write songs together. After several
years, they (form) _________ a new group
called the Beatles, with George Harrison and
Pete Best. However, Best (NO-stay)
_______________ in the group. Bingo Starr
(join) _________ the group in place of Best. In
1964 the group (perform) _________ its first hit
son “Love Me Do”. ….. Next Page….

34. Write the correct form of the verb on the lines.
Use the Simple Past Tense.
• Between the years 1962 and 1968 the Beatles
(be) _________ the most famous group in the
world. In 1969, Lennon (decide) _________ to
perform alone. He (write) _________ the song
“Give Peace a Chance” and (make) several
albums alone. He also (act) _________ in films.
From that time on, he (have) _________ many
problems. For example, he (leave) _________
his wife, Yoko Ono, for a time. Finally, in 1983,
Mark David Chapman (kill) _________ Lennon.
Lennon’s life (end) _________, but his music
lives on today.

35. YES / NO QUESTIONS
DID + subject + main verb + rest of sentence + ?
Example:
Did you work yesterday?
INCORRECT: Did you worked yesterday?
- Yes, I worked yesterday.
- No, I didn’t work yesterday.

36. EXAMPLES
Did they give her a lot of presents?
Yes, they gave her a lot of presents.
No, they didn’t give her a lot of presents.
-Did she live in Peru for two years?
Yes, she lived in Peru for two years.
No, she didn’t live in Peru for two years.
Short Answers:
Yes, she did.
No, she didn’t.

37. YES / NO QUESTIONS
VERB TO BE
WAS / WERE + subject + rest of sentence + ?
Example:
Were you at home last weekend?
- Yes, I was.
- No, I wasn’t.

38. WH- AND DID QUESTIONS
QUESTION ANSWER
What did you do last
Sundays?
I played soccer with my friends.
Where did you play soccer? I played soccer in the park.
How long did you stay there? We stayed there for about 2 hours.
Did you enjoy the match? Yes, I did. I got so exhausted but I
liked it.
Did you do something else that
day?
No, I didn’t. Well, I just called my
girlfriend and went out with her.

39. Ask the following Questions to your
partner and answer back too
1. Where did you go last vacation?
2. What did you do?
3. Who did you see?
4. Which movie did you watch on vacation?
5. Did you like it?
6. Did you meet someone special?
7. Did you study anything?
8. Did you read a magazine?

40. FIND SOMEONE WHO...
Name
1. watched the news. ____________________
2. listened to the radio. ____________________
3. ate at a restaurant. ____________________
4. visited grandparents. ____________________
5. studied for an exam. ____________________
6. went to the movies. ____________________
7. cleaned your room. ____________________
8. took a shower. ____________________
9. played an instrument. ____________________
10. worked in the computer. ____________________

41. Now, It´s time for
practicing in class!