AFFIRMATIVE I played You played He played She played It played We played You played They played

NEGATIVE I didn’t play You didn´t play He didn´t play She didn´t play It didn´t play We didn´t play You didn´t play They didn´t play

QUESTION Did I play? Did you play? Did he play? Did she play? Did it play? Did we play? Did you play? Did they play?

SHORT ANSWERS

Yes, I did No, you didn´t Yes, he did No, she didn´t Yes, it did No, it didn´t Yes, you did No, they didn´t

RULE: Infinitive form + ed E.g.: To look → looked

SPELLING RULES:

a) when the verb ends in e, you just add a d. E.g.: love →loved

b) some verbs double their final consonant. E.g.: stop →stopped

c) verbs ending in Y following by a consonant change the y into i

before adding ed. E.g.: carry →carried

REMEMBER:

the verbs in the past simple have only one form for every

person. E.g.: I, you, he, she, it, we, they studied last night.

USES: We use the Past Simple to talk about finished actions in the past.

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Infinitive Past Simple Infinitive Past simple Infinitive Past simple

To answer To arrest To ask To brush To carry To clean To climb To close To comb To cook

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To drop To cry To dance To plant To play To pray To help To finish To like To look

_______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________

To push To remember To return To save To scream To talk To study To wash To turn To study

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A) Write these verbs in the past simple:

B) Complete the sentences with verbs in the past simple.

She _________ (watch) TV last night.

Yesterday the shops _________ (close) very early.

She _________(not/ copy) in yesterday´s English test.

Last month Mark _________(plan) a trip to Amazonia.

This morning I _________ (travel) by bus in Lisbon.

Last July you _________(not/travel) to England.

You _________(talk) with me last night. Don´t you remember?

We _________(earn) lots of money many years ago.

Some years ago I _________(work) in this school.

A few minutes ago that driver _________(not/ stop) at the zebra crossing and _________ (injure) a boy.

C) Make the sentences negative:

The students closed the books

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I waited with her for the bus.

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Mary arrived with her parents.

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My father cooked the dinner yesterday night.

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I played football on Wednesday.

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We learned the past tense of some irregular verbs.

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I lived in France two years ago.

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D) Make questions for the following statements and then write the answers.

I helped my sister with her homework.

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No, _______________________________________________________.

They smiled at that boy.

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No, _______________________________________________________.

Joe looked at me at the classroom.

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Yes, _______________________________________________________.

Mary and you brushed your hair after breakfast.

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Yes, _______________________________________________________.

They remembered my name.

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No, _______________________________________________________.

E) Ask questions according the underlined word. Use the correct question word.

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Mary arrived home at 8.00p.m.

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We watched TV after dinner.

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My parents decided to travel to England.

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They photographed Tour Eifel in Paris.

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We travelled by plane last summer. Dra. Eva Aida Ponce Vega

AFFIRMATIVE I went You went He went She went It went We went You went They went

NEGATIVE I didn’t go You didn´t go He didn´t go She didn´t go It didn´t go We didn´t go You didn´t go They didn´t go

QUESTION Did I go? Did you go? Did he go? Did she go? Did it go? Did we go? Did you go ? Did they go?

SHORT ANSWERS

Yes, I did No, you didn´t Yes, he did No, she didn´t Yes, it did No, it didn´t Yes, you did No, they didn´t

USES: We use the Past Simple to talk about finished actions in the past.

Some verbs are called irregular because their form in the past simple is considerably different from their infinitive form. E.g.: go →went

There is no rule to form the Past simple of Irregular verbs. That´s why their form must be learnt by heart.

The past simple of irregular verbs keeps the same form for every person E.g.: I went, she went, they went…

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Infinitive Past simple

To be To come To cut To eat To drink To feel To go To write To read To see To leave To sit To sleep To think To know To give To tell To throw

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A) Write these verbs in the past simple:

B) Fill in the blanks with the missing verb in the past simple.

Yesterday Mary _________ (go) to the concert.

Last night _________ (not/be) cold, but it _________(be) rainy.

Last Tuesday morning my friends _________(bring) the car.

Last weekend we _________(not/go back) on foot.

Mark and Sue _________(do) their homework after lunch.

My friends _________(come) over after dinner.

The teacher _________(know) them and _________ (be) very happy.

C) Build sentences with the words given and put the verbs in the past simple.

easy / test / the / be _____________________________________________________

home / 11 o´clock / at / they / come ________________________________________

cinema / the / go / last night / go __________________________________________

book / of the / they / know / the story _____________________________________

washing up / do / my mother / the ________________________________________

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D) Make the sentences negative

Mary told me the test was easy.

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They went to Lisbon by car.

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The rabbis grew fast.

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I found my book under the bed.

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He wrote me a letter last week.

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She caught the bus at the bus station.

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I did my homework after lunch.

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E) Make questions for these statements and write answers:

I saw a big cat.

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Yes, __________________________________________________________.

Mark went to London last summer.

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No, __________________________________________________________.

Carl and Mark forgot their books.

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Yes, __________________________________________________________.

My cat drank a bowl of milk.

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No, __________________________________________________________.

The bus left at 10 o’clock

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Yes, __________________________________________________________.

Susan got the best marks at her school.

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No, __________________________________________________________.

Dra. Eva Aida Ponce Vega