Past simple tense

Past simple tense

We use the past simple to talk about things
that happened in the past. We usually say
when they happened. We often use past
time expressions:
 We went to school yesterday.
 She finished her homework an hour ago.
 Time expressions
last year last month last week last Saturday

last night yesterday yesterday morning

yesterday morning

two months ago one week ago three hours ago

the day before in

yesterday 1990
 Past simple
tense

to be verb
s
 To be
Positive

I / he / she / it + was + object

You /we/ they + were + object

Example : I was in the school library yesterday.

They were happy with their test results.
 To be
Negative
I / he / she / it + was + not + object

You /we/ they + were + not + object

Example : Alice was not a nurse. She was a doctor.

They were not at home yesterday morning.
 To be
Negative
I / he / she / it + wasn’t + object
You /we/ they + weren’t + object

Example : Alice wasn’t nurse. She was a doctor.

They weren’t at home yesterday morning.
 To be
Questions Short answers
Was + I + object ? Yes, you were. - No , you weren’t.

Were + you + object ? Yes, I was. - No , I wasn’t.

Was + he/she/it + objectYes,

? he/she/it was. - No, he/she /it wasn’t

Were + they /we + Yes, they/we were. - No, they /we

object ? weren’t.
 Example
Were you at school yesterday afternoon?
Yes, I was.
Was your mother tired yesterday?
No, she wasn't.
 To be
Wh questions
Who I/he/she/it
was
What + + + object ?
When
were you/we/they
Where
Why
 Example
Where were you yesterday morning ?
I was at home yesterday morning.

Why was your sister absent last night ?

Because she was sick .
 Verbs
Positive
Subject + Verb-ed or irregular Verb +
Object.
Example : I visited my grandparents a week ago.

We played basketball yesterday

morning.

My uncle bought a new house last

month.

She went to the cinema last night.

 Verbs
Negative
Subject + didn’t + Verb - inf + Object.

Example : I didn’t do my homework yesterday.

We didn’t go to the church last

Christmas.

She didn’t come to the party last night.

Note : didn’t = did not
My brother didn’t play football last

Sunday.
 Verbs
Questions
Did + Subject + Verb - inf + Object ?
Did you go to school yesterday morning?
Yes, I did.
No, I didn’t.

Did she enjoy the party last night?

Yes, she did.
No, she didn’t.
 Ver
Wh - Questions
bs
What
Where
When + did + subjec + Verb - inf +object?
Why t

How
Example : What did you do yesterday morning ?
When did he get home last night ?
 Spelling rules: regular past tense
Most verbs watch - watched visit - visited

Verbs ending in -e live - lived dance - danced

Verbs ending in a consonant + -y study - studied carry – carried

Verbs ending in a vowel + -y play - played enjoy – enjoyed

Short verbs ending in a stop - stopped plan - planned

vowel +
a consonant
 Irregular verbs
Present drink eat go do
Past drank ate went did

buy sing sleep write be

bought sang slept wrote was/were

give drive have learn ride

gave drove had learnt rode
 Irregular verbs
see get make meet take
saw got made met took

tell say catch come leave

told said caught came left

read ring speak swim teach

read rang spoke swam taught
 Write the past form of the verbs.
bough
ate had visited watch
t
ed
went enjoye
did played
d

play played go went enjoy enjoyed

lions watches babies
knives
eggs potatoes parties
eat ate have had do loaves
did
eyes boxes stories
shelves
stars buses berries
leaves
visitgirls visited watch
glasses countries buy
watched bought
 stoppe
gave arrived spoke thoug
d
ht
worke wrote studie
swam
d d

study studied write wrote swim swam

lions watches babies
knives
eggs potatoes parties work
arrive arrived stop stopped loaves
worked
eyes boxes stories
shelves
stars buses berries
leaves
speakgirls spoke think
glasses countries give
thought gave
 Exercise
Read and choose the correct words.

1. My sister was / were at home yesterday afternoon.

2. They visit / visited their grandparents a week ago.
3. We really enjoyed / enjoy the game last Sunday.
4. Did / Do you go to the swimming pool yesterday?
5. My mother buy / bought a new T - shirt last Saturday.
6. My brother finish / finished his homework two hours ago.
 Exercise
Read and choose the correct words.

7. Where was / were you yesterday morning ?

8. My sister came / come home late last night.
9. Where did your family went / go on the summer holiday last
10. They ate / eating noodles two hours ago.
11. The children wasn’t / weren’t at home last weekend.
12. Mary wore / wear her new dress at the party.
 Exercise
Put the words in the correct order to make sentences.

1. Where /your brother/was/yesterday morning?/

Where was your brother yesterday morning?
.........................................................................................................

2. did /What/ you/ yesterday/ do?/

What did you do yesterday ?
..................................................................................

3. played /I /chess /my father/with/last night./

I played chess with my father last night.
....................................................................................................

4. We /our /visited/ a week ago./ grandparents/

We visited our grandparents a week ago.
....................................................................................................
 Exercise
5. did/ I / homework/ my/ after/ school./
I did my homework after school.
.........................................................................................................

6. They /got /last month./married/

They got married last month.
...................................................................................
7. My sister/ at / was / home / yesterday morning./
My sister was at home yesterday morning.
....................................................................................................

8. /your/ Did/ birthday party/ you/enjoy/ last week?

Did you enjoy your birthday party last week ?
...................................................................................................................
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 Question 1
What did your brother do yesterday
afternoon?

A. He went to school. B. He go to the zoo.

C. He go to school. D. She went to school.

Return
 Question 2
Where was your sister
yesterday?

A. She went to the zoo. B. She was at home.

C. He was on the beach. D. She were at the zoo.

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 Question 3

Where did you go on holiday?

A. I go to Ha Long Bay. B. I went Phu Quoc Island.

C. I went to Phu Quoc

D. She was at the seaside.
Island.

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 Question 4

Did you enjoy the party last night?

A. Yes, she did. B. No, I did.

D. Yes, I did. It was

C. No, he didn’t.
great.

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 Question 5
They ................. in Ha Noi their summer holiday
last year.

A. was B. wasn’t

C. were D. are

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 Question 6

We ...................... in Paris five years ago.

A. lived B. lives

C. didn’t lived D. are living

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 Question 7
Were you at home last
night?
A. Yes, I were. B. Yes, I was.

C. No, I didn’t. D. No, I weren’t.

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 Question 8
We .................. our homework and then we
watched TV.

A. make B. do

C. does D. did

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 Question 9
David .................. a present for his friend
yesterday.

A. buy B. send

C. bought D. didn’t bought

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 Question 10
My mum .................... a cake for my
birthday.

A. made B. cook

C. make D. didn’t made

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 Question 11
My friend .................. to Canada last
month.

A. is flying B. flew

C. doesn’t fly D. fly

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 Question 12
Peter .................. an e-mail to his friend last
night.

A. wrote B. is writing

C. write D. writes

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