1. This tense is used to talk about completed actions in the past.
PAST SIMPLE
This tense is used to talk about completed actions in the past.

2. Simple Past Tense Verb to Be.
Basic English

3. Structure Affirmative Sentences.
HE was a kid.
SHE IT WE
YOU were friends.
THEY

4. Structure Negative Sentences.
HE was not a kid.
SHE (wasn’t) IT WE
YOU were not friends.
THEY (weren’t)

5. Structure Simple Questions or Yes/ No Questions
I I I
WAS HE a kid? Yes, he WAS or No, he WASN’T
SHE she she
IT it it
WE we we
WERE YOU friends? Yes, you WERE or No, you WEREN’T
THEY they they

6. Structure Informative Questions or WH Questions
WHY
WHEN I
WHERE WAS HE ?
HOW SHE
WHICH IT
WHEN WE
WHERE WERE YOU friends?
HOW THEY
WHICH

7. LAST MONTH/ WEEK / WEEKEND
PAST EXPRESSIONS
LAST MONTH/ WEEK / WEEKEND
YESTERDAY
AGO

8. PAST SIMPLE (AFFIRMATIVE FORM)
It is formed with the following structure:
SUBJECT + VERB (PAST SIMPLE) + COMPLEMENT
SHE STUDIED HARD YESTERDAY
YOU WROTE A LOVE LETTER LAST WEEK
HE READ A MAGAZINE 1 MONTH AGO

9. Exercises:
Put the verbs into the correct form (simple past). Last year I (spend) _______________ my holiday in Ireland. It (be)________________ great. I (travel)_____________ around by car with two friends and we (visit) ___________lots of interesting places. In the evenings we usually ___________(go) to a pub. One night we even (learn) ______________ some Irish dances.

10. PAST SIMPLE (NEGATIVE FORM)
This structure includes the auxiliary “didn’t”
STRUCTURE
SUBJECT + AUX. “DIDN’T” +VERB ( INFINITIVE) + COMPLEMENT
THEY DIDN’T GO TO CLASS YESTERDAY
HE DIDN’T WRITE A LOVE LETTER
WE DIDN’T ATTEND ENGLISH CLASS

11. Exercises: Rewrite the sentences in the negative.
They collected postcards. → ____________________________
You jumped high. → __________________________________
Albert played squash. → _______________________________
The teacher tested our English. → _______________________
Fiona visited her grandma. → ___________________________

12. PAST SIMPLE (INTERROGATIVE FORM) yes / no questions)
This form includes de auxiliary “DID”
STRUCTURE
AUX. “DID” + SUBJECT + VERB (INFINITIVE) + COMPLEMENT
Did you speak a lot last week?
Did she write a book yesterday?
Did they talk about their homework?

13. Exercises:
Write questions in simple past. Anna / the window / open __________________________ she / home / walk ________________________________ you / in the garden / work __________________________ you / a song / sing _________________________________ she / on a chair / sit ________________________________

14. PAST SIMPLE (INTERROGATIVE FORM) SHORT ANSWERS
These are called short answers because you answer with “YES” or “NOT”
Examples:
Did you speak a lot last week? YES, I did
NO, I didn’t
Did she write a book yesterday? YES, She did
NO, She didn’t.

15. EXERCISES: ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS
Did Mayda go to the school yesterday? ______________________
Did They travel around the world 1year ago? ________________
Did We study English the last year? ________________________
Did You talk about politics yesterday? _______________________
Did he attend class the last week? _________________________

16. FORM Regular: study studied live lived stay stayed Irregular: go went
There are regular verbs and irregular verbs.
All regular past tense verbs end in “ed”
Regular: study studied
live lived
stay stayed
Some verbs have irregular past tense forms:
Irregular: go went
be was – were
do did
These verbs don’t follow any spelling rules. Irregular past verb forms must be learned.

17. Spelling of “ed” form Most verbs – add “ed” Example: walk walked
order ordered
Verbs that end in “e” – add only “d”
Example: live lived
decide decided
Verbs that end in consonant “y”- change y to i and add “ed”
Example: study studied
carry carried
Verbs that end in CVC [stressed vowel] double the last consonant
Example: shop shopped
stop stopped
permit permitted
admit admitted
Do not double the last consonant if the last syllable is not stressed:
listen listened

18. Negative Statements To form negative statements:
did + not (didn’t) + base form
Example: He didn’t call me.
She didn’t study French.
Don’t use didn’t with the verb TO BE
use to be + not:
Example: He wasn’t there yesterday.
They weren’t happy.

19. Yes/No questions & short answers
To form yes/no questions, use:
did + subject + base form
Example: Did he study English last night?
Did they learn to play the piano?
To form short answers to yes/no questions, use:
yes + subject pronoun + did Or
no + subject pronoun+ didn’t
Example: Yes, he did.
No, they didn’t.

20. (+) (-) (?) I played I didn't play Did I play? You played
You didn’t play
Did you play? 
 He played
He didn’t play
Did he play? 
 She played
She didn’t play
Did she play? 
 It played
It didn’t play
Did it play? 
We played
We didn’t play
Did we play? 
They played
They didn’t play
Did they play? 
Short answers:
- Yes, {I/we/you/he} did
- No, {I/you/we/they} didn’t
When you go home?
Who did he speak to?

21. WEBQUEST : FAMOUS PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD
Objective:
To investigate about famous people
To improve the use of Internet and search engines
To improve reading comprehension skills
To practice the use of the simple past tense

22. 1ºSTEP
Follow the link below and select some (10 to 12) famous people you want to know more.

23. 2º STEP Look for information to answer these questions:
When and where was he/she born?
What was/is her/his occupation?
Was his/her family native of the country?
Why is/was he/she famous for?

24. 3º STEP
Get together with a classmate and prepare a ppt presentation or a movie with your results (you can use movie maker).
You can copy and paste information/pictures from other websites but acknowledge the source.
Prepare an extra-activity for other students to do (wordsearch, crossword, quiz, etc.)

25. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Students: David Moscoso Jurado
Shorlli Salazar