How to use Past Simple Tense By Miss Chonladda Phonklang Soengsang School

Hello everybody! My name is Past Simple Boy because I am very nostalgic and I always talk about the past. This is an old picture of me. I was eighteen in this picture. It was thirteen years ago. I studied at University at that time. I lived with my friends Micky and Max in a big and old flat. We didn't study much and we enjoyed our life. Every weekend we went to the disco and met new girls. I remember I had a girlfriend called Margarita. I finished my studies in A year later I started to work as a Language teacher in a Secondary school. Life is not too bad, but those days were fantastic! My name is Past Simple Boy

Answer the question 1.Who lived with Past Simple Boy? He lived with Micky and Max. 2. Did he enjoy his life? Yes, he did. 3. When did he finish his university? I finished my studies in 1995.

How the use past simple We use the Past Simple Tense: to describe actions and situations that happened in the past. These actions and situations were started and finished in the past. For example: He played the violin when he was a child. I bought a new car yesterday. Last week, my brother fixed his car. Subject + V2

Yesterday three weeks ago last year In 2002 from March to June for a long time for 6 weeks in the last century in the past You will often find the past simple used with time expressions such as these:

Interrogative form Did + Subject + v base form? ***If it is the verb "to be" we use was/were before the subject: Example:Did she see him last night? Was he at the office the other day? Did you go to the cinema last night? Yes, I did. No, I didn't. Did he speak with Kate yesterday? Yes, he did. No, he didn't. Negative form Subject + did not + v base form Example: He didn't work yesterday. She didn't see him last night.

Exercise January Dear Sam, I ___(1)___ here on Monday. We did not do much the first day. We ___(2)___ around and ___(3)___ friends with each other. We ___(4)___ our leader today. Tuesday was full of activities. We ___(5)___ gifts for friends in the morning. In the afternoon, we ___(6)___ football and chair ball. The next day, we ___(7)___ sailing. When we ___(8)___ back the camp, we ___(9)___ pictures of the places we ___(10)___. After dinner, we ___(11)___ hide and seek. Our leader ___(12)___ themselves around the camp. It was late when we ___(13)___ them. Well, we really tried to do a lot of things everyday. I like everything here. Kate 1. came 2. walked 3. made 4. chose 5. made 6. played 7. went 8. came 9. painted 10. saw 11. played 12. hid 13. found

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