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.

Simple Past Tense Verb to Be. Basic English

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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. → ___________________________

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?

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 ________________________________

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.

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? _________________________

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.

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

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.

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.

(+) (-) (?) 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?

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

1ºSTEP Follow the link below and select some (10 to 12) famous people you want to know more. http://daytranslations.com/famous_argentine_people.aspx http://www.famouspeople.com/famous_biographies.htm http://www.famouspeople.co.uk/ http://www.thefamouspeople.com/

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?

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.)

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Students: David Moscoso Jurado Shorlli Salazar