1. Grammar
Simple Past
El houssaine NAAIM
Common core

2. Read the text and correct the following sentences
“I was very shy when I was at primary school. My brothers were braver than me. In 2012, I took my secondary school exam, but I wasn’t able to pass it. However, in 2013 I passed it successfully. After that, I completed my high school in I stayed in my home town until 2016, and I moved to Rabat. So, I studied in Rabat last year. My uncle helped me so much in living expenses, as I did not have many problems to cope up with my new life style, I had all I needed. Now, I am carrying my university studies in Casablanca.” Ahmed
Read the text and correct the following sentences
Ahmed was brave when he was at primary school.
Ahmed brothers were less courageous than him
Ahmed passed secondary school exam in 2012.
Ahmed completed high school and moved to Rabat in 2015.
Ahmed studied in Rabat two years ago.
Ahmed had difficulties in living expenses in Rabat.

3. He was shy when he was in primary school .
2: They were more courageous than him
3: Ahmed passed secondary school exam in 2013.
4: Ahmed completed high school in 2015, but moved to Rabat in 2016.
5: Ahmed studied in Rabat last year.
6: Ahmed did not have difficulties in living expenses in Rabat because his uncle his uncle helped him.

4. WAS/WERE(FORM) shy.. shy.. I He She It We You They was/wasn’t
AFFIRMATIVE & NEGATIVE FORM I He
She It We
You
They
was/wasn’t
shy..
were/weren’t
shy..

5. I He She It We You They QUESTION FORM shy? Was braver than ahmed? Were
Yes, he was shy.
Yes, he was.
No, he wasn’t shy.
No,he wasn’t. I He
She It We
You
They
shy?
Was
Yes, they were.
No,they weren’t.
braver than ahmed?
Were

6. Regular verbs I You He She It We completed high school in 2015. They
AFFIRMATIVE FORM I
You He
She It We
They
Passed his exam in 2013.
completed high school in 2015.
moved to Rabat in 2016.

7. Pronunciation
Verb
Ending
Sound t ed
Passed id
completed ed d ed
moved

8. Look Looked wait waited need needed stay stayed call called Help
1: After unvoiced sounds such as p, f, s, k, sh , and  ch the final –ed is pronounced like t as in the word cat.
Look
Examples :
Looked
Help
Helped
 2: For verbs ending in d and t the final –ed is pronounced Id as in the final two letters of the word did.
wait
waited
Examples :
need
needed
After voiced sounds such as b, L.. And after all vowel sounds such as E, A… the final –ed is pronounced d 
stay
Examples :
stayed
call
called

9. NEGATIVE FORM I
You He
She It We
They
did not
have difficulties in living expenses in Rabat.

10. I You He She It We They QUESTION FORM Did Have difficulties in Rabat?
Yes, he had difficulties in Rabat.
Yes, he did.
No, he didn’t have difficulties .
No, he didn’t.

11. (+) (-) (?) (+) (-) (?) She is at the park now.
Transform the sentences into Past Simple Tense.
She is at the park now.
(+)
- She was at the park yesterday.
(-)
- She wasn’t at the park yesterday.
(?)
- Was she at the park yesterday?
She calls him everyday.
(+)
- She called him yesterday.
(-)
- She didn’t call him yesterday.
(?)
- Did she call him yesterday?

12. Fill in the blanks with the correct form of verbs.
1)Minnie________(bake) a huge cake for Mickey’s birthday party last year.
baked
2)John________ (play) football yesterday.
played
3)____ you____(ask) a question during the lesson last week?
Did
ask
4)They __________(not/have) a picnic at the last weekend.
didn’t have
5)____ ( to be) they at the party last night ?
Were

13. REMEMBER Why do we use Simple Past Tense?
Completed actions in the past.
- My mom made some pancake for us yesterday.
A series of completed actions in the past.
- I finished my work, walked to the beach, and found a nice place to swim.

14. SIMPLE PAST TENSE yesterday last year in 1476 5 years ago in 1995
last week
5 years ago

15. Irregular verbs …