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Did you like high school? Why?

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The grammar that we use to talk about past events is Simple Past.
For example: When I was in high school I had many friends, my favorite class was Math
because I was good at numbers, everyday after class I did my homework and called my best
friend. It was the best time of my life...

1- Study the rules

Simple Past (Past Simple)
The simple past expresses an action in the past taking place once, never, several times.
It can also be used for actions taking place one after another or in the middle of another
action.

Form of Simple Past

Positive Negative Question
no differences I spoke. I did not speak. Did I speak?

For irregular verbs, use the past form. For regular verbs, just add “ed”.

Exceptions in Spelling when Adding ‘ed’

Exceptions in spelling when adding ed Example
after a final e only add d love – loved
final consonant after a short, stressed admit – admitted
vowel travel – travelled
or l as final consonant after a vowel is
doubled
final y after a consonant becomes i hurry – hurried

Use of Simple Past

• action in the past taking place once, never or several times
• Example: He visited his parents every weekend.
 • actions in the past taking place one after the other
• Example: He came in, took off his coat and sat down.
• action in the past taking place in the middle of another action
• Example: When I was having breakfast, the phone suddenly rang.
Signal Words of Simple Past
• yesterday, 2 minutes ago, in 1990, the other day, last Friday

2- Create examples

1- Three affirmative statements

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2- Three negative statements
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3- Three questions with answer (Example: Did you clean the house? -Yes, I did. / No, I did
not/didn’t)
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3- Complete the exercises

Complete the sentences with was or were.
• I (was/were) ________ happy.
• You (was/were) _________ angry.
• She (was/were) ________ in London last week.
• He (was/were) ________ on holiday.
• It (was/were) ________ cold.
 • We (was/were) ________ at school.
• You (was/were) ________ at the cinema.
• They (was/were) ________ at home.
• The cat (was/were) ________ on the roof.
• The children (was/were) ________ in the garden.

Write positive sentences in simple past.

• he / the question / answer He answered the question.
• you / a question / ask ____________________________________
• the dog / bark ____________________________________
• they / us / call ____________________________________
• we / a mountain / climb ____________________________________
• John / stamps / collect ____________________________________
• we / in London / live ____________________________________
• I / hungry / be ____________________________________
• they / a hamster / have ____________________________________
• he / to school / go ____________________________________

Rewrite the sentences in the negative.

• They collected postcards. → They did not collect postcards.
• You jumped high. → ____________________________________
• Albert played squash. → ____________________________________
• The teacher tested our English. → ________________________________
• Fiona visited her grandma. → ____________________________________
• He washed the car. → ____________________________________
• You were thirsty. → ____________________________________
 • He had a computer. → ____________________________________
• I bought bread. → ____________________________________
• You saw the house. → ____________________________________
Have a look at James's last week's diary and answer the questions in complete
sentences. Put the time expression at the end of the sentence.
Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun
football shopping meeting ring Jane buy concert sailing
flowers
cinema tennis English Italian
restaurant
• When was his English course? → His English course was on Thursday
• When did he go shopping? → ___________________________
• When did he buy flowers? → ___________________________
• When was his meeting? → ___________________________
• When did he play football? → ___________________________
• When did he go to the Italian restaurant? → ___________________________
• When did he ring Jane? → ___________________________
• When did he go to the cinema? → ___________________________
• When did he play tennis? → ___________________________
• When was the concert? → ___________________________
• When did he go sailing? → ___________________________

Write questions in simple past.

• Anna / the window / open Did Anna open the window?
• she / home / walk ___________________________
• you / in the garden / work ___________________________
• you / a song / sing ___________________________
• she / on a chair / sit ___________________________
• you / the castle / visit ___________________________
• Jenny / the door / lock ___________________________
 • she / happy / be ___________________________
• Greg / the ball / kick ___________________________
• the car / at the corner / stop ___________________________

4- Answer the following questions

• What classes did you take at high school?
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• What was your favorite class? Why?

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• What classes didn´t you like? Why not?

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• Who was your best friend?

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• Who was your favorite teacher? Why?

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• Where did you spend your free time? Why?

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 • What was a typical day at school like?
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• What didn´t you like about school?

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5- Create a paragraph with the questions answered before

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