VS4.

1 – Past simple
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 Describe the picture…

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 What did they do yesterday?

this is a
picture from
yesterday

what could
you say
today?

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 They watched TV
They watched TV:

= in the past

≠ now

They watched
TV

Past

Present
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 Describe the picture

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 What did he do?

When Jeremy
left the house,
what did he do?

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 He locked the door
He locked the door.
or
He closed the door.
= in the past
≠ now
He locked the
door

Past

Present
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 Describe the picture

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 What did the boys do?

this is a
picture from
yesterday
/last night /
last week

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 They played football.
They played football:

= Yesterday they played football.

= Last night they played football.
= Last week they played football.

≠ They played football now.

≠ They played football tomorrow.
They played
football

Past: Present: Future:

Yesterday Now Tomorrow
Last night
Last week
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 For regular past simple verbs add -ed

Present Past Present Past

Simple Simple Simple Simple
work worked need needed

clean cleaned want wanted

dance danced snow snowed

rain rained play played

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 Regular verbs stay the same

For regular past simple verbs, the past simple is the same
for all subjects

subject past simple

I played
you played
he played
she played
it played
we played
they played
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 What did these people do last night?

A B

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 Practice the past simple

They finished dinner at 8pm last night. finish

1. Janet __________ her birthday

present. open

2. Jessica and Andrew ___________

on the phone last night. talk

3. My mother __________ to the

store to buy milk. walk
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 Practice the past simple

They finished dinner at 8pm last night. finish

4. Andrea __________ the

house after the party. clean

5. She ___________ during the

scary movie. scream

6. It __________ during the

football game. rain

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 Practice the past simple

They finished dinner at 8pm last night. finish

7. She is tired because she __________ every night last
week. work

8. The family ___________ the movie on TV. enjoy

9. They __________ their cousins at the airport. greet

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 Practice the past simple

watch play enjoy

10. The children __________ the day at the beach.

11. They __________ a movie on TV before going to bed.

12. Andrew and Kevin __________ tennis every day last

summer.

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 Practice the past simple

call clean ask listen

13. She _______ her kids to be careful of traffic in the street.

14. He _______ his mother to wish her a happy birthday.

15. He _______ to classical music before going to bed.

16. They _______ the car because it was dirty.

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 Form your own past simple sentences
A

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 Form your own past simple sentences

A B

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 Practice the past simple
17. They __________ to the store to buy milk.

18. It __________ all day. It was the biggest snowfall in five

winters.

19. My jacket was wet because it __________ all day.

20. The store __________ at 8pm last night.

snow walk rain close

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 Find a suitable verb to complete the
sentence
21. When he was a child, he _______ football after school
every day.

22. The taxi driver _______ our home phone when he arrived
at our house.

23. They _______ their food from the waiter.

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 Find a suitable verb to complete the
sentence
24. She _______ the door after hearing the doorbell.

25. He _______ across the street to go to the bank.

26. They _______ the windows because the house was cold.

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 Using time and past simple

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B

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 Using day of the week and past simple

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B

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 Make your own sentences
27. Last night she __________.

28. Yesterday morning I __________.

29. On New Years Eve 2009 they __________.

30. She __________ last Tuesday.

31. We __________ two weeks ago.

32. You __________ last summer.

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 Make your own sentences
33. Before leaving the house, she __________.

34. After finishing his homework, George __________.

35. Before going to bed, the children __________.

36. She __________ after eating breakfast.

37. We __________ before going on holiday.

38. You __________ after finishing dessert.

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