What did you do yesterday?

What did Taz do yesterday?

Taz broke the paintbrush

What did he do yesterday?

He hit his finger

What did it do yesterday?

It ate the apple

What did they do yesterday?

They had three babies

What did she do yesterday?

She wrote on the board

What did he do yesterday?

He swept the garden

He hit his fingerTaz broke the paintbrush He didnt hit his Taz didnt break the finger paintbrush He ate the apple They had three babies
They didnt have three babies

He didnt eat the apple

How was he in the past?

He was black

How was he in the past?

He was fat

In the past

her hair was dark

In the past

his nose was unperfect

In the past

her lips were smaller

In the past

her hair was longer

her hair was dark he was black her hair wasnt dark he wasnt black

his nose was unperfect his nose wasnt

her lips were smaller

unperfect

her lips werent smaller

When do we use the Simple Past tense?

The Simple Past is the usual form to refer to actions completed in the past. The Simple Past form of the verbs is the same for all people.

SIGNAL WORDS
yesterday Monday, Tuesday,etc week last month minutes year days two weeks months in 2002 years

ago

How do we form the Simple Past tense?

Two kind of verbs
Regular verbs Irregular verbs

Regular verbs
They end in ed Verbs in original form Past form Live Lived Look Looked Work Worked I lived in London six months ago She looked at me yesterday My mom worked at the hospital last year

Irregular verbs
There is no simple rule for their past form. Verbs in original form Past form Be Was/Were Go Went Have Had I was at the park yesterday. She went to the south last week. Tommy had a stomachache last night.

Yes/No Questions
Did he have a long hair in the past? Yes, he did No, he didnt Did George and Susan live together ? Yes, they did No, they didnt Did she go to the beach yesterday ? Yes, she did No, she didnt

Wh-Questions
What did you do last night ? I studied for my next Literature test. Where did they go last weekend ? They went to the zoo. Where was she born ? She was born in Australia.

EXERCISE!
Read and complete the following texts with the past form of the verbs in the boxes. go be stay eat We _________________ on a family holiday to the south of France. It ___________ me and my wife. We ________________ in a little cottage. And we _____________ out one day.

go start take arrive be We ________________ backpacking around Thailand. We ________________ in Bangkok, we ___________________ the train to Chiang Mai, and then we ________________ at Nan Phuket. It _________________ really funny!

go be have get Susan and Derek ________________ on a cruise round Norway. The boat ________________ lovely. It _________________ a swimming pool, a gym, a bar, and four different restaurants. But I __________________ a bit bored.

have stay visit enjoy be My mom and me ________________ a week in England. We ________________ in an wonderful apartament. We ____________________ different kind of places. We really _________________ that week. It ________________ perfect!