A short description of the structure and use of the simple past tense, and a text that will be used as a model to make students produce in the target language.

1. “SIMPLE PAST”
This tense is used to express the idea
that an action started and finished at a
specific time in the past.

2. Structure
Affirmative Sentences.
 I
 YOU
 HE
 SHE verb in PAST complement
 IT
 WE
 YOU
 THEY
I played soccer last
night.

3. Structure
Negative Sentences.
 I
 YOU
 HE
 SHE
 IT did not (verb in infinitive) complement.
 WE
 YOU
 THEY
I didn’t go to Tuxtla on
Sunday.

4. Structure
Interrogative sentences
I
YOU
HE
SHE Verb in infinitive complement?
DID IT
WE
YOU
THEY
Did you study any other
language?

5. I remember my best christmas. It was when I was 8
years old. It was very nice because I was with my
family, and Santa Clause gave me a pair of skates.
The good was that my sister and my two other cousins
received the same present. So we always went to
skate to the park. Then some friends started to go with
us and their parents bought their skates, and our
group of friends grew more and more.
Sometimes we fell down but we didn´t cry.
This is one of the best memories from
my childhood.
MY BEST CHRISTMAS

6. I remember my best christmas. It was when I was 8
years old. It was very nice because I was with my
family, and Santa Clause gave me a pair of skates.
The good was that my sister and my two other cousins
received the same present. So we always went to
skate to the park. Then some friends started to go with
us and their parents bought their skates, and our
group of friends grew more and more.
Sometimes we fell down but we didn´t cry.
This is one of the best memories from
my childhood.
MY BEST CHRISTMAS