What did you do
yesterday?
• Simple Past Tense
• Regular Verbs
• Irregular verbs
• Wh- and Yes / No questions in
Past Tense
• Be in Past Tense

REGULAR VERBS

Spill
Pinch Want
Talk

Walk Play
Listen Jump

Count
Laugh
Close
Open

Watch TV
Play TV games Dance
Cry

Wait
Climb
Use a computer
Clean

Play football Play the piano
Cook
Call

Turn on Turn off
Share Study

Push
Pull Look at
Fix

Colour Look for
Wash Ask

REGULAR VERBS
Spelling rules
To form the affirmative past tense of most regular verbs:
• Add –ed to the base form of the verb (wash-
washed).
• If the verb ends in –e, add –d (live-lived)
• If the verb ends in a consonant preceded by a vowel,
double the final consonant (stop-stopped)
• If the verb ends in –y preceded by a consonant,
omit the “y” and add –ied ( copy-copied)

Write the past tense form.
1. Dance_________
2. Plan_________
3. Clean_________
4. Type_________
5. Study_________
6. Shop_________
7. Look_________
8. Play_________
9. Empty_________
10. Stop_________
1. Wash_________
2. Work_________
3. Shave_________
4. Carry_________
5. Listen________
6. Turn ________
7. Ask ________
8. Answer ________
9. Push ________
10. Wait ________

SIMPLE PRESENT
POSITIVE STATEMENT NEGATIVE STATEMENT
I work in Mushrooms Company. I don’t work in The Coke Company.
He lives in that small house. He doesn’t live in the big one.
We study in the CETis We don´t study in the CBTis
Maria knows how to cook. Maria doesn’t know how to make
tortillas
Today I have a party. Today I don´t have classes.
My mom has my wallet My mom doesn’t have her purse

SIMPLE PAST
POSITIVE STATEMENT NEGATIVE STATEMENT
I worked in Mushrooms Company in
May.
I didn’t work in The Coke
Company.
He lived in that small house 2 years
ago.
He didn’t live in the big one.
We studied in the CETis last year. We didn’t study in the CBTis
Maria knew how to cook. Maria didn’t know how to make
tortillas
Yesterday I had a party. Today I didn’t have classes.
My mom had my wallet last night. My mom didn’t have her purse

/ d / / t / / id /
Play played Walk walked Need needed
Mail mailed Stop stopped Wait waited
Try tried Look looked Visit visited
PRONUNCIATION. Practice with a partner and locate the regular
verbs according to their pronunciation. (See the verb list in the
appendix).

Expressions for Past Tense
last ago yesterday
last night 10 minutes ago yesterday
last Sunday an hour ago yesterday morning
last week three days ago yesterday afternoon
last weekend a week ago yesterday evening
last year a month ago the day before yesterday
last month a year ago

IRREGULAR VERBS

Win
Give
Find
Break

Throw away
Take a picture
Think
Cut

Hit
Hold
Hurt
Buy

Read
Write
Sleep Run

Put on
Fly
Take a bath Win

Catch Throw
Draw

Swim
Make a sandcastle Fight
Speak

Ride Sing
Go
Come

Eat
Drink

1. Drive ________ 7.- get ________ 13.- buy ________
2. Take ________ 8.- eat ________ 14.- ring ________
3.- run ________ 9.- see ________ 15.- sing ________
4.- do ________ 10.-forget ________ 16.- bring ________
5.- leave ________ 11.- make ________ 17.- read ________
6. -go ________ 12.- write ________ 18.- hear ________
Look for the Past Form of the following
verbs in your list.

Write the correct form of the verb on the lines.
Use the Simple Past Tense.
• John Lennon (be) _________ born in 1940 in
Liverpool, England, where he (grow up)
___________. As a teenager, he (meet)
_________Paul McCartney, and they (begin)
_________ to write songs together. After several
years, they (form) _________ a new group
called the Beatles, with George Harrison and
Pete Best. However, Best (NO-stay)
_______________ in the group. Bingo Starr
(join) _________ the group in place of Best. In
1964 the group (perform) _________ its first hit
son “Love Me Do”. ….. Next Page….

Write the correct form of the verb on the lines.
Use the Simple Past Tense.
• Between the years 1962 and 1968 the Beatles
(be) _________ the most famous group in the
world. In 1969, Lennon (decide) _________ to
perform alone. He (write) _________ the song
“Give Peace a Chance” and (make) several
albums alone. He also (act) _________ in films.
From that time on, he (have) _________ many
problems. For example, he (leave) _________
his wife, Yoko Ono, for a time. Finally, in 1983,
Mark David Chapman (kill) _________ Lennon.
Lennon’s life (end) _________, but his music
lives on today.

WH- ANDDIDQUESTIONS
QUESTION ANSWER
What did you do last
Sundays?
I played soccer with my friends.
Where did you play soccer? I played soccer in the park.
How long did you stay there? We stayed there for about 2 hours.
Did you enjoy the match? Yes, I did. I got so exhausted but I
liked it.
Did you do something else that
day?
No, I didn’t. Well, I just called my
girlfriend and went out with her.

Ask the following Questions to your
partener and answer back too
1. Where did you go on vacation?
2. What did you do?
3. Who did you see?
4. Which movie did you watch on vacation?
5. Did you like it?
6. Did you meet someone special?
7. Did you study anything?
8. Did you read a magazine?

FIND SOMEONE WHO...
Name
1. watched the news. ____________________
2. listened to the radio. ____________________
3. ate at a restaurant. ____________________
4. visited grandparents. ____________________
5. studied for an exam. ____________________
6. went to the movies. ____________________
7. cleaned your room. ____________________
8. took a shower. ____________________
9. played an instrument. ____________________
10. worked in the computer. ____________________

Now, It´s time for practicing in class!
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