This document provides examples of using the past simple tense in English. It includes examples of affirmative and negative statements as well as yes/no questions using common verbs like study, eat, play, and watch. The document tests the learner's ability to conjugate regular and irregular verbs into the past simple form and to identify errors in example sentences. It also contains vocabulary related to common daily activities expressed in both English and Spanish.

1. PHOTOCOPIABLE © Oxford University Press
NAME ScoreGRAMMAR
1000+ Activities
17 Past simple: affirmative, negative, questions and short answers (1)
STAGE 3
2 Escribe las frases en forma afirmativa,
negativa o como pregunta.
she / study / English ✓
She studied English.
they / study / French ✗
They didn’t study French.
we / eat / salad (?)
Did we eat salad?
1 they / play / football ✓
2 he / learn / English ✗
3 you / drink / water (?)
4 she / watch / TV ✓
5 it / rain / yesterday ✗
6 they / cook / dinner (?)
7 Sally / live / Lisbon last year ✗
8 they / cook / dinner (?)
Past simple affirmative Past simple negative
Verbos regulares
I/you/he/she/it/we/they + infinitivo + -d/-ed/-ied
Verbos irregulares: hay que memorizarlas
eat – ate, drink – drank, learn – learnt
I studied French at university.
They ate the salad.
I/you/we/they + didn’t (did not) + infinitivo
We didn’t play rugby.
It didn’t rain yesterday.
Past simple questions Past simple short answers
Did + I/you/he/she/it/we/they + infinitivo ... ?
Did you watch TV yesterday?
Did she work in Madrid?
Yes, I/you/he/she/it/we/they did.
No, I/you/he/she/it/we/they didn’t.
1 Completa las frases.
Petra didn’t learn French at school. She
learnt English.
1 I ate the fish. I eat the salad.
2 We didn’t play rugby at school, but we
football.
3 Liz studied Geography at university. She
study English.
4 My dog didn’t drink juice, but it
water.
5 he cook dinner? Yes, he did.
6 you live in Madrid? No, I didn’t.
7 Did they watch TV? No, they .
8 Did it rain yesterday? No, it .

2. PHOTOCOPIABLE © Oxford University Press
NAME ScoreGRAMMAR
1000+ Activities
STAGE 3
17 Past simple: affirmative, negative, questions and short answers (2)
Vocabulario clave
after school después del colegio cook cocinar dinner cena dog perro drink beber eat comer
email correo electrónico England Inglaterra English inglés fish pescado football fútbol
French francés Geography geografía juice zumo last year el año pasado learn aprender
live vivir play jugar rain llover salad ensalada Saturday sábado school colegio study estudiar
TV televisión university universidad watch ver water agua write escribir yesterday ayer
4 Indica el error en cada frase. Luego escribe
las frases correctas en el past simple.
I didn’t studied at university.
I didn’t study at university.
1 He live in Oxford last year.
2 Did she study English? Yes, she does.
3 Did the dog ate the fish? Yes, it did.
4 We didn’t not play football.
5 Did Anna watch TV? No, they didn’t.
6 It rain on Saturday.
5 Escribe tres frases en afirmativa, tres
frases en negativa y tres preguntas. Usa las
palabras de los recuadros.
I
you
he
she
it
we
they
live
study
cook
rain
learn
eat
drink
in England
English
Geography
dinner
fish
salad
juice
on Saturday
yesterday
at university
after school
last year
I studied English at university.
He didn’t cook dinner yesterday.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
3 Completa las frases con el sujeto y la forma
correcta de los verbos entre paréntesis.
Did they live in England? (they / live)
Yes, they did . (they)
They lived in Liverpool. (they / live)
1 English? (they / study)
No, . (they)
Geography. (they / studied)
2 TV yesterday? (they / watch)
No, . (they)
TV on Saturday. (they /
watch)
  