The document focuses on the past simple tense in English, providing examples and exercises to practice forming and using it correctly. It includes various sentences to transform and practice, as well as prompts for discussing personal experiences and the concept of success. The content aims to reinforce understanding of both the grammatical structure and its application in everyday situations.

1. Success Stories
1) Past Simple: form and meaning
2) Past Simple: practice
3) Your recent weekend
4) What is Success?

2. Meaning

3. Form
Make sentences using the words
E.g. Lena’s room is clean. (She/clean/the
room/one hour ago)
She cleaned the room one hour ago.
1) This is a cake. (My daughter / bake /it an
hour ago).
2) Pavel does not live here any more. (He/
move / three days ago)
3) Olga is happy. (She / visit / her sister /
last weekend).
4) My son can play tennis. (He / play /
tennis with me / yesterday).

4. 1) This is a cake. (My daughter / bake /it an hour ago).
My daughter baked it an hour ago
2) Pavel does not live here any more. (He/ move / three days ago)
He moved three days ago.
3) Olga is happy. (She / visit / her sister / last weekend).
She visited her sister last weekend
4) My son can play tennis. (He / play / tennis with me / yesterday).
He played tennis with me yesterday.

5. I watched TV yesterday. (My friend)
My friend did not watch TV yesterday.
1) They walked their dog. (I)
2) I stopped going to the gym. (My friends)
3) Mary cooked a big dinner yesterday. (Her daughter)
4) My children cleaned the house last weekend. (I)

6. 1) They walked their dog. (I)
I did not walk the dog.
2) I stopped going to the gym. (My friends)
My friends did not stop going to the gym.
3) Mary cooked a big dinner yesterday. (Her daughter)
Her daughter did not cook a big dinner.
4) My children cleaned the house last weekend. (I)
I did not clean the house last weekend.

7. Form
go -------- went
meet --------- met
see ---------- saw
spend -------- spent
1) They went shopping yesterday.
2) I saw my brother two days ago.
3) We spent time with children last weekend.
4) She met her partner last month.
1) They did not go shopping yesterday.
2) I ________________ my brother two days ago.
3) We _______________ time with children last
weekend.
4) She _______________ her partner last month.

8. 1) They went shopping yesterday.
They did not go shopping yesterday.
2) I saw my brother two days ago.
I did not see my brother two days ago.
3) We spent time with children last weekend.
We did not spend time with children last weekend.
4) She met her partner last month.
She did not meet her partner last month.

9. What did you do at the weekend?
 go shopping;
 watch TV;
 spend time with family;
 cook meals;
 work;
 meet friends;
 go to the cinema;
 go for a walk;
 visit a museum
E.g. I went for a walk at the weekend.
I did not go shopping.

10. What does success mean to you?
Think of some words that are connected with
success?

11. SUCCESS IS CONNECTED TO ….