The document defines and provides examples of the simple past tense. It explains that the simple past is used to describe completed actions in the past. It provides examples like "The modern Olympics started in 1896." It also notes that the simple past can show psychological or social distance. It discusses using time expressions like "In 2002" with the simple past. It provides examples of forming the simple past negative and includes some exercises for the reader to practice identifying and forming the simple past.

1. S I M P L E
P A S T
A M E L I A N I C O L E
G R A N D E S A L I N A S
M Y F I R T S H I G H E R
E D C L A S S

2. W H A T I S T H E
M E A N I N G O F
S I M P L E
P A S T ?

3. MEANING:
• The simple past is a past
form. We usually use it to
describe an action, event,
or state that was
completed in the past.

5. SIMPLE PAST
• We use the simple past to talk
about something that is
distant from us in some way.
For example, the simple past
may signal that :
• An action, event or state was
completed at definite time in
the past.
Example: The modern Olympics
started in 1896 and became an
international evento in 1924.

6. SIMPLE PAST
• The speaker wants to show social or psychological distance.
For example:
Did you still want to read my novel?
I just wanted to say something.

7. SIMPLE PAST
• We often use a time
expression in a sentence
with the simple past.
• Example: In 2002, we moved
to New York. We lived there
for two years, and then we
moved to India.

8. SIMPLE PAST NEGATIVE
Use the simple past to talk about
completed actions in the past:
Negative form the simple past
negative with didn’t (did not) +
verb.
Examples: I/You/He/She/We/They
didn’t feel well.
We didn’t have a great time on
vacation.

9. EXERCISES
• Select the correct option of the sentences using the simple
past.
• 1. Yesterday I go/went to school, saw my friends, and did
my homework.
• 2. Last night I eat/ate dinner and watch/watched TV.

10. EXERCISES
1. Yesterday I go / went to school,
saw my friends, and did my
homework.
R// Yesterday I went to school,
saw/see my friends, and did/do my
homework.
2. Last night I eat/ate dinner and
watch/watched TV.
R// Last night I ate dinner and watch
TV.

11. EXERCISES
• Complete the sentences with simple past .
• 1. ______ you go by plane?
• 2. Where _____ you go on vacation?
• Select the correct option.
• 1. I didn’t watched TV last night./ I didn’t watch TV last night.
• 2. Did you took a lot of pictures?/ Did you take a lot of pictures?