This document provides information about using and forming the past simple tense in English. It explains that the past simple is used to describe actions that were completed in the past, including activities that began and ended in the past. It lists the past simple forms of regular and irregular verbs. It also demonstrates how to form positive, negative, and interrogative sentences in the past simple tense. Examples of using verbs in the past simple within short texts and a poem are also included.

1. Past Simple
by Júlia Hoffmanová and Barbora Ondríková

2. Use
I was in school yesterday.
▪ Activity began and ended in
the past
▪ If sentences (If I had a lot of
money…)
▪ Action in the middle of another
action in the past
past
present
I bought a new car tree years
ago.
past
1800
past
1850
1900
1950
present
2000
present
2500

3. Form
I
You
He/She/It
We
You
They
came home yesterday.
watched television last night.
lived in Russia.

4. Form of verb
Regular
Irregular
play
played
be
was/were
look
looked
brake
broke
finished
have
had
want
wanted
let
let
need
needed
make
made
clean
cleaned
think
thought
finish
+ ed

5. Sentences
Positive
Negative
Questions
I bought pink unicorn
10 years ago.
I did not buy pink
unicorn 10 years ago.
Did you buy pink
unicorn 10 years ago?
I was good at math.
I was not good at
math.
Was I good at math?
+
-
?

6. In text
“Expecto Patronum!” _______Snape.
From the tip of his wand _______ the
silver doe. She _______ on the office
floor, _______ once across the office, and
_______ out of the window. Dumbledore
_______ her fly away, and as her silvery
glow ______ he _______ back to Snape,
and his eyes _______ full of tears.
“After all this time?”
“Always,” _______ Snape.
Put verbs from bascet to the text
in correct form. (You can use
each of them only once.)
fade, burst (vyraziť), shout, soar
(vyletieť), watch, say,
fade, bound (preletieť), turn, land
(pristáť), be, say

7. In text
“Expecto Patronum!” shouted Snape.
From the tip of his wand burst the silver
doe. She landed on the office floor,
bounded once across the office, and
soared out of the window. Dumbledore
watched her fly away, and as her silvery
glow faded he turned back to Snape, and
his eyes were full of tears.
“After all this time?”
“Always,” said Snape.
Put verbs from bascet to the text
in correct form. (You can use
each of them only once.)
fade, burst (vyraziť), shout, soar
(vyletieť), watch, say,
fade, bound (preletieť), turn, land
(pristáť), be, say

8. Short poem with past simple
Didn't want a battle,
Yet you declared war,
Each knock you gave me made
me stronger than before,
I will not give up,
I will not give in,
You won't make me fall,
I won't let you win.

9. The end
Thank you for watching. 