This document discusses the past simple tense in English. The past simple tense is used to talk about completed actions in the past. It provides examples of affirmative, negative, and interrogative sentence structures in the past simple tense. Some key points include: - Affirmative sentences follow the structure of subject + verb (past simple) + complement. - Negative sentences use the auxiliary "didn't" followed by the verb in infinitive form. - Yes/no questions in the past simple tense use the auxiliary "did" followed by the subject and verb in infinitive form. - Short answers to yes/no questions are either "yes, I/she/he/etc. did

1. PAST SIMPLE
This tense is used to talk about
completed actions in the past.

2. PAST EXPRESSIONS
LAST MONTH/ WEEK / WEEKEND
YESTERDAY
AGO

3. PAST SIMPLE
(AFFIRMATIVE FORM)
It is formed with the following structure:
SUBJECT + VERB (PAST SIMPLE) + COMPLEMENT
SHE STUDIED HARD YESTERDAY
YOU WROTE A LOVE LETTER LAST
WEEK
HE READ A MAGAZINE 1 MONTH AGO

4. Exercises:
Put the verbs into the correct form (simple past).
Last year I (spend) _______________ my holiday in Ireland.
It (be)________________ great.
I (travel)_____________ around by car with two friends and we (visit)
___________lots of interesting places.
In the evenings we usually ___________(go) to a pub.
One night we even (learn) ______________ some Irish dances.

5. PAST SIMPLE
(NEGATIVE FORM)
This structure includes the auxiliary “didn’t”
STRUCTURE
SUBJECT + AUX. “DIDN’T” +VERB ( INFINITIVE) +
COMPLEMENT
THEY DIDN’T GO TO CLASS YESTERDAY
HE DIDN’T WRITE A LOVE LETTER
WE DIDN’T ATTEND ENGLISH CLASS

6. Exercises:
Rewrite the sentences in the negative.
They collected postcards. → ____________________________
You jumped high. → __________________________________
Albert played squash. → _______________________________
The teacher tested our English. → _______________________
Fiona visited her grandma. → ___________________________

7. PAST SIMPLE
(INTERROGATIVE FORM)
yes / no questions)
This form includes de auxiliary “DID”
STRUCTURE
AUX. “DID” + SUBJECT + VERB (INFINITIVE) +
COMPLEMENT
Did you speak a lot last week?
Did she write a book yesterday?
Did they talk about their homework?

8. Exercises:
Write questions in simple past.
Anna / the window / open __________________________
she / home / walk ________________________________
you / in the garden / work __________________________
you / a song / sing _________________________________
she / on a chair / sit ________________________________

9. PAST SIMPLE
(INTERROGATIVE FORM)
SHORT ANSWERS
These are called short answers because
you answer with “YES” or “NOT”
Examples:
Did you speak a lot last week? YES, I did
NO, I didn’t
Did she write a book yesterday? YES, She did
NO, She didn’t.

10. EXERCISES:
ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS
Did Mayda go to the school yesterday? ______________________
Did They travel around the world 1year ago? ________________
Did We study English the last year? ________________________
Did You talk about politics yesterday? _______________________
Did he attend class the last week? _________________________