1. The document discusses the past simple tense in English. It explains how to form positive statements, negative statements, and questions in the past simple tense. 2. For positive statements, most verbs are made past tense by adding "-ed" to the base verb. Negative statements are formed using the helping verb "did" plus "not" plus the base verb. Questions are formed by using the helping verb "did" plus the subject plus the base verb. 3. Examples are provided to illustrate the different past tense constructions. Key helping verbs like "did" and "do" are also highlighted in the examples.

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2. We use the past simple to talk about what
happened before the present time…….
I home
You the meal
He at a photo
We in a hotel
They in the park
walke
d
liked
looked
stayed
exercised

3. WE WILL LOOK AT 3 WAYS TO USE THE PAST
SIMPLE…..
1 - Positive Statements
2 - Negative Statements - NOT
3 – Questions - ?

4. 1 - Positive Statements
To form the past tense with most verbs
we add “-ed” to the base verb
worked

5. You
We
They
He
She
It
I worked
worked
worked

6. 2 - Negative Statements
As with the present simple, they use the helping
verb…..
d
o
In the past tense form ……
did
did
e.g.

7. PAST SIMPLE – NEGATIVE….
You
We
They
He
She
It
I did
did
not
not
not
didn’t
didn’t
didn’t
not
n’
t work
work
work
Subject + did + not + verb
did
ed
ed
ed

8. 3 - Questions
Again use the helping verb…..
d
o
In the past tense form ……
did
did

9. ed
ed
ed
QUESTIONS - ?????
You
We
They
He
She
It
I
Did
Did
work
work
work
?
?
?
I
he
she
it
you
we
they
Did + subject + verb
Did

10. Last summer, my family and I 1.(spend) __________ our holidays in Koh Samui,
an amazing island in Thailand. The island 2.(be) __________ very big and
there 3.(be)__________ lots of things to see and do.
We 4.(stay) __________ at a comfortable bungalow and 5.(go) __________
swimming every day at the island’s beautiful beaches…I 6. (get) __________ a
great suntan!
We also 7. (try) __________ the local cuisine. There 8. (be) __________ various
traditional restaurants on the island and we 9. (eat) __________ there every
evening!...I 10. (put) __________ on about 3 kilos during these holidays!
But Samui is not all about sun and food. We also 11. (visit) __________ many
interesting sights, like Uncle Nimm’s Garden and some mountain viewpoints, which
I 12. (find) __________ pretty impressive.
I also 13. (love) __________ the people there. They 14. (be) __________ very
friendly and welcoming!
We 15. (have) __________ a great time on Samui and I would really love to go
there again some day!
spent
was
were
stayed went
got
tried were
ate
put
visited
found
loved were
had

11. A: Hi, how are you?
B: I’m good
A: _________ you go shopping yesterday? [go]
B: Yes I _____.
A: Where ______ you ______? [go]
B: I _______ to Central [go]
A: Really how _________you _______ there? [get]
B: I ________ by car [go]
A: What ________ you _______ ? [buy]
B: I ____________ any food, I _______ some clothes and a CD
[buy] – [buy]
A: A CD?
B: Yes, I ________ a David Bowie CD - “Blackstar” [choose]
A: And clothes?
B: Yes I _______ this dress, do you like it? [get]
A: Yes, it looks very nice - ______ your wife _______ it? [like]
B: I don’t know, she __________it when I ___________it. [see] –
Did
did
did
went
go
did get
went
did buy
bought
chose
got
Did like
didn’t buy
didn’t see purchased

12. Use the past tense of words in the box to fill the gaps
My mum and dad (1) _______ away for the weekend, so my brother and I (2)
_______ a party. It was great fun! We (3) _______ lots of food and (4) _______ to
music. I (5) _______ to Sam, the boy I like from my music club!
Mum and dad were angry though, because we (6) ______________ the house, and
we (7) ___________ our homework. So on Sunday, we (8) _____________ our
friends at the sports centre like we usually do. The next daty, we (9) _____ our
homework and we (10) ________ mum and dad clean up!
do eat go have help listen speak not do not meet not tidy
go
went
have
had
eat
ate
listen
listened
speak
spoke
not tidy
didn’t tidy
not do
didn’t do
not meet
didn’t meet
do
did
help
helped

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