The document provides examples and explanations of using past simple tense in English. It covers using was/were for verbs like be, regular past tense verbs ending in -ed like traveled and opened, irregular past verbs like forget and steal, using past tense verbs in sentences, negatives with didn't, and using past tense verbs to talk about sequences of events in narratives.

2.  Past simple – past action
 Verb TO BE – WAS/WERE, negative
WASN’T/ WEREN’T
 e.g. we were on holidays
 E.g I was at my cousin’s wedding
 We weren’t on holiday.
 He wasn’t in bed.

3.  I ……. happy.
 You …… angry.
 She …….. in London last week.
 He ……on holiday.
 It ……cold.
 We ….. at school.
 You …. at the cinema.
 They ……. at home.
 The cat …… on the roof.
 The children…… in the garden

4.  -ed
 Travelled, played, checked,waited,
arrived, opened, asked, looked,
 E.g. They travelled by plane
 E.g. we arrived at the train station.
 E.g. we opened our suitcases.
 Negtation DIDN’T
 E.g. we didn’t arrive at the train station
 E.g. I didn’t open my suitcase.

5.  1. Children (dress) quickly.
 2. I (help) my mother in the kitchen.
 3. We (walk) in the park.
 4. They (wash) their clothes in the bathroom.
 5. We (watch) an interesting film.
 6. Students (work) in the garden.
 7. Millie (play) basketball.
 8. The girl (skip) very fast.
 9. Henry (ski) down the hill.
 10. It (rain) a lot.

6.  She went skiing and broke her leg
 I ate something and had a stomach
ache.
 He forgot his ticket.
 Someone stole my passport
 We left our suitcase in a train
 C
 E
 B
 D
 A

7.  Leave – left
 Break-broke
 Forget – forgot
 Steal – stole
 Eat – ate
 Go-went
 Have-had
 Lose - lost

8.  We ………our keys. LOSE
 They …….to the wrong station. GO
 James….an accident. HAVE
 I …..my camera in the sea. DROP
 Suzzy …….the train. MISS
 I…… my arm. BREAK
 It….all week. RAIN
 The weather was bad so they…the
airport CLOSE
 Lost
 Went
 Had
 Dropped
 Missed
 Broke
 Rained
 closed

9.  DIDN’T
 I ….my suitace in a train yesterday. LEAVE
 I LEFT my suitcase in a train yesterday.
 but negation
 I didn’t leave my sutcase in a train yestrday.

10.  Forget forgot
 Have had
 Put put
 Find found
 Lose lost
 Stop stopped
 Play played
 Travel travelled
 Drive drove
 Look
 Play
 Visit
 Swim swam
 Arrive
 Have had
 Rain
 Sleep slept
 Go went
 enjoy

11.  travelled
 Drove
 Played
 Stopped
 Had
 put
 lost
 found
 Arrived
 Enjoyed
 Slept
 Looked
 Went
 Had
 Played
 Rained
 Visited

12.  Tamara is on holiday in….
 She wrote a postcard to
 She travelled by
 On the journey she
 Yesterday she……because…..