Transcript Simple past we

Simple Past
Monday, July 27th, 2015
Before we start let´s remember
 Simple past we use it to talk about actions that start
and finished in the past.
For example:
I went to the cinema on vacations.
We use the verb in its past form. Go  went
There are regular and irregular verbs
Regular
irregular
Walk  walked
Drink  Drank
Listen  listened
Buy  Bought
Talk  Talked
Read  Read
Negative and interrogative form
Did you go to the cinema on your vacations?
Yes, I did.
 To make the interrogative form of the simple past we
use DID and the base form of the verb.
I Didn’t go to the cinema on my vacations.
 To make the negative form of the simple past we use
Didn’t (did not) and the base form of the verb.
Some examples
 Did you play football last week?
No, I didn’t play football, I didn’t practice any sport
during my vacations.
 Did you cook last Sunday?
No, I didn’t cook last Sunday, I cleaned the house.
Let’s practice
 Who is she? What did she do? What happened?
Last week, Beth baked a cake for Lilly's birthday party. Lilly
wanted a strawberry cake with pink frosting. Beth was happy
to bake the cake. First, Beth mixed the ingredients in a big
bowl. Next, she poured the cake batter into four round
baking pans. She put the pans in the oven. Finally, she baked
the cakes for 20 minutes. Then, Beth prepared the pink
frosting. After the cakes cooled, Beth stacked them and
covered them with frosting. Beth wrote Lilly's name on top
with white frosting. She put seven candles in the cake. On
Sunday, Beth surprised Lilly with the strawberry cake. Lilly
loved her cake! Lilly had many gifts for her birthday. But Lilly
said her cake was the best gift of them all!
Answer the following questions. Use the Simple Past
tense
 1. What kind of cake did Lilly want for her birthday?
Who baked the cake?
 2. What did Beth do first? How long did she bake the
cakes?
 3. What did Beth do on Sunday? How did Lilly feel
about her cake?
Rewrite the following sentences as negative sentences, yes/no
questions and WH-questions (using the underlined word or
phrase)
Examples for the sentence “Amanda washed the dishes.”
Negative: Amanda did not wash the dishes.
Yes/No Question: Did Amanda wash the dishes?
WH-Question: Who washed the dishes?
1.
2.
3.
4.
Beth mixed the ingredients in a big bowl.
Negative: ___________________________________________________
Yes/No Question: _____________________________________________
WH-Question: ______________________________
 2. She put the pans in the oven.
 Negative: ____________________________________
Yes/No Question:_____________________________
WH-Question: ________________________________
 3. Lilly loved her cake!
Negative: _____________________________________
Yes/No Question: _______________________________
WH-Question: _________________________________