simple past monday, july 27th, 2015 simple past we simple past we use it to talk about actions...
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Simple PastMonday, July 27th, 2015
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 wentThere are regular and irregular verbs
Before we start let´s remember
Regular irregular
Walk walked Drink Drank
Listen listened Buy Bought
Talk Talked Read Read
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.
Negative and interrogative form
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.
Some examples
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!
Let’s practice
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?
Answer the following questions. Use the Simple Past tense
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?
Rewrite the following sentences as negative sentences, yes/no questions and WH-questions
(using the underlined word or phrase)
1. Beth mixed the ingredients in a big bowl. 2. Negative: ___________________________________________________3. Yes/No Question:
_____________________________________________4. 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: _________________________________