Remembering the Past

Simple.
Miss Cinthia Zapata
 Use of Simple Past
• Form

[ VERB-ED] or IRREGULAR VERBS

• Examples:

You called Debbie.

Did you called Debbie?

You did not called Debbie.

 We use the Simple Past when:
1. A completed action in the past.

Ex: Last year, I travelled to Japan.

He didn’t washed his car.

2. A series of completed actions.

Ex: I finished work, I walked to the beach,

and found a nice place to swim.
3. Duration in past.

Ex: I lived in Brazil for two years.

They talked on the phone for five

minutes.

We sat at the beach all day.

4.Habits in the Past.

Ex: I studied French when I was a child.

He played the violin.

They never went to school.

5. Past facts or generalizations.

Ex: She was very shy, but now she is very

outgoing.

He didn’t like tomatoes before.

Unscramble these sentences and change the verb to the past
simple
1. he / the question / answer ________________________________

2. the dog / bark ____________________________________________

3. they / us / call ____________________________________________

4. we / a mountain / climb___________________________________

5. John / stamps / collect____________________________________

6. we / in London / live ______________________________________

7. I / hungry / be___________________________________________

8. they / a hamster / have __________________________________

9. he / to school / go ________________________________________

10. they / late to school / late__________________________________

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