PAST SIMPLE

TWORZENIE:
ZDANIA OZNAJMUJĄCE: subject + verb in 2 nd form or with “ed” ending
PYTANIA: Did + subject + verb in the basic form
PRZECZENIA: subject + did not (didn’t) + verb in the basic form
TIME EXPRESSIONS:
yesterday – wczoraj
the day before yesterday – przedwczoraj
last week – w zeszłym tygodniu
last month – w zeszłym miesiącu
in the past – w przeszłości
...ago - ... temu
UŻYCIE:
* Completed actions in the past
- I bought a new house one week ago .
* past habitual action
- As a child, my father lived in the countryside.
* past actions happening one after the other
- It was about six o’clock. We got off the train and we came back home.
PAST CONTINUOUS
TWORZENIE:
ZDANIA OZNAJMUJĄCE: subject + was (for the first and third person singular) / were +
verb with “ing” ending
PYTANIA: Was / Were + subject + verb with “ing” ending
PRZECZENIA: subject + was / were not (wasn’t / weren’t) + verb with “ing” ending
TIME EXPRESSIONS:
yesterday at this time – wczoraj o tym czasie
yesterday at 6 o ' clock – wczoraj o 6 godzinie
while – podczas gdy
all day yesterday – cały dzień wczoraj ..
UŻYCIE:
* past action in progress (past continuous) interrupted by another short action (past simple)
- I was watching TV, when the phone rang
*simultaneous past actions
- While I was watching TV, my brother was playing computer games.
*past action in progress at a given point in time
- Yesterday at 6 o clock I was cooking dinner
* Background description in narrative
It was a lovely day. The sun was shining, birds were chirping and everyone was swimming
in the sea.
* Changing states in the past:
- Things were getting worse and worse. More and more couples were falling apart.
- The patient was getting better and better. His temperature was going down gradually.
USED TO:
"Used to" expresses the idea that something was an old habit that stopped in the past. It
indicates that something was often repeated in the past, but it is not usually done now.
- I used to go swimming a lot (but I don’t now).
ZADANIA:
1. Choose the correct past simple forms to complete the sentences below.
We went / did go / goed to Vancouver on holiday.
Did you went / Did you go / Went you by plane?
Jack didn’t come / didn’t came / wasn’t come with us.
The car suddenly did stop / stopped / stoped.
When she arrived he didn’t be / didn’t was / wasn’t at home.
The police catched / caught / was catch.
I choosed / chose / did chose a black shirt for the gala.
The meeting went / goed / was goed well.
Manchester United wined / did wined / won the final.
How much did you payed / did you pay / was you pay for the car?
2. Fill in the gaps with the correct past simple forms of the verbs in brackets.
Two summers ago we ___ (have) a holiday in Scotland. We ___ (drive) there from London,
but our car ___ (break) down on the motorway and we ___ (spend) the first night in
Birmingham. When we ___ (get) to Edinburgh we ___ (not can) find a good hotel -
there ___ (not be) any available rooms. We ___ (not know) what to do but in the end
we ___ (find) a bed and breakfast and we ____ (stay) there for the week. We ___ (see) the
castle, ___ (go) to the Arts Festival, and we ___ (buy) a lot of souvenirs. We ___ (want) to go
to Loch Ness but we ___ (not have) much time and it ___ (be) quite far away. The
weather ___ (be) good, but it ___ (start) raining the day we ___ (leave). We ___ (have) a
great time.
3. Make the past simple: positive, negative or question:
1. I _________________ (not / drink) any beer last night.
2. She _________________ (get on) the bus in the centre of the city.
3. What time _________________ (he / get up) yesterday?
4. Where _________________ (you / get off) the train?
5. I _________________ (not / change) trains at Victoria.
6. We _________________ (wake up) very late.
7. What _________________ (he / give) his mother for Christmas?
8. I _________________ (receive) £300 when my uncle _________________ (die).
9. We _________________ (not / use) the computer last night.
10. _________________ (she / make) good coffee?
11. They _________________ (live) in Paris.
12. She _________________ (read) the newspaper yesterday.
13. I _________________ (not / watch) TV.
14. He _________________ (not / study) for the exam.
15. _________________ (he / call) you?
16. _________________ (I / forget) something?
17. What time _________________ (the film / start)?
18. He _________________ (have) a shower.
19. Why _________________ (you / come)?
20. _________________ (he / go) to the party?
4. Make the past continuous.
1. (Julie / sleep at three o'clock)
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2. (you / study at three o'clock)
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3. (Luke / read at three o'clock)
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4. (I / work at three o'clock)
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5. (they / eat chocolate at three o'clock)
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6. (John / play tennis at three o'clock)
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7. (we / watch TV at three o'clock)
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8. (he / use the Internet at three o'clock)
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9. (you / cook lunch at three o'clock)
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10. (we / travel to London at three o'clock)
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11. (Mrs. Brown / not / walk in the garden when the murder happened)
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12. (Mr. Black / not / work in his study when the murder happened)
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13. (Miss Jones / not / talk to Mr. White when the murder happened)
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14. (you / not / play cards when the murder happened)
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15. (Dr. Ford / not / read in his room when the murder happened)
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16. (Mr. and Mrs. Green / not / eat in the dining room when the murder happened)
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17. (Mr. Blue / not / drink coffee in the library when the murder happened)
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18. (The maid / not / clean the bedrooms when the murder happened)
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19. (I / not / listen to music when the murder happened)
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20. (The dogs / not / play outside when the murder happened)
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5. Make the past continuous.
1. (they / take the exam?)
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2. (when / he / work there?)
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3. (you / make dinner?)
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4. (they / drink coffee when you arrived?)
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5. (when / we / sleep?)
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6. (they / study last night)
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7. (we / talk when the accident happened)
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8. (he / not / exercise enough)
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9. (I / talk too much?)
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10. (it / not / snow)
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11. (how / they / feel?)
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12. (they / not / talk)
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13. (where / I / stay?)
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14. (why / he / study on a Saturday night?)
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15. (I / go to school when you saw me)
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16. (you / sleep at 6am)
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17. (she / work when I called)
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18. (we / not / leave when you called)
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19. (I / not / stay in a hotel)
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20. (we / make too much noise?)
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6. Choose the past simple or past continuous.
1. What ________________________ (you / do) when I ________________________
(call) you last night?
2. I ________________________ (sit) in a café when you ________________________
(call).
3. When you ________________________ (arrive) at the party, who
________________________ (be) there?
4. Susie ________________________ (watch) a film when she
________________________ (hear) the noise.
5. Yesterday I ________________________ (go) to the library, next I
________________________ (have) a swim, later I ________________________
(meet) Julie for a coffee.
6. We ________________________ (play) tennis when John
________________________ (hurt) his ankle.
7. What ________________________ (they / do) at 10pm last night? It
________________________ (be) really noisy.
8. He ________________________ (take) a shower when the telephone
________________________ (ring).
9. He ________________________ (be) in the shower when the telephone
________________________ (ring).
10. When I ________________________ (walk) into the room, everyone
________________________ (work).
11. It ________________________ (be) a day last September. The sun
________________________ (shine), the birds ________________________ (sing).
I ________________________ (walk) along the street when I
________________________ (meet) an old friend.
12. He ________________________ (live) in Russia when the Revolution
________________________ (start).
13. When her train ________________________ (get) to the station, we
________________________ (wait) on the platform.
14. He ________________________ (be) so annoying! He ________________________
(always / leave) his things everywhere.
15. On holiday we ________________________ (visit) Rome,
________________________ (see) the Vatican, and ________________________
(spend) a few days at the beach.
16. Why ________________________ (you / stand) on a chair when I
________________________ (come) into the room?
17. They ________________________ (live) in Germany when they
________________________ (be) young.
18. At 7pm yesterday, we ________________________ (listen) to music.
19. When I ________________________ (leave) the house, it
________________________ (snow).
20. He ________________________ (work) in a bank when he
________________________ (meet) his wife.