Past Simple Tense (Was / Were)

1. I was driving to the park.

2. You were drinking some water.
3. He was about to eat dinner.
4. She was at the roller rink. Positive
5. It was a great time.
6. We were in the right spot.
7. They were nowhere to be seen.
 Question
Past Simple Tense
1.1. Was
WasI Irude
rudetotoyou?
you? Yes,
Yes,you
youwere.
were.
2.2. Was
Wasshe
sheangry
angryatatyou?
you? Yes,
Yes,she
shewas.
was.
3.3. Was
Washeheatatthe
theparty
partyononSaturday?
Saturday? No,
No,he
hewasn’t.
wasn’t.
4.4. Was
Wasititeasy?
easy? No.
No.ititwasn’t.
wasn’t.
5.5. Were
Werewe weononholiday
holidaytwo
twoweeks
weeksago?
ago? Yes,
Yes,we
wewere.
were.
6.6. Were
Wereyouyoutired?
tired? No,
No,you
youweren’t.
weren’t.
7.7. Were
Werethey
theyininParis
Parislast
lastyear?
year? Yes,
Yes,they
theywere.
were.
 Past Simple Tense
1. I wasn't at home in the morning.
2. He wasn't very happy to see me. Negative
3. She wasn't ready to go home.
4. It wasn't rainy yesterday.
5. We weren't in the same class with him at high school.
6. They weren't late for school.
 Past Simple Tense (Full verbs or V ) 2

1. I played football yesterday.

Positive
2. He saw his family last week.
3. I was in France in June.
4. I didn’t play football yesterday. Negative
5. They didn’t go to the theater last month.
6. She didn’t arrive on time this morning. Question
7. Did you play football yesterday? Yes, I did.
8. Did they lose the match? No, they di’dn’t.
9. Did he clean his home last weekend? Yes, he did.
 Regular verbs Irregular verbs
• live – lived • be – was/were
• dance – danced • buy – bought
• plan – planned • come – came
• stop – stopped • do – did
• fix – fixed • eat – ate
• snow – snowed • find – found
• wash – washed • go – went
• need – needed • have – had
• help – helped • leave – left
• visit – visited • make – made
• worry – worried • pay – paid
• play – played • see – saw
• take – took
 I. Pronunciation of (-ed)

[t]
1. Ed = [ id ]
 visit – visited

+ ed
 plant – planted
 hate – hated

[d]
 facilitate – facilitated
 add – added
 need – needed
 decide – decided
 record - recorded
 I. Pronunciation of (-ed)

[k] 2. Ed = [ t ]
[p] 

walk – walked
help – helped

[f ]
+ ed
 hope – hoped

[s]
laugh – laughed
 miss – missed

[ʃ ]  brush – brushed
 push – pushed
[ tʃ ]  watch - watched
 I. Pronunciation of (-ed)

Besides 3. Ed = [ d ]
 live – lived

condition 

climb – climbed
show – showed

s
 play – played
 explain – explained

1&2
 describe – described
 smile – smiled
 blaze - blazed
 II. Usage
1. Completed actions in the past:
Example:
She finished her work early yesterday.
My family ate seafood last night.
The villagers arrested a thief last weekend.
2. Habitual actions in the past:
Example:
He always played basketball after school when he was a child.
We sometimes drank coffee when we lived in PP.
These workers were never late when they worked in a factory.
 II. Usage
3. Past events or series of events:
Example:
They visited Paris last summer then they moved to London
after that they came back to Cambodia.
4. Actions that were true for a period of time in the past
(not necessarily completed):
Example:
He lived in London when he was a child.
I lived in Takeo for 20 years.
She taught orphans in Pailin Province for 5 years.
 III. Exercises
Exercise 1: Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the
verbs in Past Simple:
1.She ___ (study) all night for her exam.
2.We ___ (are) at home yesterday.
3.We ___ (go) to the beach last weekend.
4.Her son (is) good at English before.
5.They ___ (watch) a movie yesterday evening.
6.Those children ____(are) rich but they are poor now.
7.He ___ (eat) sushi for dinner yesterday.
8.I ___ (meet) my friend at the café yesterday afternoon.
 III. Exercises
3. Use (was/were/did) to make the questions.
• _______ you call your brother last night?
• _______ they in the office last week?
• _______ your teacher good at teaching English before?
• _______ he come and drink coffee here yesterday?
• _______ she cook dinner last night?
• _______ we happy last month?
• _______ Jane and Mary stay in London in 1999?
• _______ you and your friends behind the hotel last night?
• _______ the farmers grow corns and rice last year?
 III. Exercises
2. Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verb in
brackets (negative form):
•She ____(not/go) to the party last night.
• I _____ (not/am) a teacher before.
•They ____(not/watch) TV yesterday.
• These boys _____ (not/smart) yesterday.
•He ____(not/eat) breakfast this morning.
• My father _____(not/in) the garden last week.
•We ____(not/study) French last year.
•The cat ____(not/drink) the milk.