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1 Read the text and circle the past simple 3 Write the past simple form of
form of the verbs.Write them. these verbs.
a) travel traveled d) walk a) travel d) talk
b) stay e) stop b) start e) visit
c) visit f ) return c) study f ) play

STOP PRESENT PAST SIMPLE

be was / were
go went
have had
swim swam
drive drove
get up got up
buy bought
a Irregular verbs have special forms for the
past.
b There are lists of English irregular verbs
in books and dictionaries.

4 Match the present form of these

irregular verbs with the past simple
form.
1) be a) had
2) buy b) swam
3) drive c) bought
4) go d) was / were
5) have e) drove
2 Look at the text again. Find three more 6) swim f ) went
verbs in the past simple.
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a) 5 Write these sentences in the past simple.

b) a) I play tennis on Saturday.
c)
I played tennis on Saturday.
b) I go to bed at eleven o'clock.
STOP PRESENT PAST SIMPLE
stay stayed
visit visited c) I watch TV in the evening.
walk walked
return returned
travel traveled d) I have milk and cereal for breakfast.
stop stopped
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study studied
In the past simple we use the same form for e) I walk to school.
I, you, he, she, it, we and they.
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1 Complete the sentences. 3 Unscramble the sentences.

a) didn't / to / school / Kate / yesterday. / go
Kate didn't go to school yesterday.
b) breakfast / have / Peter / morning. / this / didn't

c) lunch / home / I / have / didn't / at / yesterday.

didn't sing didn't invent d) speak / They / Spanish. / didn't

didn't play didn't discover

a) Bob Marley didnt sing opera, he sang e) the / like / didn't / movie. / We
reggae songs.
b) Columbus
Africa, he discovered America. 4 Write the negative form of
these sentences.
c) Isaac Peral the
telephone, he invented the submarine. a) We played soccer last Sunday.
d) Maradona tennis, We didn't play soccer last Sunday.
he played soccer. b) I went to the park with my friends.
I didn't go to the park with my friends.
AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE c) She watched a horror movie on TV.
STOP
I I
You You
He He d) I cooked spaghetti for dinner.
She She
played. didn't play.
It It
We We e) They walked to school.
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You You
They They
To make negative sentences in the
past simple, use did not (didn't)
+ the verb in the base form.
5 Complete these sentences with
information about yourself.

a) When I was young, I didn't like eating

2 Write the negative form.

a) I studied. I didn't study. b) Last Sunday, I didn't go to the

b) You went. You didn't go. with my friends.
c) He played. c) Yesterday, I didn't play
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d) She sang. d) When I was young, I didn't speak

e) It rained.
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1 Complete the questions. 3 Unscramble the questions.

DID SUBJECT VERB COMPLEMENT a) William / swimming / Did / yesterday? / go
STOP
I close the door? Did William go swimming yesterday?
you study yesterday?
he play basketball? b) breakfast / have / Rachel / morning? / this / Did
Did she go to school?
it snow last winter?
we win the trophy? c) coffee? / you / Did / drink
they travel to China?

To make questions in the past simple, use

did + the subject + the verb in the base d) speak / they / English? / Did
form.

e) in / mountains? / snow / it / Did / the

Did you Did he Did she Did they

a) Did you go to the beach?

Yes, I did.
STOP SHORT ANSWERS
b) close the door? AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE
No, he didn't. I I
you you
c) buy the newspaper? he he
she she
No, they didn't. Yes,
it
did. No,
it
didn't.

d) find the treasure? we we

you you
Yes, she did. they they

4 Answer the questions.

a) Did you drink a glass of milk for breakfast?
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Yes, I did.
b) Did your father invent the Internet?

c) Did you go to the beach last summer?

2 Write questions.

a) I studied. Did I study? d) Did your mother cook fish for dinner
b) You went. Did you go? yesterday?
c) He played.
d) She sang. e) Did you listen to opera music last night?
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e) It snowed.
f ) We won.
g) They cooked.
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1 Read the text and complete the 3 Unscramble the sentences.

sentences.
a) cat / yard. / was / The / in / playing / the
The cat was playing in the yard.
b) newspaper. / father / My / was / the / reading

c) were / TV. / We / watching

d) listening / to / I / music. / was

e) your / doing / homework. / You / were

was sitting were dancing was writing
was taking were throwing was looking

a) Peter was sitting on the teacher's chair. 4 Answer the questions with verbs in the
past continuous.
b) Some students were dancing on their desks.
c) Nora on the board. a) At 2 pm yesterday, I was having lunch .
d) Harry out the window. b) Last Saturday at 6 pm, my parents
e) Some students paper were watching TV.
planes. c) At 4 am yesterday, I

STOP AFFIRMATIVE
I was dancing. d) This morning at 8 am, I
You were dancing.
Singular

He
She was dancing.
e) At 10 am yesterday, my parents
It
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We
Plural

You were dancing.

They 5 Unscramble the sentences.
The past continuous is formed by the verb
a) kitchen. / was / dog / in / the / eating / The
to be in the past + the -ing form of a verb.

b) My / cooking / brother / dinner. / was

2 Change these sentences into the
past continuous.
c) I / studying / for / an / was / exam.
a) I am talking. I was talking.
b) You are playing.
d) were / glass / of / drinking / They / water. / a
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c) He is drinking.
d) She is reading.
e) It is raining.
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1 Look at the picture and complete 2 Write the negative form.

the sentences.
a) I was dreaming. I wasn't dreaming.
b) You were flying. You weren't flying.
c) He was playing.
d) She was dancing.
e) It was snowing.
f ) We were singing.
g) They were writing.

3 Unscramble the sentences.

a) wasn't / at / o'clock. / I / sleeping / eight
I wasn't sleeping at eight o'clock.
wasn't raining weren't studying b) volleyball. / playing / Paul / wasn't
weren't fighting wasn't shouting
weren't singing
c) drinking / beer. / weren't / They
a) It wasn't raining ; the sun was shining.
b) The students d) the / wasn't / Pam / in / kitchen. / cooking
in class; they were having a picnic.
c) They ; they e) sun / The / shining. / was
were playing.
d) The teacher ;
she was relaxing. She was very happy!
4 Write the negative form of the
e) The birds ; sentences.
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they were flying in the sky.

a) I was playing dominoes with my friends.

NEGATIVE
I wasn't playing dominoes with my friends.
STOP
I was not (wasn't) studying. b) My friends were drinking orange juice.
Singular

You were not (weren't) studying. My friends weren't drinking orange juice.
He
She was not (wasn't) studying. c) My sister was watching TV.
It
We
Plural

You were not (weren't) studying. d) I was cleaning my room.

They
To make negative sentences in the past
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continuous, use was / were + not + e) You were reading a book.

the verb in the -ing form.
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1 Complete the questions. 3 Unscramble the questions.

Were you Was your mother a) it / raining / Was / Puerto Rico? / in
Was your father Were your sisters
Was it raining in Puerto Rico?
a) Were you cooking? b) book? / reading / a / Were / you
Yes, I was.
b) cooking? c) singing / they / karaoke? / Were
No, she wasn't.
c) helping? d) he / talking / in / Was / class?
No, they weren't.
d) cooking? e) she / a / Was / horse? / riding
Yes, he was.

STOP QUESTIONS 4 Answer the questions.

Was I cooking?
Were you cooking? a) What were you doing yesterday at 5 am?
Singular

he I was sleeping.
Was she cooking?
it b) What were you doing last Saturday at three
we o'clock in the afternoon?
Plural

Were you cooking?

they

To make questions in the past continuous,

use Was / Were + the subject + the verb
c) What were you doing yesterday at seven
in the -ing form.
o'clock in the evening?
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2 Write questions.
a) I was looking. Was I looking? d) What were you doing last Sunday at five
b) You were painting. Were you painting? o'clock in the afternoon?
c) He was driving.

d) She was running. e) What were you doing yesterday at half past
nine in the morning?
e) It was raining.
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f ) We were cleaning.
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1 Read and underline all the verbs.
a) They were waiting for the train when the
accident happened.
b) Caroline was skiing when she broke her arm.
c) When we arrived, he was taking a shower.
d) When the fire started, I was sleeping.
STOP a You can use the past simple and the past
continuous in the same sentence when
you describe past events.
b The verb in the past continuous is usually
a long action (an action in progress
introduced by when...). The action in the
past simple interrupts the action in
progress.

2 Are the verbs in exercise 1 in the simple

or continuous form? 4 Complete the sentences with the
Write them in the table. past simple.
Past continuous Past simple a) Columbus (not discover) didnt discover
were waiting happened Australia, he (discover) discovered
America.
b) Shakespeare (not write) didnt write
Don Quijote, Cervantes (write) wrote it.
c) Neil Armstrong (not walk)
on Mars, he (walk)
on the Moon.
3 Write past continuous sentences about d) J. K. Rowling (not write)
the picture.
Peter Pan, she (write)
Harry Potter.

5 Unscramble the sentences.

a) watching / I / telephone / was / TV, / the /
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When / rang.

b) When / you / your / door. / mother / were /

closed / the / studying,
dance play chess read a comic
eat ice cream listen to music

a) John was dancing.

c) swimming, / was / started / When / it / to /
b) Susan
she / rain.
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c) Frank and Vera

d) Sally
e) Ed