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Past simple affirmative

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1 Read the text and circle the past simple form of the verbs.Write them.

3 Write the past simple form of 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

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PRESENT

PAST SIMPLE

be go have swim drive get up buy

was / were went had swam drove got up 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.

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2 Look at the text again. Find three more verbs in the past simple.

1) be 2) buy 3) drive 4) go 5) have 6) swim

a) had b) swam c) bought d) was / were e) drove f ) went

5 Write these sentences in the past simple.

a) b)

a) I play tennis on Saturday.

c)

I played tennis on Saturday. b) I go to bed at eleven o'clock.

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PRESENT

PAST SIMPLE

stay visit walk return travel stop study

stayed visited walked returned traveled stopped studied

In the past simple we use the same form for I, you, he, she, it, we and they.

c) I watch TV in the evening. d) I have milk and cereal for breakfast. e) I walk to school.

Past simple negative

WORKSHEET 14

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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 play a) Bob Marley

didn't invent didn't discover

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

didn’t sing opera, he sang

e) the / like / didn't / movie. / We

reggae songs. b) Columbus

4 Write the negative form of

Africa, he discovered America. c) Isaac Peral

these sentences.

the

a) We played soccer last Sunday.

telephone, he invented the submarine. d) Maradona

We didn't play soccer last Sunday.

tennis,

b) I went to the park with my friends.

he played soccer.

I didn't go to the park with my friends.

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AFFIRMATIVE I You He She played. It We You They

To make negative sentences in the past simple, use did not (didn't) + the verb in the base form.

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c) She watched a horror movie on TV.

NEGATIVE I You He She didn't play. It We You They

d) I cooked spaghetti for dinner. e) They walked to school.

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Complete these sentences with information about yourself. a) When I was young, I didn't like eating

Write the negative form. a) I studied.

I didn't study.

b) You went.

You didn't go.

b) Last Sunday, I didn't go to the with my friends.

c) He played.

c) Yesterday, I didn't play

d) She sang.

d) When I was young, I didn't speak

e) It rained.

Past simple questions

WORKSHEET 15

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1 Complete the questions. STOP

DID SUBJECT I you he Did she it we they

VERB close study play go snow win travel

3 Unscramble the questions. COMPLEMENT the door? yesterday? basketball? to school? last winter? the trophy? to China?

To make questions in the past simple, use did + the subject + the verb in the base form.

Did you

Did he

a) Did you

Did she

Did they

a) William / swimming / Did / yesterday? / go

Did William go swimming yesterday? b) breakfast / have / Rachel / morning? / this / Did c) coffee? / you / Did / drink d) speak / they / English? / Did e) in / mountains? / snow / it / Did / the

go to the beach?

Yes, I did. b)

close the door? No, he didn't.

c)

buy the newspaper? No, they didn't.

d)

find the treasure? Yes, she did.

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SHORT ANSWERS AFFIRMATIVE I you he she Yes, did. it we you they

NEGATIVE I you he she No, didn't. it we you they

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4 Answer the questions. a) Did you drink a glass of milk for breakfast?

Yes, I did. b) Did your father invent the Internet?

2

Write questions. a) I studied.

Did I study?

b) You went.

Did you go?

d) Did your mother cook fish for dinner yesterday?

c) He played. d) She sang.

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c) Did you go to the beach last summer?

e) It snowed. f ) We won. g) They cooked.

e) Did you listen to opera music last night?

Past continuous affirmative

WORKSHEET 16

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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. b) Some students were dancing on their desks. 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

paper

AFFIRMATIVE was dancing.

You He She It

were dancing. was dancing.

were dancing.

d) This morning at 8 am, I Singular

I

We You They

The past continuous is formed by the verb to be in the past + the -ing form of a verb.

Change these sentences into the past continuous. a) I am talking. b) You are playing. c) He is drinking. d) She is reading. e) It is raining.

were watching TV. c) At 4 am yesterday, I

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past continuous.

c) Nora e) Some students planes.

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4 Answer the questions with verbs in the

I was talking.

e) At 10 am yesterday, my parents

5 Unscramble the sentences. a) kitchen. / was / dog / in / the / eating / The b) My / cooking / brother / dinner. / was c) I / studying / for / an / was / exam. d) were / glass / of / drinking / They / water. / a

Past continuous negative

WORKSHEET 17

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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 weren't fighting wasn't shouting weren't singing

b) volleyball. / playing / Paul / wasn't 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

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e) The birds

;

they were flying in the sky.

I

was not (wasn't) studying.

You He She It

were not (weren't) studying.

We You They

was not (wasn't) studying.

were not (weren't) studying.

To make negative sentences in the past continuous, use was / were + not + the verb in the -ing form.

sentences.

I wasn't playing dominoes with my friends.

NEGATIVE

b) My friends were drinking orange juice. Singular

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4 Write the negative form of the a) I was playing dominoes with my friends.

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she was relaxing. She was very happy!

My friends weren't drinking orange juice. c) My sister was watching TV. d) I was cleaning my room. e) You were reading a book.

Past continuous questions

WORKSHEET 18

Name

1 Complete the questions.

3 Unscramble the questions.

Were you Was your mother Was your father Were your sisters

a) it / raining / Was / Puerto Rico? / in

Was it raining in Puerto Rico? b) book? / reading / a / Were / you

a) Were you cooking? Yes, I was. b)

cooking?

c) singing / they / karaoke? / Were

helping?

d) he / talking / in / Was / class?

cooking?

e) she / a / Was / horse? / riding

No, she wasn't. c) No, they weren't. d) Yes, he was.

4 Answer the questions.

QUESTIONS I

cooking?

Were you

cooking?

he she it

cooking?

Was

we Were you they

cooking?

Singular

Was

Plural

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To make questions in the past continuous, use Was / Were + the subject + the verb in the -ing form.

a) What were you doing yesterday at 5 am?

I was sleeping. b) What were you doing last Saturday at three o'clock in the afternoon?

c) What were you doing yesterday at seven o'clock in the evening?

2 Write questions. a) I was looking. Was I looking? b) You were painting. Were you painting?

d) What were you doing last Sunday at five 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. f ) We were cleaning.

Past continuous / past simple

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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.

2 Are the verbs in exercise 1 in the simple or continuous form? Write them in the table.

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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.

4 Complete the sentences with the past simple.

Past continuous

Past simple

were waiting

happened

a) Columbus (not discover) didn’t discover Australia, he (discover)

discovered

America. b) Shakespeare (not write)

didn’t write Don Quijote, Cervantes (write) wrote it.

c) Neil Armstrong (not walk) on Mars, he (walk)

3 Write past continuous sentences about the picture.

on the Moon. d) J. K. Rowling (not write) Peter Pan, she (write) Harry Potter.

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

b) When / you / your / door. / mother / were / dance play chess read a comic eat ice cream listen to music a) John was dancing.

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b) Susan c) Frank and Vera d) Sally e) Ed

closed / the / studying,

c) swimming, / was / started / When / it / to / she / rain.