Explanation:  Past Simple indicates an            action that took place before the current

time, and that has no real connection with the

 current time.

For example:  

He rode to school                    (when he was a child)

The action took place in the past, is finished, and is Signals:  

 Last week (month, year)

Yesterda

The other day

A year (an hour, two weeks ) ago 

The day before

On

 Affirmative

I caught 

We went

                      He caught                to the

She caught  theatre    the day 

It caught 

before

                     We caught                _yesterday

You caught

They caught

 Fill in the gaps with the past form of these verbs: write, live, ride, forget, work,

 start, do, finish, cook, arrive.

_1.                                     Long long ago dinosaurs  _________ on earth.

_2.                                     Last night the concert ________ at 22:00p.m.

_3.                                     From 1998 to 1999 I ________  as a guide in Spain.

4.This morning  I ____________ at school  before my classmates.

5.                Tom ________ a bicycle to  school, when he was a child.

6.                Last Sunday was my mom’s  birthday, so I _______ a cake.

7.                I _________ to study English five  years ago.

8.                Peter __________ a lot of  English exercises last week.

9.                William Shakespeare  ________”Romeo and Juliette”.

10.             Oh, my poor little fish, I

___________ to feed you this morning.

          0 Negative                   Interroga tive             

              I didn’t catch                                     Did I catch?

Mike

He didn’t catch    _{didn’t visit} Did he catch? She didn’t catch           his granny                Did she catch?     Did they buy a

              It didn’t catch            ^{last week}                  Did it catch?              house?

           We didn’t catch                                 Did we catch?

           You didn’t catch                                Did you catch?

          They didn’t catch                              Did they catch?

Write the negative sentences using didn’t  +one of Put the words in the correct these verbs: speak, wash, want, read, use, play, go,  love, sleep, eat. order and write questions.

1.    Yesterday Tom _____________ football,     1. you/did/go/where/summer/last?

because he was ill.                                                     _________________________________

2.   Jack ___________ his hands after playing 2. did/how/you/long/stay/there?

with his dog.                                                              _________________________________

3.   She rejected his proposal, because she     3. did/you/how/weekend/spend/your?

_______________ him.                                                _________________________________

4.   I _____________ to hit him, it happened     4. much/did/how/pay/you/this/for/car? accidentally.         _________________________________

5.   Last week my sister ________ fatty food at                5.did/what/time/get/you/up/yesterday? all, because she was on a diet.             _________________________________

6.   Yesterday I saw my friend in a café, but I   6. choose/why/you/this/did/profession?

_______________ to him.                                             _________________________________

7.   We usually go to the cinema on Sunday, but                7. his/exam/did/last/he/pass/week?

we ____________ last week.                                        _________________________________

8.   My father reads two newspapers every day,               8. acquainted/did/you/how/get/ but he ______________ anyone today.

with/husband/your?

9.   Many years ago people _____________  the

_________________________________ internet. 

9. did/you/break/your/how/leg?

10.Bart is yawning all the day, it seems he

________________last night.                                        _________________________________

10.yesterday/did/call/Jane/you?

_________________________________

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