PAST SIMPLEYESTERDAY A YEAR AGO LAST YEAR AT THAT TIME

TWO DAYS AGO LAST WEEK LAST MONTH

A WEEK AGO A MONTH AGO LAST NIGHT

PAST SIMPLE EXPRESSIONS

Michael Jackson also called the King of pop died 5 years ago

Last year Hollywood made a movie about Marilyn Monroe´s life.

Paul Walker, one of the main actors in The Fast and Furious movie died in a car accident 4 months ago.

Past Simple: Negative and interrogative Sentences

Negative sentences:In the negative form we need to use the auxiliary did + not (didn’t). remember that when we use the auxiliary we put the verb in the INFINITIVE form. The auxiliary didn’t is used in the negative form with verbs that are not to be. DO NOT USE DIDN’T WITH WAS OR WERE!!!

Yesterday we didn´t play because it was raining.Amy didn´t eat her lunch because she felt so sick two hours ago.

QuestionsDid + noun / pronoun +verb + complement ?Did you watch TV yesterday? Yes , I did / No, I didn´tDid Helen work in Madrid? Yes, she did/ No, she didn´t

exercises•Complete the phrases•Petra didn’t learn French at school. She learnt English.

•1 I ate the fish. I ________eat the salad.

•2 We didn’t play rugby at school, but we __________ football.

•3 Liz studied Geography at university. She ________ study English.

•4 My dog didn’t drink juice, but it _______ water.

•5 _____ he cook dinner? Yes, he did.

•6 _____you live in Madrid? No, I didn’t.

•7 Did they watch TV? No, they ______.

•8 Did it rain yesterday? No, it _____ .

write the phrases in affirmative, negative or interrogative form.

• she / study / English ✓

• She studied English.

• they / study / French ✗

• They didn’t study French.

• we / eat / salad (?)

• Did we eat salad?

• 1 they / play / football ✓

• ________________________

• 2 he / learn / English ✗

• ________________________

• 3 you / drink / water (?)

• ______________________

• 4 she / watch / TV ✓

• ______________________

• 5 it / rain / yesterday ✗

• _______________________

• 6 they / cook / dinner (?)

• ________________________

• 7 Sally / live / Lisbon last year ✗

• ________________________

• 8 they / cook / dinner (?)

• ________________________

Using the words in the squares form 3 sentences in affirmative form, 3 in negative form and 3 in

interrogative one

• I lived in England last year Lisa didn´t cook dinner yesterday did it rain two hours ago?_

• ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

• ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

• ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

• ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

I / you / he / she / it / we /

they

Live / study / cook / rain / eat /

drink / learn

In England / English / Geography / dinner /

fish / salad / juice

On Saturday / yesterday / at the university / after school / last year/

two hours ago

Underline the mistake in each sentence then correct it.

• I didn’t studied at university.

• I didn’t study at university.

• 1 He live in Oxford last year.

• _________________________

• 2 Did she study English? Yes, she does.

• _______________________________

• 3 Did the dog ate the fish? Yes, it did.

• ______________________________

• 4 We didn’t not play football.

• ____________________________

• 5 Did Anna watch TV? No, they didn’t.

• ____________________________

• 6 It rain on Saturday

• ____________________________

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