Grammar Quizz-Past Simple - All Levels

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Grammar Quiz

Past simple…
Hi everybody! I’m the Past
Simple…..and I’m here to help you…

Time
I can refer to :
1) a particular time in past
2) Any time before now.

Past
Xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Now
Form of Past Simple
Affirmative

Subject + regular verb + complements


Mary watched her favourite TV-series yesterday.

Subject + irregular verb + complements


My parents fed the python in the morning.
Form of Past Simple
Negative

Subject + did not+ INFINITIVE + complements.


Mary did not watch her favourite TV-series yesterday.

Subject + did not+ INFINITIVE + complements


My parents did not feed the python yesterday.
Form of Past Simple
Interrogative
WH-word + did + subject +INFINITIVE+ complements?

What did she watch yesterday?


WH-word + did + subject +INFINITIVE+ complements?

Did your parents feed the python this morning?


What´s the form of the PAST SIMPLE?

Regular verbs: -d
or –ed ending
Irregular verbs:
we have to learn
them by heart!
What do we express with the past simple?

1 .Actions that happened at a


specific time in the past

Peter met his girlfriend in 1999

2.For a sequence of short actions

Helen had a shower, switched on


the lights and started to read a
book.
TIME EXPRESSIONS

PAST SIMPLE:
Specific moment in past time.

Yesterday
Last week/month…
A month ago
In 2031
PAST SIMPLE SPELLING
PAST TENSE VERB TO BE
What did they
do last week?
What did she do last week?
• Example:

She danced last week


What did he do last week?

He jumped last week


What did he do last week?

He read a book last week


What´s the verbal tense we are working on?

Past SIMPLE
What did they
do a week ago?
What did he do a week ago?

He drew a picture a week ago.


What did she do a week ago?

She sang a song a week ago.


Turn the
previous sentence
into a negative….
What did she do a week ago?

She didn´t sing a song a week


ago.
Did he swim last week?

No, he didn´t.
What did he do last week?

He wrote a letter last week


Turn the
previous sentence
into a negative….
What did he do last week?

He didn´t write a letter last


week
Did he write a letter last week?

Yes, he did.
What did he do last year?

He flew last year


Did he fly last year?

Yes, he did.
Did he fly last year?

No, he didn´t.
What did he do last Saturday?

He listened to music last


Saturday.
Give me an example of a signal word for past
simple…

Yesterday / last
week / a week
ago…
What did he do last night?

He slept last night.


Did he sleep last night?

No, he didn´t.
What did he do yesterday?

He had a hamburger.
Turn the
previous sentence
into a negative….
What did he do yesterday?

He didn´t have a hamburger


What did he do last year?

He blew some candles last


year
What did he do yesterday?

He shouted yesterday.
What did you do this morning?

I cut some paper with a pair


of scissors.
What did he do last Sunday?

He kicked a ball last Sunday


What did he do yesterday afternoon?

He drank a Coke yesterday


afternoon
Turn the
previous sentence
into a negative….
What did he do yesterday afternoon?

He didn´t drink a Coke


yesterday afternoon
What did she do when she was a child?

She ran a marathon when she


was a child
What is the auxiliary for the past simple?

DID / DIDN´T.
What did he do the day before yesterday?

He rode a horse the day


before yesterday
What did he do this morning?

He walked this morning.


Turn the
previous sentence
into a negative….
What did he do this morning?

He didn´t walk this morning.


Turn the
previous sentence
into an
interrogative….
Did he walk this morning?
What type of sentences do we need to use the
auxiliary with?

Negatives and
interrogatives
GOOD JOB!!
WELL DONE!
KEEP IT UP!!

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