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    Grammar Presentation

    Past Simple
    Language in Use Past Simple
    Language in Use Past Simple

    We use this tense to talk about a specific


    time in the PAST
    e.g. Yesterday Michael and Sarah went to the cinema.
    Language in Use Past Simple

    e.g. Yesterday Michael and Sarah went to the cinema.

    x
    Past Present
    Simple
    Language in Use Past Simple

    We use some time expressions:


    - yesterday
    - last night / year
    - two weeks ago
    - in 2010
    - when
    Language in Use Past Simple

    Affirmative

    REGULAR VERBS  verb + ed

    e.g. Last night I watched a film.

    IRREGULAR VERBS  memorise list

    e.g. Last night I went to a concert.


    Language in Use Past Simple

    Negative
    REGULAR VERBS
    IRREGULAR VERBS

    didn’t + infinitive (without ‘to’)

    e.g. Last night I didn’t watch a film.


    e.g. Last night I didn’t go to a concert.
    Language in Use Past Simple

    Interrogative

    REGULAR VERBS
    IRREGULAR VERBS

    did + subject + infinitive (without ‘to’)

    e.g. Didn’t you watch a film last night?


    e.g. Did you go to a concert last night?
    Language in Use Past Simple

    Regular verb + ed
    work worked
    Careful!
    look looked
    stay stayed
    move moved
    study studied consonant + y  ied
    dance danced
    stop stopped C + V + C  double C

    Negative: didn’t + infinitive (didn’t dance)


    (without ‘to’)
    Language in Use Past Simple

    Irregular memorise
    Infinitive Past Simple Past Participle
    go went gone

    Negative: didn’t + infinitive (didn’t go)


    (without ‘to’)
    Language in Use Past Simple

    INFINITIVE PAST SIMPLE PAST PARTICIPLE

    to be was /?were been


    ?
    to drink ?
    drank drunk
    ?
    to go went
    ? ?
    gone
    to buy bought
    ? ?
    bought
    to make made
    ? made
    ?
    to speak spoke
    ? ?
    spoken
    to see saw
    ? ?
    seen
    to do ?
    did ?
    done
    Language in Use Past Simple

    Sophie is talking about her weekend.


    Complete the sentences with the Past Simple.
    went
    1. I _____________ (go) to the cinema.
    was
    2. The film __________ (be) very good.
    bought (buy) popcorn and I ________
    3. I ___________ drank (drink) an orange juice.
    4. My friend Julia_______ started (start) to rain.
    went (go) to the beach but it ________
    Language in Use Past Simple
    Imagine you are interviewing Arnold Schwarzenegger.
    Ask questions
    1.______________________________________________________?
    Where were you born
    I was born in Austria.
    2._____________________________________________________
    How old were you when you left school ?
    I was 14 years old when I left school.
    3.__________________________________________________________?
    When did you win your first important bodybuilding competition
    I won my first bodybuilding competition in 1965.
    Why wasn’t your first film a success?
    4.______________________________________________________?
    My first film was not a big success because of my Austrian accent.

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