PAST SIMPLE

PAST SIMPLE

Past simple

Utilizamos el pasado simple para referirnos a acciones terminadas que tuvieronlugar en un momento determinado del pasado. Para oraciones afirmativas se construyen con dos tipo de verbos en inglés: 1. VERBOS IRREGULARES: son aquellos que cambian de forma para el pasado y el participio pasado. e.g. INFINITIVO PASADO PASADO PARTICIPIO be was / were been VERBO TO BE * El verbo to be es un verbo irregular que se pueden traducir por: yo fui / estuve / era / estaba, tú fuiste / estuviste / eras / estabas, etc. * Este verbo habla de un estado o una situación (por ejemplo, cómo te sientes), y puede servir para describir las cosas. e.g. - The party was amazing! (¡La fiesta fue increíble!) - We were really happy! (¡Todos estábamos súper contentos!).

AFIRMATIVO NEGATIVO INTERROGATIVO I was ... wasn't Was I...? She / He / It was ... wasn't Was she...? You / They / We were... weren't Were you...?

EXERCISE 1: Complete with was/ were (1-8) There was/wasn't, there were / weren't

1We ______________ in Canberra last spring. 2. Jamie ______________ 25 last June. 3. You ______________ very busy on Friday 4. I ______________ at home yesterday. 5. ______________ you at work this morning?) 6. He ______________ not surprised by the present 7. It ______________ not very dangerous. 8. She ______________ interested in science 9. ____ many people at the concert yesterday? 10. ___ a lot of food at the party? 11. ____ hundreds of trees here. 12. ____ any mineral water in the fridge? 13. ____ only one car there last Sunday. 14. ____ so many children at Quentin's party. 15. ____ many supermarkets in London.

PRESENTE PASADO HAY > HABÍA There is > There was There are > There were Is there...? > Was there...? Are there...? > Were there...?

EXERCISE 2: Read the text about Sacagawea. Choose the correct options.

In 1801, Thomas Jefferson 1 was / were the President of the United States. At this time, there 2 wasn't / weren't a road from the east coast to the west coast of North America, so the president sent a group of men to find a way. Merywether Lewis and William Clark 3 was / were the leaders of the group and Sacagawea was a North American Indian and she is famous in US history. Her face 4 was / were on the US gold dollar coin in 2000.

Now, read the answers and then complete the questions about the text. Use 'was' and 'were'.

1 Who _________ in 1801? Thomas Jefferson 2 _____ from the east to the west coast? No, there wasn't. 3 Who _____ of the group the president sent? Lewis and Clark. 4 When _____ on the US gold dollar coin? In 2000.

EXERCISE 3: LISTEN TO 'WAS, WERE, WAN'T, WEREN'T IN THE SENTENCES.

When do we stress the verb: in affirmative sentences, negative sentences and/ or questions?

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1 George Washington was the President. 2 He wasn't on the dollar. 3 Was he in the President? 4 Kahlo and Rivera were artists. 5 They weren't Spanish. 6 Were they artists?

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Past simple

ORACIÓN AFIRMATIVA Noun + verb -ed + complement. Pronoun + verb -ed + complement.

2. VERBOS REGULARES: el pasado de estos verbos en... 2.1. EN ORACIONES AFIRMATIVAS: Se forma añadiendo la terminación ‘-ed’ al infinitivo a todas las personas. e.g. I / you / he / she / it / we / they worked yesterday. 2.2. EN ORACIONES NEGATIVAS Y PREGUNTAS: Utilizaremos el auxiliar ‘did’ más el verbo en infinitivo para todas las personas. e.g. * I / you / he / she / it / we / they didn’t (did not) play football . * Did I / you / he / she / it / we / they study? Yes, I / you / he / she / it / we / they did. No, I / you / he / she / it / we / they didn't

ORACIÓN NEGATIVA Noun + didn't + verb + complement. Pronoun + didn't + verb + complement.

ORACIÓN INTERROGATIVA Did + noun + verb + complement ? Did + pronoun + verb + complement ?

Reglas de ortografía para verbos irregulares

* Los verbos acabados en ‘-e’ pierden ésta vocal para añadir únicamente ‘ed’: e.g. live - lived / like - liked * Los verbos de una sílaba terminados en consonante, vocal, consonante, duplican la última consonante al añadir ‘-ed’. e.g. stop - stopped / rob - robbed / plan - planned * Los verbos acabados en consonante + -y, cambian la’y’ por ‘i’. e.g. cry - cried / study - studied

Reglas de ortografía para verbos irregulares

* Si acaban en vocal + -y, no hay cambio alguno al añadir ‘–ed’. e.g. play - played / stay - stayed * En verbos de dos o más sílabas acabados en consonante, vocal, consonante, duplicamos la última consonante si el acento recae en la última sílaba. e.g. occur - occurred / refer - referred * Todos los verbos acabados en ‘l’ la duplican cuando añadimos ‘-ed’. e.g. travel - travelled

PRACTICE 1:

1. I ___my maths homework yesterday. (to do) 2. ____ Susan ____ to England by plane? (to go) 3. They ___ a farm two weeks ago. (to visit) 4. Jenny and Peggy ___ their brother. (not/to help) 5. The children ___ at home last weekend. (not/to be) 6. When ___ you ___ this wonderful skirt? (to design) 7. My mother ___ into the van. (not/to crash) 8. The boys ___ the mudguards of their bicycles. (to take off) 9. ___ you ___ your aunt last week? (to phone) 10. He ___ milk at school. (not/to drink)

ANSWER HERE

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READING! Famous faces

1.Which people and places are on the notes and coins in your country? Are they: * kings, queens or presients? * scientist, musicians, writers or artists? * places or buildings?

READING!

READING!

Choose the correct options to complete the text about Queen Elizabeth

2 Write the past simple form of the verbs. 1 live _________ 6 play _________ 2 work _________ 7 want _________ 3 travel _________ 8 like _________ 4 finish _________ 9 stop _________ 5 start _________ 10 watch _________ 3 Complete the text with the past simple form of the verbs in brackets. Gabrielle-Emilie Le Tonnelier de Breteuil 1 ___ (be) a famous scientist. She 2 ___ (be) born in Paris, France, in 1706. She 3 ___ (get) married when she was 19 and 4___ (have) three children. But at the age of 27, she 5 ___ (start) to study mathemathics and physics. She ws famous in the world of science and sometimes 6 ___ (work) eith the famous French philosopher Voltaire. She 7 ___ (write)

PRACTICE 2

1 Complete the sentences with the correct form of was / were. Use the negative when you see (-) in brackects. 1 _____ he a famous actor? 2 _____ a good student at school. 3 A: _____ the bus late yesterday? B: No, it _____ . (-) 4 There _____ many people at the concert. (-) 5 _____ the tickets expensive? 6 Clive and Sarah _____ born in the sixties. 7 We _____ at the gym this morning. (-) 8 _____ you at home yesterday evening?

PRACTICE 2

5 Write past simple questions using this ideas. 1 you / live / in a house or apartment? ________ 2 What / they / do the last night? _____________ 3 Where / Anton / study? __________________ 4 you / watch / the football game last night? ____ 5 the food / taste nice? ____________________ 6 How / they / build their houses? ____________ 6 Complete the dialogue with the past simple form of the verbs in brackets. A: What 1 ___ (you/do) at the weekend? B: I 2 ___ (visit) my parents on this farm. A: I 3 ___ (not know) your parents have a farm! B: Really? I 4 ___ (grow) up on the farm! A: Wow! 5 ___ (you / like) living there?

3 a translation of a famous book by the British scien- tist Isaac Newton, and people still use it today. She 8 ___ (die) at the age of only 42. 4 Write the past simple using these ideas. 1 we / not go / on holiday / last year ________ 2 Magda / not like / the film _____________ 3 they / live / in the USA / for ten years ______ 4 Mike / make / a big mistake ______________ 5 she / not buy / a ticket _________________ 6 I / speak / to Bogdan / this morning _______

PRACTICE 2

2 ___ (be) bad and the ship never 3 ___ (arrive). It sank and the crew 4 ___ (die). Five hundred years later, a geologist in Namibia 5 ___ (discover) a small piece of metal in the Orange River. It was money. Later, archaeologists 6 ___ (pull) more coins from the river. There 7 ___ (be) also parts of a ship. It was the old Portuguese ship, so the archaeologists 8 ___ (learn) more about people's lives five hundred years ago.

6 B: Yes, it 6 ___ (be) great! We 7 ___ (play) outside all day with the animals. A: 8 ___ (you / have) many animals? B: Yes, we 9 ___ (do). But we 10 ___ (not have) many friends because our farm 11 ___ (not be) near any other houses. 7 Complete the text with the past simple form of the verbs. LOST SHIP DISCOVERED In 1533, a Portuguese ship 1 ___ (travel) from Portugal to India with lots of gold and diamonds. But at the southern part of Africa, the weather

PRACTICE 2

3 What auxiliary verb do you use for negative sentences? _________________________ 10 Complete the sentences with the past simple form of the verb. (Some verbs are irregular and some regular.) Then listen and check. 1 Humas ____ (make) the caves about a thousand years ago. 2 Many people ____ (live) in them until the fifteenth century. 3 They ____ (build) houses and ____ (move) to towns. 4 Yandu Bista ____ (be) born in a cave. 5 She ____ (grow up) here with her family. 6 They ____ (not have) water in the cave. 7 She ____ (go) to the river every day and ____ (bring) water up the mountain.

8 Complete the sentences with the irregular verbs. 1 I ______ born in 1939 2 I ______ in a big city with my brother and two sisters. 3 I ______ to my first school when I was four years old. 4 I ______ a bycicle from my parents when I was seven. 5 I ______ a job at the weekends. 6 I ______ home when I was 16. 9 ABOUT GRAMMAR. Answer these questions 1 Do all the verbs in the past simple end in -ed? ___ 2 Does the verb change in the third person (he/she/it)? ____________________________

*be *get *do * grow up *have * leave

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VOCABULARY time expressions

1 Number these time expressions in order from past to present.

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a. when I was a child b. yesterday c. during the nineteenth century 3 d. the sixties 4 e. las Monday evening f. before the eighteenth century 1 g. in 1799 2 h. this morning i. last March j. on January k. a week ago 8

1. before the eighteenth century 2. in 1799 3. during the nineteenth century 4. the sixties 5. _______________ 6. _______________ 7. _______________ 8. a week ago 9. _______________ 10. _______________ 11. _______________

ASKING ABOUT PAST EVENTS!

SPEAKINGWORK IN PAIRS!

VOCABULARY opinion adjectives

The speakers use opinion adjectives. Please, categorize the phrases in the table.

THANK YOU MESSAGES WRITING THANK YOU MESSAGES

The next boxes have formal and informal expressions. Complete the thank you messages with the words and phrases.