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Past Simple fo the verb "to be"

Salvatore Nieddu

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IL PASSATO SEMPLICE

PAST SIMPLE

OF THE VERB TO BE; CAN; HAVE

Start

1. Vocabulary Jobs
7. Could
2. Dialogue
3. was and were

INDEX

4. map
5. warm up
6. had

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Guess their job

ARTIST & INVENTOR

FASHION DESIGNER

ASTRONAUT

PHYSICIST

ACTOR

SINGER

WRITER

PRESIDENT

COMPOSER

PYOTR ILICH TCHAIKOVSKY

Mary Shelley

KALPANA CHAWLA

FAMOUS PEOPLE

ALBERT EINSTEIN

Title

AMY WINEHOUSE

HEATH LEDGER

GIANNI VERSACE

J.F. KENNEDY

Marie Curie

Leonardo da Vinci

Write a brief description here

1962 - 2003

1946 -1997

1867 -1934

1978 - 2008

1452 -1519

1879–1955

1797 -1851

1917 - 1963

1983 - 2011

1840 - 1897

Ascolta che cosa racconta Amy al suo amico.

I was at the concert last Friday! There weren’t many people because the weather wasn't very good... but the music was great, Lewis is a fantastic singer! I really enjoyed the evening, but my parents weren’t happy at all because my sister and I were out till late! We were sorry about that... Well, it was midnight. It wasn't that late!

I was at the concert last Friday! There weren’t many people because the weather wasn't very good... but the music was great, Lewis is a fantastic singer! I really enjoyed the evening, but my parents weren’t happy at all because my sister and I were out till late! We were sorry about that... Well, it was midnight. It wasn't that late!

Corrisponde ai tempi verbali italiani del passato prossimo, del passato remoto e dell'imperfetto.

Il past simple indica un'azione iniziata e conclusa nel passato, anche nel passato lontano o recente.

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past simple

Grammar extra

short answer
yes + soggetto +was/were
Yes I/he/she/it (6)................... Yes we/you/they were
No + soggetto + wasn't/weren't
No, I/he/she/it wasn't No, we/you/they (7)...................
QUESTION
(QW) + was/were +soggetto +... ?
(4).............. I were you was he/she/it (5)............... we/you/they

late?

AFFIRMATIVE
soggetto + was/were + ...
I (1).............. you were he/she/it was we/you/they (2)...............

good

NEGATIVE
soggetto + was/were + not (............./.............)
I wasn't you (3)............... he/she/it wasn't we/you/they weren't

good

warm up

Where is your teacher right now and where was he few hours ago?

in Borore

in Sassari

warm up

Where was your teacher yestarday? Was he alone?

at home

in a coffee shop

TUTTO CHIARO?

TUTTO CHIARO?

Ora tocca a te! Metti in pratica quello che hai imparato!

Ora tocca a te! Metti in pratica quello che hai imparato!

  • No, he wans't
  • was this the book you wanted?
  • yes, it was, thanks a lot
  • Was Ana in Dublin last weekend?
  • No, they weren't
  • Was your father at the office yesterday?
  • Yes, you were
  • was I right?
  • No, she wasn't
  • Were Alex Lucy and Toby at the party last night?

Completa il testo trascinando le parole mancanti.

the food wasn't
my friends were
wasn't
I was
they were

__________________ at the cinema yesterday evening. Unfortunately ______________ at home finishing my homework. I ate with my parents, and ___________________ very good: I hate broccoli! Then I tried new videogames_______________ fantastic! Suddenly it started to rain. Staying home _______________________ that bad after all.

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Quiz

Quiz

Quiz

  • Il Past simple di have / have got è had. Questa forma è uguale per tutte le persone e non aggiunge il rafforzativo got.
  • La forma negativa e interrogativa seguono la costruzioni dei verbi irregolari con l'ausiliare did

Ora prova tu

Years ago, students only _____ encyclopaedias to look up information in.

Today, they _______ the Internet, too.

Ora prova tu

Today, people _______super-fast cars to take them from place to place.

In the past, people _____ cars at all.

Ora prova tu

Nowadays, TV _________lots of channels for us to choose from.

In the 1950s, it only _____ two or three channels.

Ora prova tu

In the 1930s, planes ______room for many passengers.

Today, a plane ________room for up to 850 people.

Ora prova tu

  1. Leyla has a headache. (yesterday morning)
  2. We have fun on holiday. (on our last holiday)
  3. They have a lot homework. (last week)
1. _____________________________________________ 2._____________________________________________ 3._____________________________________________
  • Il passato di can / can’t è could / couldn’t e ha questa costruzione: soggetto + could / couldn’t + forma base del verbo.
  • La forma interrogativa è: could + soggetto + forma base del verbo.

Osserva le foto e scrivi che cosa sapevi o non sapevi fare quando avevi 5 anni.

ride a skateboard

ride a bike

when I was five...............................................................but.............................................................................

Osserva le foto e scrivi che cosa sapevi o non sapevi fare quando avevi 10 anni.

finish a jigsaw puzzle

play chess

when I was ten...............................................................but.............................................................................

Osserva le foto e scrivi che cosa sapevi o non sapevi fare quando avevi 6 anni.

build a snowman

play tennis

when I was six...............................................................but.............................................................................

past time expressions

yesterday

last...

lo/a scorso/a

Ieri

yesterday morning • afternoon • evening

last night • Saturday • week • month • summer • year

...ago

in

in/nel/negli (anni)

...fa

• five minutes ago • three days ago • a week ago • a month ago • a year ago

in April • in 2018 • in the 1980s

Solitamente queste espressioni si trovano all'inizio o alla fine della frase: Yesterday evening it was cold. It was cold yesterday evening.