Simple Past Tense

1. Simple Past
English for Tourism

2. Simple Past Negative Form and Questions
YES / NO Questions
Did (not) + subject +
Simple Verb + Comp + ?
Did Ellen visit London?
Didn´t Louise visit
London?
YES / NO Answers
No, she didn’t. (Ellen)
Yes, she did. (Louise)

3. “To be” Simple Past
See how full forms ( was not / were not) can be contracted too ( wasn´t / weren´t)*

4. “Regular verbs ” Simple Past
She watched the video tutorial.
The HR manager arrived late.
She applied for a different position.
We planned to hire a secretary.

5. Time to practise!
Taking into account the
spelling rules we just
reviewed, What verbs will
finish with …?

6. “Irregular verbs ” Simple Past
*Negative sentences stated with either regular or irregular verbs (excepting BE) will take did not (didn´t) before the simple
form of the verb.
Alice didn’t fill the application form out.
They did not send the invoice together with the package.

7. Time to practise!
sat - saw
went - say
did – didn’t
sit - see
That day, I
_______ in a
couch after I
________ him
enter the office.

8. More practice!
1. Dean ___________ (call) to the client, but the client ________________
(not/come).
called didn´t come
4. Ana __________________ (not/upload) any profile picture because she was
too busy to do it .
3. I __________ (see) Sonia in the supermarket, but we ____________ (talk).
2. When I __________ (be) young, I ___________ (like) nuts as much as I do
now.
didn´t
like
was
Inferred
Given
prompt
didn’t talk
saw
Inferred
didn´t upload
Given
prompt