Past simple & questions in the past simple IREP

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Past simple

Aims:

• I can make a sentence using the past simple.
• I can make questions using the past simple.

Let's see how well you know this already

I ___ (visit) lots of interesting places.

But we ___ (see) some beautiful rainbows.

In the evenings we ___ (go)
to pubs.

___ (is) it fun?

Let's look at the rules and uses

How do we form the past simple?

• Regular verbs: add -ed to the end of the verb.

Example: He walked to the shop.

• Irregular verbs: Set list of verbs that change in a unique way.

Example: He saw a dog yesterday.

Example: She took the book with him.

Example: We ate at a restaurant.

When do we use the past simple?

• Something that happened once in the past.

I met my wife in 1983.

• Something that happened several times in the past.

When I was a boy, I walked a mile to school every day.

• Something that was true for some time in the past.

I lived abroad for ten years.

• we often use expressions with ago with the past simple.

I met my wife a long time ago.

Let's try again.

John Cabot ___ (sail) to America in 1498.

We ___ (cross) the Channel yesterday.

We ___ (see) a zebra yesterday!

We ___ (do) our homework last night.

I ___ (be) in Japan last year

I ___ (walk) around the city centre.

Do you know how to make questions in the past simple?

___ (I/see) you last week?

___ (I/lock) the door?

Where ___ (you/go) to school?

Who ___ (they/talk) to earlier?

Question in the past simple

How do you make a question in the past simple?

•  For yes or no questions we put did in front of the subject, followed by the infinitive.

Example: Did you play?

• For 'wh' questions, you do the same as above, and add the 'wh' word at the beginning.

Example: Where did I go?

Let's try again.

___ (the film/start) on time?

___ (he/play) sport as a child?

___ (it/snow) last winter?

For the following questions

You have to use a 'WH' word in your answer. Think carefully if the sentences is about time, reason, or location.

___('wh word'/you/start) your job?

___ ('wh word'/she/get) angry?

___ ('wh word'/you/go) to school?

You've reached the end.