Simple Past

Simple Past

Yesterday...

Things I did yesterday:

• I _____________the violin.

• I ____________ .

played

studied

• I ________ an apple.

• I ________ yoga.

• I ________ to a concert.

ate

did

went

Some things I didn’t do yesterday

• I didn’t _________ volleyball.

• I ________ ______ a test.

play

didn’t do

We use did for interrogatives...

• Where _________ you go last January?

• What _________ you do there?

• _______ you buy anything interesting?

did

did

Did

I __________ to Gramado, RS. (go)

I _________ lots of cool places. (visit)

Yes, I _______ clothes and chocolates.(buy)

went

visited

bought

...and didn’t for negatives.

• ______ you travel by car?

• ______ you come back in February?

Did

Did

No, I _______. didn’t

No, I ______ come back in February. I ________ in January.

didn’t

came back

Regular and Irregular verbs

• Go –• Travel –• Buy – • Visit – • Come back -

• Went • Traveled • Bought • Visited• Came back

Irregular verbs: go, buy, come back

Now, fill in the blanks about my trip• Last January I _______ to Gramado,

RS with my sister. We ______ a plane to Porto Alegre and then a bus. We _______ in a very nice hotel in town.

went took stayed

We __________(visit) lots of interesting places, like Canela, Caxias do Sul and Cambará. We also _______(buy) clothes and chocolates. We _________ (feel/neg.)hot because the climate there is wonderful.

visited

bought

didn’t feel

We ________(stay) there for about one week. I _______(meet) and old friend and _______(make)others.We both _______(feel) sad when it finished. The trip back to Rio ________(be/neg.)very good because the plane _______(be) late.

stayed met

made felt

wasn’t was

Verb to be: simple past

• Present

1. I am

2. He, she, it is

3. We, you, they are

• Past

1. I _______

2. He, she it ______

3. We, you they_______

was was were

Obs: we don’t use did or didn’t with the verb to be

Book used:

• MURPHY, R. Essential Grammar in Use. Cambridge:CUP, 1990

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