Past Simple Tense pptx

Before that I worked in a shop • We invited them to our party but they decided not to come • The police stopped me on my way home last night • She passed her examination because she s

Past Simple Tense

• Mozart was an Austrian musician and

composer

• He lived from 1756 to 1791

• He started composing at the age of live and wrote more than 600 pieces of music

• He was only 35 years old when he died

• I work in a travel agency now Before that I

worked in a shop

• We invited them to our party but they

decided not to come

• The police stopped me on my way home

last night

• She passed her examination because she

studied very hard

• Mozart wrote more than 600 pieces of

music

• We saw Rose in town a few days ago

• I went to the cinema three times last week

• It was cold, so I shut the window

• Did you go out last night ?

• Yes, I went to the cinema but I didn’t enjoy the

film much

• When did he die? >>> About ten years ago

• They didn’t invite her to party, so she didn’t go

• Did you have time to write the letter? >> No, I

didn’t

• What did you do at the weekend?

• I didn’t do anything

• I was angry because they were late

• Was the weather good when you on

holiday?

• They weren’t able to come because they were so busy

• Did you go out last night or were you too

tired?

Preposition Time guides

• Yesterday

• Ago…

• Last……

• Simple past + When + Simple past

Talk about a specific point in time

• She came back last Friday

• I saw her in the street

• They didn’t agree to the deal

To talk about a period of time

• She lived in Tokyo for seven years

• They were in London form Monday to

Thursday of last week

• When I was living in New York I went to all the art exhibitions I could

You will often find the past simple

used with time expression

• Yesterday

• Three weeks ago

• Last year

• In 2002

• From March to June

• For a long time

• For six weeks

• In the 1980s

• In the last century

• In the part

How do you say “ed”

• “T”

• Asked

• Talked

• Introduced

• Parked

• Worked

• Hoped

• Helped

• Explained

• Cleaned

• Arrived

• Improved

• Agreed

• Called

• Rained

• Started

• Permitted

• Invited

• Greeted

• Insisted

• Presented

• Visited

• created

• Yesterday George asked his boss for a raise

• Fred presented the new IT system at the meeting

• I only started work here last month

• One of my colleagues called me at home last night

• I arrived half an hour early for my

appointment

• Jerry introduced me to his wife

• There was no space so I parked on the pavement

• Sales improved dramatically in December

• Our Asian Colleagues visited us a couple

of days ago

• Did you see him yesterday?

• Where did you find your glasses?

• Why didn’t you call me?

• What did you think about the meeting?

• Which option did he go for?

• Which did she like best?

• Did they have any questions?

• How long did it last?

• How many did they oder?

• When did you get back?

• She lost his phone number so she didn’t call him

• He had a couple of whiskies so he didn’t

drive home

• The meeting ran over so he didn’t have lunch

• He missed his train so he didn’t come

• He only spoke Portuguese so we didn’t

understand

• She forgot her laptop so she didn’t do the presentation

• I made a mistake with his email address

so he didn’t get the message

• They were stuck in traffic so they didn’t make the plane