The Past Simple4º E.S.O.

Grupo DONOS 2008

Affirmative Form►Regular verbs add –ed eg. play – played

Spelling rules: • Verbs ending [-e] add [-d ] e.g. love –loved• Verbs ending cons+vowel+cons double the second consonant e.g.

stop – stopped.• Verbs ending [cons-y] [-ied] , verbs ending [vowel-y] [-yed]

►Irregular verbs: second column be was/werewas/were been get gotgot got speak spoke spoke spoken

Negative FormSubject + DIDN’T + verb (infinitive)

e.g. She didn’t have breakfast

Now practise...

Go to school

She didn’t go to school

Speak to Dodger

She didn’t speak to Dodger

Question Form(Wh-) + DID + subject + Verb (infinitive)?

• What /Vicky / buy / in the market?

What did Vicky buy in the market?

• When / Vicky / go to bed?

When did Vicky go to bed?

Short Answers

AFFIRMATIVE: Yes, subject pronoun + DID

e.g. Yes, he / she / I did.

NEGATIVE: No, subject pronoun + DIDN’T

e.g. No, he / she / I didn’t

Make questions and answers using the prompts

and the information from the texts GET UP

What time/ Amy…?

Q- What time did Amy get up?

A- She got up at 6.

What time / Luke…?

Q- What time did Luke get up?

A- He got up at 7.

HAVE BREAKFAST

What / Amy…?Q- What did Amy have for

breakfast?A- She had bread and

water.

Luke…?Q- Did Luke have

breakfast?A- Yes, he did.

GO TO SCHOOL

Where / Luke /go…?

Q- Where did Luke go?

A- He went to school.

How…?

Q- How did he go to school?

A- He went by bus.

Amy..?

Q- Did Amy go to school?

A- No, she didn’t.

Now practise inventing answers for the following

questions.(Creativity is warmly

welcome...)

What time did he wake up yesterday?

What happened to him?

What did he do in the morning?

What did she tell him?

Who did she write to?

Who did she think of?

What did he do last evening?

How many words did they spell?

What did she smell?

Did he send a letter?

Did he sell a computer?

What did they do yesterday morning?

What happened when you were having a shower?

Did he watch TV at night?

Where did he hide?

Did she find her cat?