Past Simple Tense pptx

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
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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
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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”
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“T”
Asked
Talked
Introduced
Parked
Worked
Hoped
Helped


“d”
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Explained
Cleaned
Arrived
Improved
Agreed
Called
Rained


“id”
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Started
Permitted
Invited
Greeted

Insisted
Presented
Visited
created


Exercise
• 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.


Exercise
• 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?


Exercise

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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?


Exercise
• 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

Exercise
• 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