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GRAMMAR 2

THE SIMPLE PAST TENSE
• We use the simple past tense to talk about finished actions in the past.
• The simple past forms of the verb ‘’to be’’ are ‘’was/were’’.
Positive Negative Question
I/You/He/She/It/We/They I/You/He/She/It/We/They didn’t Did I/you/he/she/it/we/they
walked. walk. walk?

I/You/He/She/It/We/They sang. I/You/He/She/It/We/They didn’t Did I/you/he/she/it/we/they
sing. sing?

Short Answers: Yes, I/you/he/she/it/we/they did. – No, I/you/he/she/it/we/they didn’t.
Time expressions: ago / yesterday / last night-week-year-month-Monday/in 1990

EXERCISES

1
Complete the sentences with ‘’was’’ or ‘’were’’.

1. The public library _________ very big.
2. The mechanics _________ tired yesterday.
3. The novel _________ cheap.
4. I _________ in the city centre an hour ago.
5. The mountains _________ so beautiful.
6. We _________ in London last summer.
7. Nelly and Sarah _________ at school yesterday.
8. Nora’s teacher _________ angry with her.

2
Use the correct simple past forms of the verbs in the brackets to complete the sentences.

1. We ________________ (go) to the library last Saturday.
2. Linda ________________ (borrow) two novels from the library yesterday.
3. Sarah ________________ (lend) me two poetry books last month. They ________________ (be)
interesting.
4. Thomas ________________ (not pick) any bananas in the village.
5. Where ________________ you ________________ (meet) your friends?
6. ________________ (be) the paintings interesting.
7. Fred ________________ (buy) some fresh bread yesterday morning.
8. I ________________ (wake) up very late last Saturday.

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