The Past Simple Tense

1. The topic of our lesson is The Past Simple Tense

2. The aim of this lesson is to repeat all information about the Past Simple

3. Choose the right sentences in the Past Simple Tense:

1. We celebrate my birthday today.
a) We celebrated my birthday today.
b) We did celebrate my birthday today.
c) We celebrated my birthday yesterday.
2. She cooks tasty soup every day.
a) She cooked tasty soup yesterday.
b) She did cook tasty soup yesterday.
c) She cooked tasty soup every day
3. He washes the floor every week.
a) He washed the floor every week.
b) He washed the floor yesterday.
c) He did wash the floor every week.
4. She calls him every week.
a) She call him yesterday.
b) She call him every week.
c) She called him yesterday.
5. On Friday he stays in his office.
a) On Friday he stays in his office.
b) He stayed in his office last Friday.
c) On Friday he did stay in his office.
6. He plays football on Sundays.
a) He played football last Sunday.
b) He plays football last Sunday.
c) He played football on Sundays.

4. Fill in the gaps in this table.

Tim
Tom
…
I didn’t come home late
yesterday.
I didn’t go to Moscow last
year.
…
…
I knew about it 2 days ago.
I read an interesting book
yesterday.
…
I played with my toys
yesterday.
…

5. Fill in the gaps in this table.

Tim
Tom
I came home late yesterday.
I didn’t come home late
yesterday.
I didn’t go to Moscow last
year.
I went to Moscow last year.
I didn’t know about it 2 days
ago
I read an interesting book
yesterday.
I knew about it 2 days ago.
I played with my toys
yesterday.
I didn’t play with my toys
yesterday.
I didn’t read an interesting
book yesterday.

6. Imagine that you are speaking to your friend about your last summer vacation. Write questions to these answers.

-…
- I was in London last summer.
-…
- Yes, it was. The weather was fine: warm and dry.
-…
- I saw the Tower of London and Trafalgar Square. It was great!
-…
- I stayed in a small hotel, my room wasn’t big, but it was clean and
nice.
-…
- Yes, I did. I tried to speak with some Englishmen. It was very hard
and funny.
-…
- Yes, I did. I enjoyed my summer vocation very much. It was
interesting and useful for my English.

7. Put in the verbs in brackets in the Past Simple.

Last summer Jane and Pete (visit) _________ their granny.
She (live) ________ in a little house in Oxford. The weather
(be) _________ nice and children (have) _________ a lot of
fun. One day they (see) _________ a little dog in the street.
They (take) _________ the dog home and (call) __________
it Nancy. Nancy (be) _________ very kind and clever. They
(play) ___________ together every day. When Pete’s ball (get
lost) ______ _______ she (find) _______ it and Pete (be)
______ very happy. Autumn (come) _________ and the
children (go back) _________ to London. They (can not)
________ take Nancy with them to their little flat, so Nancy
(stay) _________ with Granny. The children often (think)
_________ about Nancy and (want) _________to visit her.
One morning Jane (look) _________ out the window and
(see) _________ Nancy. She (find) __________ them and
(come) _________with a present. In her mouth she (have)
_________ Pete’s old trainer.

8. Put in the verbs in brackets in the Past Simple.

Last summer Jane and Pete visited
their
granny. She lived in a little house in Oxford. The
weather was nice and children had a lot of fun. One
day they saw a little dog in the street. They took the
dog home and called it Nancy. Nancy was very kind
and clever. They played together every day. When
Pete’s ball got lost she found it and Pete was very
happy. Autumn came and the children went back
to London. They couldn’t take Nancy with them to
their little flat, so Nancy stayed with Granny. The
children often thought about Nancy and wanted to
visit her. One morning Jane looked out the window
and saw Nancy. She found them and came with a
present. In her mouth she had Pete’s old trainer.