Past Simple

Positive			Negative				Interrogative
I we you they he she it	played started watched had saw did went		I we you they he she it	did not (didn’t)	play start watch have see do go		Did	I we you they he she it	play? start? watch? have? see? do? go?

The Past Simple tense describes:

1. A single action or a state, or a succession of single past actions with time adverbials such as ago, last year (week, month), yesterday, the other day, in 1997, last (time), for five years, for a week, etc.	Ann spent a lot of money on books yesterday. It didn’t rain last night. When did you go to the cinema last? She started playing the piano at the age of five. They lived in Brest for five years before the war. I entered the office, looked around and came up to the secretary.
2. A contrast between the past and the present, or something that was true but is not true any more used to + Infinitive бывало, раньше	He used to smoke forty cigarettes a day and then he finally gave up smoking. Do you play golf? – No, but I used to when I lived in the country. She used to be such a happy lively girl (but no longer now). The shops didn't use to open on Sundays in those days.

Ex. 6. Make the following sentences interrogative and negative.

1. Caroline went to the cinema three times last week.

2. We did a lot of work yesterday.

3. The police stopped him on the way home last night.

4. She passed her examinations successfully in January.

5. Mozart wrote more than 600 pieces of music.

6. Peter broke a window last night.

7. I lived in London for ten years while I was a child.

8. Janet used to have long hair when she was young.

9. He gave up his job as a journalist the other day.

10. Liz used to play tennis a lot when she was a student.

Ex. 7. Write sentences about the past (yesterday / last week etc.).

1. Jim always goes to work by car. Yesterday … .

2. Rachel often loses her keys. She … last week.

3. Kate meets her friends every evening. She … yesterday evening.

4. I usually buy two newspapers every day. Yesterday I … .

5. We usually go to the cinema on Sundays. Last Sunday we … .

6. I eat an orange every day. Yesterday I … .

7. Tom always has a shower in the morning. This morning he … .

8. Our friends come to see us every Friday. They … last Friday.

9. Pupils pass their A-Level exams every summer. Ann … last June.

10. Our faculty holds the Olympiads in mathematics in spring. Last spring our faculty … .