past simple seventh graders

EXTRAORDINARY LIVES

Who were they?

____________ ____________ ____________ ____________

____________ ____________ ____________ ____________

1. John F. Kennedy was president of the U.S.A. in:a) The 1950s b) The 1960´s The 1970´s

2. The composer Beethoven was:a) Blind b) Deaf c) Both

3. The Beatles were originally from:a) London b) Manchester c) Liverpool

4. The first dog´s name in the space was:a) Laika b) Lassie c) Rex

5. Javier Solis was born in:a) 1950 b) 1931 c) 1942

6. Juan Pablo II was born in:a) Italy b) Germany c) Poland

7. Plato was a:a) Politician b) Philosopher c) General

8. The scientist Marie Curie was born in:a) Paris b) Warsaw c) Geneva

USING BE: PAST TIME

PRESENT TIME PAST TIME

a) I am in class todayb) Alice is at the library todayc) My friends are at home today

a) I was in class yesterday.b) Alice was at the library yesterday.c) My friends were at home yesterday.

SIMPLE PAST TENSE OF BE WAS / WERE

I wasHe wasShe wasIt was

We wereYou wereThey were

EXERCISE 1

Complete the sentences with was or were1. Juan Pablo II __________ a pope2. I __________ a baby.3. Plato __________ a Greek philosopher.4. Marie Curie __________ a scientist5. Javier Solís __________ a Mexican singer.6. You __________ a good student at school.7. Beethoven __________ a composer.8. Laurel and Hardy __________ comedians.9. Marcia and I __________ friends.10.Laika __________ the first dog in the space.

PAST OF BE: NEGATIVE

I was notHe was notShe was notIt was not

Was not: wasn´t

We were notYou were notThey were not

Were not: weren´t

I was not a bad studentLaura was not a singerPedro was not a priestIt was not black

We were not paintersYou were not a singerLuke and Tom were not actors

Rewrite sentences of exercise 1 into negative.__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________

PAST OF BE QUESTIONS

YES / NO QUESTIONS SHORT ANSWERS

Were you at home yesterday?

Was Carlos at home last night?

Were they at class yesterday?

Yes, I wasNo, I wasn´t

Yes, He was.No, He wasn´t

Yes, they wereNo, they weren´t

INFORMATION QUESTIONS

Where were you yesterday? I was at home

Who was Kennedy? He was a USA. president

Rewrite sentences of exercise 1 into questions and short answers __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________

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THE SIMPLE PAST TENSE: USING –ED

SIMPLE PRESENTSIMPLE PAST


I walk to school every dayI walked to school yesterday

Ann walks to school every dayAnn walked to school yesterday

Complete the sentences using the simple past.

1. Every day I walk. Yesterday I _____________________________________

2. Every day I work. Yesterday I ____________________________________

3. Every day Omar shaves. Yesterday Omar ___________________________

4. Every night Paula watches T.V. Last night she ___________________ T.V

5. Everyday Mrs. Wu cooks. Last night she ____________________________

6. Everyday day my students smile. Yesterday they _____________________

7. Every week it rains. Last week it ___________________________

8. Every week I clean my car. Last week I ________________________

9. Every day Silvia talks on the phone. Yesterday I _____________________

10. Every night Sue and Tom dance at the disco. Last night they ___________

THE SIMPLE PAST TENSE: IRREGULAR VERBS

Some verbs do not have –ed forms. Their past are irregular.

PRESENT – PAST

Come – cameDo – didEat – ateGet – gotGo – wentHave – hadPut – putSee – sawSit – satSleep – sleptStand – stoodWrite – wrote



I come to class every dayI came to class yesterday

Ann eats breakfast every morningAnn ate breakfast yesterday morning

Complete the sentences using the past form of the verb in the parenthesis.

1. I (get) ___________ up at eight o´clock yesterday morning.

2. Mary (talk) ___________ to John on the phone last night.

3. Jim and I (eat) ___________ lunch at the cafeteria.

4. I (go) ___________ to bed early last night.

5. My roommate (study) ___________ Spanish last year.

6. Sue (write) ___________ an e-mail to her parents yesterday.

7. Maria (do) ___________ her homework five minutes ago.

8. Yesterday I (see) ___________ Marianne at the library.

9. My wife (come) ___________ to my office yesterday morning

10.Our teacher (stand) ___________ in front of the room yesterday.

11. Marcela is the prettiest girl of our classroom. Yesterday she (sit) ___________ next to

me.

12. I (have) ___________ dinner last night.

13.My grandma (go) ___________ to church last Sunday.

14.Nick (put) ___________ his coat on a just painted chair yesterday.

15.Last night. I (sleep) ___________ on the sofa because my wife (be) ___________

angry with me.

Read, complete, translate the reading, then write it on your notebook.

¿What did Martin do yesterday?

He _______________ (get) up early this morning. Then, he _______________ (take) a shower, _______________ (brush) his teeth and _______________ (put) on his uniform. After that he _______________ (have) breakfast with his parents and _______________ (take) his schoolbag, _______________ (leave) home and _______________ (go) to school. School _______________ (begin) at quarter past six and _______________ (finish) at half past one.

At noon, he _______________ (return) home and _______________ (have) lunch. At about three o`clock, He _______________ (go) out with his friends and _______________ (play) a basketball game. Then he _______________ (come) back home and he _______________ (begin) to do his homework.

At night, he _______________ (have) dinner with his mom and dad, after that he _______________ (help) his mom with the dishes, then they _______________ (watch) T.V in the living room. And at quarter to ten he _______________ (go) to his bedroom, turn on his stereo and he _______________ (listen) to rock music and then he turn off the stereo and _______________ (fall) asleep.

According to the reading answer True or False.

Martin woke up early in the morning. __________

He didn`t take a shower in the morning. __________

He ate breakfast alone. __________

School starts at six fifteen. __________

And it finishes at one thirty. __________

He played a baseball game with his friends __________.

Martin didn`t do his homework. __________

He ate dinner with his parents. __________

He watched T.V in his bedroom with his parents. __________

He went to his bedroom at 10:15. __________

He likes classical music. __________

After listened to music, he fell asleep. __________

Put these sentences in past tense.

Laura sings in the bathroom.

Laura sang in the bathroom

Diego studies English and French at Cambridge University

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Bryan read a science book.

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Melanie makes up her face.

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Lina, Megan, Brandon watch a movie at Megan`s house.

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My grandmother writes a letter to my aunt Mary. She lives in Canada.

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Roger drives to Paris. He sees the Eiffel Tower.

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Mr. Jones travels to Tokyo. He meets business people.

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Mr. and Mrs. Stansell go to Africa. They take a lot of pictures about wild animals.

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Ted and Lucy visit Italy. They write many postcards.

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GRAMMAR BOX

SIMPLE PAST

Simple past expresses the idea that an action started and finished in the past. Ex:

I saw a movie yesterday. She washed her car. They traveled to Japan last year.

Affirmative sentence: He bought a new apartment last year. Verbs: (buy / bought)

Interrogative sentence: Did he buy a new apartment last year?

Short answers: yes, he did. / No, he didn`t

Negative sentence: He didn`t buy a new apartment last year.

Select from the box the correct verb and then write the following sentences in past form, after, make interrogative and negative sentences and short (+, -) answers.

1. Christopher Columbus ________________ America in 1492

2. Lance Armstrong ________________ the Tour of France seven times.

3. Charles Lindberg ________________ from New York to Paris on May 20, 1927

4. France ________________ its final match against Italy in Germany 2006.

5. The Beatles ________________in a concert in New York in 1966.

6. Gabriel Garcia Marquez ________________ “hundred years of solety”.

7. We ________________ to school last week.

8. “Titanic” ________________ eleven Oscar awards in 1999.

Irregular Verbs (Group 1)

I. Write the past tense of the following irregular verbs:

1. get __________________ sit __________________ sleep _________________

2. have ________________ write ________________ do ___________________

3. put __________________ stand __________________ go __________________

4. eat __________________ come __________________ see __________________

Won, wrote, discovered, sang, came, lost, flew.

II. Complete the following sentences with the PAST of the verbs of the previous exercise.

1. I’m so happy because I _____________________ an A+ on the Grammar quiz yesterday!

2. Last night, Mom ______________________ an e-mail letter to my uncle who lives in Paris.

3. Last Sunday, we ______________________ to Mac Donald’s and we ___________________

some delicious hamburgers, French-fried potatoes, and milkshakes. Mmmm…

4. Yesterday in painting class, Karen ___________________ some wet paint on Henry’s chair.

Nobody said anything. He __________________ down, and when he _________________ up,

we laughed and laughed at him. Poor Henry!

5. I ____________________ Sandra at the mall yesterday afternoon. She __________________ a

beautiful red dress.

6. John ___________________ to my house yesterday afternoon, and we ___________________

the Literature homework together. Then, we played some X-Box games.

7. Yesterday I was so tired that I ____________________ the whole afternoon on my sofa.

Irregular Verbs (Group 2)

I. Write the past tense of the following irregular verbs:

1. come __________________ write __________________ stand_________________

2. see __________________ have __________________ put __________________

3. sleep __________________ go __________________ eat __________________

4. do __________________ get __________________ 12. sit ________________

II. Complete the following sentences with the PAST of the verbs of the previous exercise.

1. Last Sunday we visited the city zoo and we __________________ some beautiful giraffes, gorillas,

tigers and lions.

2. I ______________ a beautiful toy bear when I was a little child. It belongs to my sister now. I _____________

it in her bedroom in her last birthday. It was a surprise for her, and she liked it.

3. Last night we ________________ to a Chinese restaurant and we _________________ some delicious food.

4. Last week I stayed in my grandma’s house and I _______________ in her bedroom.

5. Last year in Literature class, we __________________ some stories. I __________________ an A+ for

my story.

6. Some of my classmates __________________ to my house last weekend. We _____________________

the homework and then we played the whole day.

7. Yesterday in the park my father ___________________ down on a bench that was just painted white.

When he __________________ up, we laughed at him because his pants were painted!

What did Calvin and Hobbes do on their summer vacations? (write ten sentences at least)

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