Past Simple
COMPLETE:
Yesterday, at the end of the city tour, the bus ________ (bring) us back to the hotel.
Yesterday, at the end of the city tour, the bus BROUGHT us back to the hotel.
COMPLETE:
Yesterday at 6 p.m. she ________ (play) videogames.
Yesterday at 6 p.m. she WAS PLAYING videogames.
COMPLETE:
I ________ (forget) the keys on the desk, so I couldn't enter the house.
I had forgotten the keys on the desk, so I couldn't enter the house.
I ________ (walk) down the street yesterday, when I ________ (see) a just like you.
I WAS WALKING down the street yesterday, when I SAW a just like you.
COMPLETE:
She had already eaten three pieces of cake so she ________ (not want) more.
She had already eaten three pieces of cake so she DIDN'T WANT more.
TURN INTO THE NEGATIVE:
They were fighting when I came in.
They weren't fighting when I came in.
COMPLETE:
I ________ (not be) to Tokyo before going to Australia.
I HADN'T BEEN to Tokyo before going to Australia.
Mary ________ (move) out of her parents’ house three years before her father ________ (decide) to sell it.
Mary HAD MOVED out of her parents’ house three years before her father DECIDED to sell it.
TURN INTO A QUESTION:
I watched a movie yesterday?
Did you watch a movie yesterday?
TURN INTO A QUESTION:
He was travelling to work at that time.
Was he travelling to work at that time?
TURN INTO A QUESTION:
She had left before you arrived.
Had she left before I arrived?
When you phoned yesterday, I was taking a nap.
USE THE INFORMATION TO MAKE A QUESTION:
where / you / go / on holiday / last summer /?
Where did you go on holiday last summer?
USE THE INFORMATION TO MAKE A QUESTION:
what / they / eat / ?
What were they eating?
USE THE INFORMATION TO MAKE A QUESTION:
you / log out / before / you / close / the webpage / ?
Had you logged out before you closed the webpage?
While the children ________ (sleep), I ________ (read) a book.
While the children were sleeping, I was reading a book.
Talk about what you did yesterday.
Yesterday I ....
TTalk about what you were doing yesterday at 4 p.m.
Yesterday at 4 p.m. I ...
Tell about an action you did before another past action.
I had ...
Meg ________ (park) her car when she ________ (realise) that she ________ (forgot) the tickets.
Meg was parking her car when she realised that she had forgotten the tickets.