Past Simple
I (to go) to the library yesterday.
I went to the library yesterday.
What/Who is your favourite writer?
Who is your favourite writer?
make a negative sentence
Bob was writing a letter at 5 p.m.
Bob was not writing a letter at 5 p.m.
I (to look out) of the window when I saw my aunt.
I was looking out of the window when I saw my aunt.
I was eating lunch when/while my boyfriend arrived.
I was eating lunch when my boyfriend arrived.
He (to walk) in the park last weekend.
He walked in the park last weekend.
When/Where did Yury Gagarin fly into space?
When did Yury Gagarin fly into space?
make an interrogative sentence
It was raining the whole day yesterday.
Was it raining the whole day yesterday?
Dad was sleeping while mother cooked / was cooking dinner.
Dad was sleeping while mother was cooking dinner.
When I went to Germany I didn't understand German so/and I needed an interpreter.
When I went to Germany I didn't understand German so I needed an interpreter.
Leonardo Da Vinci (to be) a famous composer.
Leonardo Da Vinci was not a famous composer.
Who/When did the World War I break out?
When did the World War I break out?
My parents___(to travel)____in Italy from August to September.
My parents were travelling in Italy from August to September.
I listened / was listening to opera when you called me yesterday.
I was listening to opera when you called me yesterday.
Combine the sentences using the correct linking word.
Leonardo Da Vinci was a nice engineer. He was a sculptor.
Leonardo Da Vinci was a nice engineer and also he was a sculptor.
Leonardo Da Vinci was a nice engineer and sculptor.
Isaac Newton (not to find) many historical artefacts in America.
Isaac Newton did not find many historical artefacts in America.
Michael Jackson began his career in America.
What?
What did Michael Jackson begin in America?
The students ____________ (write) the paper from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.
The students were writing the paper from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.
What _______ (be) he _____(do) when you ____ (see).
What was he doing when you saw him?
She was reading a story while / when her son asked her a question.
She was reading a story while her son was listening to her.
Michael Cane (to be) a famous architect in the 70’s?
Was Michael Cane a famous architect in the 70’s?
Ringo Starr joined The Beatles in the late 60s.
When?
When did Ringo Starr join The Beatles?
Make the interrogative sentence
What/your mom/do/this time yesterday?
What was your mom doing this time yesterday?
When I____________(to enter) the classroom, everybody____________(to sit) at the desks.
When I entered the classroom, everybody was sitting at the desks.
He was having a great time but/because it was so late
He was having a great time but it was so late