Simple Past
Main use of the simple past.
Completed Actions
Choose the correct use of the past continuous.
a) Completed actions in past.
b) Interrupted actions in the past.
c) Future plans.
d) Daily routine (happens at the moment of speaking).
Correct answer:
b
How can you complete these directions?:
a) Turn ________.
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b) Turn _________.
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a) Turn right.
b) Turn left.
I _______ (go) to the cinema yesterday.
I went to the cinema yesterday.
Complete the sentence.
Frida ____________ (do) her homework while she _______________ (listen) music.
Frida was doing her homework while she was listening music.
Choose a similar phrase of this one: "I'm looking for a restaurant."
a) I like this restaurant.
b) I went to a restaurant.
c) I need to get to the restaurant.
c) I need to get to the restaurant.
Sam and his sister ________ (play) videogames when they __________ (finish) their homework.
Sam and his sister played videogames when they finished their homework.
Which sentence express a parallel action?
a)While I was playing with you, she was singing for us.
b) I was playing with you the last week.
c) I was playing with you when he interrupted us.
a)While I was playing with you, she was singing for us.
"May I ask for some help?"
a) Yes, it is around here.
b) Of course, I have a map in case you need it.
c) Of course, I can go there with my map.
b) Of course, I have a map in case you need it.
Complete the sentence.
She ______ (go) to the gym, ________ (do) some exercise there and finally she ________ (drink) water.
She went to the gym, did some exercise there and finally she drank water.
Complete the sentences:
*Pay attention* You are going to use s.past and past continuous.
1) He ___________ (drive) to his work, when suddenly they ___________ (call) him.
2) Paola and I ___________ (learn) French the last year when we ___________ (decide) to stop it.
1) He was driving to his work, when suddenly they called him.
2) Paola and I were learning French the last year when one day we decided to stop it.
Which is the correct way to arrive to the building 16 since the principal building?
a) Turn to the left, go straight ahead, go past a laundry, then turn to the left again and you go past some houses and finally the entrance is at left at the middle of the street.
b) Turn to the left, go straight ahead, go past a laundry, then turn to the right again and you go past some houses and finally the entrance is at left at the middle of the street.
a) Turn to the left, go straight ahead, go past a laundry, then turn to the left again and you go past some houses and finally the entrance is at left at the middle of the street.
Write 4 sentences in s.past with the next verbs with the person mentioned:
*be (1st /singular)
*drink (3rd/ singular)
*know (2nd/ plural)
*eat (1st / plural)
* was
*drank
*knew
*ate
Write 3 sentences: one as an interrupted action, the second as a parallel action and the last one that describe a repetition and irritation.
The teacher check the sentences.
How can you get from the entrance to the university to the building 7?
The teacher evaluate the answer.