General knowledge of Past Simple
Name as many time marker words for Past Simple as you can
Yesterday
The day before yesterday
Last (week)
(2 months) ago
In 2006
The other day
Then
Make a sentence: “with crepes / enjoy / yesterday / homemade jam / I / in the canteen.”
I enjoyed homemade jam with crepes in the canteen yesterday.
Make a negative sentence:
Me and my classmate enjoyed porridge with sour cream in the canteen yesterday.
Me and my classmate didn’t enjoy porridge with sour cream in the canteen yesterday.
Make a question: “you / boiled eggs / yesterday / with sausages / in the kitchen / eat ?”
Did you eat boiled eggs with sausages in the kitchen yesterday?
I enjoy homemade jam with crepes in the canteen yesterday.
I enjoyed homemade jam with crepes in the canteen yesterday.
What are the two main types of verbs used in Past Simple? How do we form their past tense?
Regular verbs (add -ed) and irregular verbs (have unique past forms, for example, go → went).
Make a sentence: “go / We / the beach / and / to / smell / last weekend / a lilac bush /.”
We went to the beach and smelled a lilac bush last weekend.
Make a negative sentence: “ take part / go / to the basketball camp / last summer. / She / and / in the trip ”
She didn’t go to the basketball camp and didn't take part in the trip last summer.
Formulate a Wh- question for this answer: “We went to the basketball camp last summer.”
Where did you go last summer?
She not went to the beach or smell a lilac bush last weekend.
She didn’t go to the beach or smell a lilac bush last weekend.
Name three situations or cases when we use the Past Simple tense.
For completed actions in the past, past habits, or events that happened at a specific time.
Make a sentence: “last summer / sew / and / paint / My elder sister / a sweater / a still-life / during the trip.”
My elder sister sewed a sweater and painted a still-life during the trip last summer.
Make a negative sentence: “ during the lessons / have / to paint / We / a still-life / desire / with a lilac bush / last week.”
We didn’t have the desire to paint a still-life with a lilac bush during the lessons last week.
Formulate a Wh- question for this answer: “My elder brother sewed a sweater for the twins two weeks ago.”
What did your elder brother sew for the twins two weeks ago?
What they needed in the canteen during the break last Monday?
What did they need in the canteen during the break last Monday?
Explain the difference between Past Simple and Present Simple
Past Simple is used for actions that happened in the past (e.g., “I cooked crepes yesterday”), while Present Simple is for habits or facts now (e.g., “I cook crepes every day”).
Make a sentence: “ find / near the acacia / The twins / and / care / a racoon / for him / two weeks ago.”
The twins found a racoon near the acacia and cared for him two weeks ago.
Make a negative sentence: “ allow / to bring French fries / and / crepes with homemade jam / to the canteen / The canteen monitor / last Monday / us /.”
The canteen monitor didn’t allow us to bring French fries and crepes with homemade jam to the canteen last Monday.
Make a question: “ yesterday / breakfast / your family / for / eat / what?
What did your family eat for breakfast yesterday?
We was not have desire to paint a still-life with a lilac bush last week.
We didn’t have the desire to paint a still-life with a lilac bush last week.
List three irregular and three regular verbs and their Past Simple forms, including one in each group from our vocabulary list.
Pronounce endings of these verbs correctly [t]\[d]\[ed]
allow - allowed etc
draw - drew etc
Make a sentence: “ crepes / our canteen monitor / for everybody. / agree / to cook / with us / with condensed milk / Last Friday / in the kitchen”
Last Friday, our canteen monitor agreed with us to cook crepes with condensed milk in the kitchen for everybody.
Make a negative sentence: “My younger brother found some creatures in the forest, he saw them near the acacia during the trip last spring.”
My younger brother didn’t find any creatures in the forest, he didn't see them near the acacia during the trip last spring.
Make a Wh- question to this answer: “The weather was cloudy but warm and we went to the park for a picnic the day before yesterday.”
What was the weather and what did you do the day before yesterday?
Last Friday, our canteen monitor agree with us to cooked crepes with condensed milk for everybody in the kitchen.
Last Friday, our canteen monitor agreed with us to cook crepes with condensed milk for everybody in the kitchen.