What tIme expressions do we use in Past Simple?
yesterday
a week/month/year ago
last week
2 hours ago
in 1954
Ali______(call) his mother at work an hour ago.
Called
My sister and I visit our grandmother every week.
My sister and I visited our grandmother yesterday.
break
broke
Yael went/go/goes to camp last summer.
went
When do we use past simple?
When we talk about finished events in the past.
The boys_______(play) in the park two hours ago.
played
My father works at Ben Gurion University.
Last year my father worked at Ben Gurion University.
come
came
Our class visited/visits/visit a museum last week.
visited
What do we add to regular verbs?
we add -ed to regular verbs.
The lesson _______(begin) as soon as the teacher walked in.
began
The manager opens the store at 9:00 am.
The manager opened the store at 9:00 am.
eat
ate
The school year begins/began/begin a few weeks ago.
began
Give example to an irregular verb.
any irregular verb.
I ________(not study) hard enough for the test last week.
didn't study
The guard doesn't sit in the office all day.
The guard didn't sit in the office all day.
feel
felt
They get/got/don't get home late last night.
got
How do we form questions in Past Simple?
Add "did" to the beginning of a sentence.Sometimes we put a Wh word at the beginning.
___________Tamar________(move) to Tel-Aviv a year ago?
Did Tamar move to Tel-Aviv a year ago?
What does Anat tell her mother?
What did Anat tell her mother?
buy
bought
I don't call/didn't call/doesn't call the doctor yesterday.
didn't call