Past

  PAST SIMPLE TENSE

We use the past simple to talk about actions and states which we see as completed in the past.

We can use it to talk about a specific point in time.

• She came back last Friday.
• I saw her in the street.
• They didn't agree to the deal.

It can also be used to talk about a period of time.

• She lived in Tokyo for seven years.
• They were in London from Monday to Thursday of last week.
• When I was living in New York, I went to all the art exhibitions I could.

You will often find the past simple used with time expressions such as these:

• Yesterday
• three weeks ago
• last year
• in 2002
• from March to June
• for a long time
• for 6 weeks
• in the 1980s
• in the last century
• in the past

Activity 1

  
http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=5837">PAST SIMPLE TENSE</a>, by jecika<br>Find this and other <a href="http://www.englishexercises.org/buscador/buscar.asp?nivel=any&age=0&tipo=any&contents=past simple">past simple exercises</a> in <a href="http://www.englishexercises.org">English Exercises .org</a>

Look at the pictures,read and match. Write the correct numbers in the boxes.

ride a bike	play football	jump for joy	write a letter
take a bath	see a ghost	eat lunch	read a book

Write past simple forms of these verbs.

take	write	ride	read
jump	see	eat	play

He		We	Tom
He played football yesterday.
He didn't play football yesterday.
Did he play football yesterday? http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=2550 http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/simple-past/exercises http://www.englishexercises.org/buscador/buscar.asp?nivel=any&age=0&contents=past+simple http://www.englishmedialab.com/grammar_games.html http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=2550 http://www.englishwsheets.com/past_simple.html http://www.eslgamesplus.com/past-simple-irregular-verbs-esl-grammar-interactive-activity-online/ http://www.eslgamesworld.com/members/games/grammar/ http://www.learnenglish-online.com/grammar/tests/simplepastquestions2.html http://www.eslprintables.com/games_worksheets/past_simple_games/