Past Simple Tense

1. The Past Simple Tense

2. The Past Simple Tense

Yesterday
The day before yesterday
Ago (three days ago, five years ago)
Last week/ month/ year/ summer/ Monday
In 1999
E.g. They finished the project last week.
He worked for the international company
three years ago.
We watched an interesting film yesterday.
They bought new equipment.

3. The Past Simple Tense

Regular Verbs
Irregular Verbs
to open – opened
to listen – listened
to finish – finished
to ask – asked
to watch – watched
to invite – invited
to translate – translated
to study – studied
to be – was/were – been
to go – went – gone
to give – gave – given
to build – built – built
to buy – bought – bought
to have – had – had
to make – made – made
to write – wrote – written

4. The Past Simple Tense

(+)
(?/-)
Ved / V2
Did, кроме to be
E.g. He worked at the plant.
Did he work at the plant?
He did not work at the plant.
They were ready to set the equipment.
Were they ready to set the equipment?
They were not ready to set the equipment.

5. The Past Simple Tense

6. The Past Simple Tense

Positive form
Negative form
Question
I went
I did not (didn’t) go
Did I go ?
You went
You did not go
Did you go?
They went
They did not go
Did they go?
He/She/It went
He/She/It did not go
Did he/she/it go?

7. The Past Simple Tense

(+) They finished the project last week.
(?) Did they finish the project last week?
When did they finish the project?
Who finished the project last week?
They finished the project last week, didn’t they?
(-) They didn’t finish the project last week.
(+) They bought new equipment.
(?) Did they buy new equipment?
Did they buy new equipment or technology?
What did they buy?
(-) They didn’t buy new equipment.

8. Translate the following sentences into English:

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Он поступил в институт два года тому назад.
Мы не получили эту информацию вчера.
Прошлым летом он путешествовал по Европе.
Когда они участвовали в конференции? – На
прошлой неделе.
Они были вчера в офисе? – Да. Они обсуждали
новый проект.
Она отправила эту информацию? – Да. Она
отправила им эту информацию по факсу
позавчера.
Где он был на прошлой неделе? – Он ездил в
командировку.