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17 Past simple: affirmative, negative, questions and short

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Past simple affirmative Past simple negative

Verbos regulares
I/you/he/she/it/we/they + infinitivo + -d/-ed/-ied I/you/he/she/it/we/they didn’t (did not) + infinitive

Verbos irregulares: hay que memorizarlas We didn’t play rugby.

eat – ate, drink – drank, learn – learnt It didn’t rain yesterday.
I studied French at university.
They ate the salad.

Past simple questions Past simple short answers

Did + I/you/he/she/it/we/they + infinitivo ... ? Yes, I/you/he/she/it/we/they did.

Did you watch TV yesterday? No, I/you/he/she/it/we/they didn’t.
Did she work in Madrid?

1 Completa las frases.

Petra didn't learn French at school. She learnt English.

1 I ate the fish. I ______________ eat the salad.
2 We didn’t play rugby at school, but we _______________ football.
3 Liz studied Geography at university. She _____________ study English.
4 My dog didn’t drink juice, but it ________ water.
5 _______________ he cook dinner? Yes, he did.
6 _______________ you live in Madrid? No, I didn’t.
7 Did they watch TV? No, they ___________.
8 Did it rain yesterday? No, it ___________.

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2 Escribe las frases en forma afirmativa, negativa o como pregunta.

she / study / English ✓
She studied English.
they / study / French ✗
They didn't study French.
we / eat / salad (?)
Did we eat salad ?

1 they / play / football ✓

__________________________
2 he / learn / English ✗
__________________________
3 you / drink / water (?)
__________________________
4 she / watch / TV ✓
__________________________
5 it / rain / yesterday ✗
__________________________
6 they / cook / dinner (?)
__________________________
7 Sally / live / Lisbon last year ✗
__________________________
8 they / cook / dinner (?)
__________________________

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3 Completa las frases con el sujeto y la forma correcta de los verbos entre paréntesis.

Did they live in England? (they / live)

Yes, they did. (they)
They lived in Liverpool. (they / live)

1 _______________ English? (they / study)

No, ___________. (they)
_______________ Geography. (they / studied)

2 ______________TV yesterday? (they / watch)

No, ___________. (they)
______________ TV on Saturday. (they / watch)

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4 Indica el error en cada frase. Luego escribe las frases correctas en el past simple.
I didn’t studied at university.
I didn’t study at university.
1 He live in Oxford last year.
__________________________________
2 Did she study English? Yes, she does.
__________________________________
3 Did the dog ate the fish? Yes, it did.
__________________________________
4 We didn’t not play football.
__________________________________
5 Did Anna watch TV? No, they didn’t.
__________________________________
6 It rain on Saturday.
__________________________________

5 Escribe tres frases en afirmativa, tres frases en negativa y tres preguntas. Usa las palabras de los
recuadros.

I live in England
you study English on Saturday
he cook Geography yesterday
she rain dinner at university
it learn fish after school
we eat salad last year
they drink juice

I studied English at university.

He didn't cook diner yesterday.
1 __________________________________
2 __________________________________
3 __________________________________
4 __________________________________
5 __________________________________
6 __________________________________
7 __________________________________
8 __________________________________
9 __________________________________

Vocabulario clave
after school después del colegio  cook cocinar  dinner cena  dog perro  drink beber  eat comer
email correo electrónico  England Inglaterra  English inglés  fish pescado  football fútbol  French francés  
Geography geografía  juice zumo  last year el año pasado  learn aprender  live vivir  play jugar  rain 
llover   salad ensalada  Saturday sábado  school colegio  study estudiar  TV televisión  university 
universidad   watch ver  water agua  write escribir  yesterday ayer

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