1. COME ESPRIMERE EVENTI PASSATI
PAST SIMPLE
COME ESPRIMERE EVENTI PASSATI

2. PAST SIMPLE - VERB BE

3. EXAMPLE: Affirmative Mary was at the cinema yesterday

4. EXAMPLE: Negative They weren’t at school yesterday

5. EXAMPLE: Interrogative Was mum at the supermarket? Yes, she was

6. THE OTHER VERBS CAN BE
REGULAR
visit-
visited
IRREGULAR
go-
went

7. EXAMPLES OF REGULAR
travelled
watched
decided

8. EXAMPLES OF IRREGULAR
bought
left
made

9. AFFIRMATIVE FORM
we listened to music in my room
they celebrated Mary’s birthday
I bought a new pair of jeans
He drove to Milan
I had a shower in the morning

10. NEGATIVE FORM
sogg - DIDN’T + verbo forma base
I didn’t listen to music
He didn’t drive to Milan
I didn’t have a shower

11. INTERROGATIVE FORM
DID + sogg + verbo forma base
Did you have a shower?
Did they celebrate Mary’s birthday?
Did he drive to Milan?

12. YES / NO ANSWERS
YES, I DID / NO I DIDN’T
YES, THEY DID / NO, THEY DIDN’T

13. WH-QUESTIONS
WH- + DID + sogg + verbo forma base
Where did you go?
What did they celebrate?

14. YESTERDAY
LAST MONTH
TWO DAYS AGO
PAST EXPRESSIONS
SOME EXAMPLES

15. NOW IT’S YOUR TURN: DO THE EXERCISES!

16. ASK QUESTIONS:
________? I WAS BORN IN 2010
________? THEY ARRIVED AT 5.00 PM
________? MUM MADE A CAKE YESTERDAY

17. WHAT DID THEY DO?
THEY ___ (meet) THEIR FRIENDS
THEY ___ (ask) A FEW QUESTIONS
THEY ___ (stay) AT HOME
THEY ___ (send) AN INVITATION
THEY ___ (organize) A PARTY

18. WHAT A PITY!
HE ___(not/come) TO THE PARTY
SHE ___(not/pass) THE TEST
THE ___ (not/answer) THE PHONE
YOU___ (not/ be) THERE
WE ___ (not/ get up) IN TIME

19. DID YOU LIKE THE PRESENTATION?
YES,
____ _______
NO,
____ _______