Past Simple Tense (pretekli dovršni čas)

1. Verb TO BE (BITI)

Let’s compare PRESENT and PAST of the verb TO BE:

Present: I am at school now. / You are at school now. / She is at school now.

Past: I was at school yesterday. / You were at school yesterday. / She was at school yesterday.

2. THERE WAS … / THERE WERE …

Present: There is someone at the door. / There are 14 students in our class this year.

Past: There was someone at the door a minute ago. / There were 16 students in our class last year.

Now do the following two exercises:

• There is … / There are … / There was … / There were …

• one more exercise – similar

• Insert WAS or WERE, write THERE WAS / THERE WERE

• There was … / There were … / was / were

3. REGULAR VERBS

We add -ed to the infinitive, e.g. clean – cleanED. Do an exercise here. Go on:

write positive sentences in past simple

negative sentences

questions,

questions with question words

mixed exercise

Now put the verbs in the text into the right past form – positive.

4. REGULAR & IRREGULAR VERBS

– positive sentences (+)

– negative sentences (-)

– WH-questions (?)

– Yes/No-questions 1, 2 (?)

– mixed exercises 1, 2, 3 (+, -, ?)

Finally, do the exercise “Goldilocks and the three bears” in 3 parts.

There are also many exercises about the IRREGULAR VERBS in the next post. Do them and check your knowledge!