Cursos de Inglés: Nivel Básico (Clases: Martes & Jueves de 05:30 a 07:00 p.m.) y Nivel Intermedio (Clases: Sábados de 09:00 a.m. a 12:00 p.m.) Informes con Teacher Sergio M. Valdivia Corona.

Simple Past Tense

1st - Study the following videos:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aiy4Jhjb4zY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQ_670-bfBs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSISwVyFc_w

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcwVTpQq8kc

2nd - Now pay attention to this note:

Past simple

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

3rd - Complete the exercises.

exercise 1: http://englishgrammarsecrets.com/pastsimple/exercise1.html

exercise 2: http://englishgrammarsecrets.com/pastsimple/exercise2.html

exercise 3: http://englishgrammarsecrets.com/pastsimple/exercise3.html

exercise 4: http://englishgrammarsecrets.com/pastsimple/exercise4.html

exercise 5: http://englishgrammarsecrets.com/pastsimple/exercise5.html

Englishexercises.org

For HOMEWORK . . . 
Hello kids,
Now you have an online notebook. You have your own individual page at a special website.
You will enter in the "Students log in" section with your own username and password and you will find the list of online exercises that your teacher has chosen for you.
Contact Teacher Sergio for further information. =^.^=
www.englishexercises.org

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