NINGUNA

1. INSTITUCION EDUCATIVA LA BUITRERA SEDE LAS LAJAS
STUDENT’S NAME__________________________________________________________________
GRADE MOTTO
“I assume this new moment enthusiastically acquiring new knowledge and interacting with
others to dream and grow in a community”
PAST SIMPLE
Use the Simple Past to express the idea that an action started and finished at a specific time in the past.
Sometimes, the speaker may not actually mention the specific time, but they do have one specific time in
mind.
Examples:
*I saw a movie yesterday.
* I didn't see a play yesterday.
*Last year, I traveled to Japan.
*Last year, I didn't travel to Korea.
*Did you have dinner last night?
*She washed her car.
* He didn't wash his car.
Kinds of Verbs in Past Simple
 Verb To be:
This Verb is totally independent of others because it has its own structure and use in Simple Past
Tense.
Present Simple Past Simple
SingularPronouns:
I…………………………………………… am (not)
She……………………………………… is(not/isn’t)
He………………………………………..is (not/isn’t)
SingularPronouns:
I
She Was (not/ Wasn’t)
He
Plural Pronouns:
You…………………………………………….. are (not/aren’t)
They…………………………………………… are (not/aren’t)
Plural Pronouns:
You
They Were (not/ Weren’t)
ÁREA: ENGLISH GRADE: 6th SIXTH
TOPIC: Past Simple
TEACHER: FREDDYPOSSU VASQUEZ
DATE:

2. We……………………………………………… are (not/aren’t) We
Practice:
1. Rewrite the following sentences in Simple Past by using Verb To Be in your
folder.
0. Rip Van Winkle is a simple, kind man: Rip Van Winkle was a simple, kind man.
1. People in the Village are friendly with him
2. The book is about two different stories
3. His wife is unhappy
4. Children in the village are glad to play with Rip
5. Rip Van Winkle is lazy.
* Add two more sentences in Simple Past and using verb to be.
 Regular Verbs:
Most of the verbs end in ED when you use them in Past Simple, so it’s important to know how to use
them
Present Simple Past Simple
Study (ends with Y after a consonant) Studied (you change Y for an i.)
Play (ends in Y after a vowel) Played (you don’t change Y.)
Stop ( Stopped (you add another consonant before ED.)
Like (ends already in E) Liked (you just add D.)
Talk (others) Talked (You add ED)
Practice:
2. Write the Past Simple of the following verbs by using the rules given below.
a. Start: ___________________ f. Listen:
___________________
b. Live: ____________________ g: Try: ____________________
c. Play: ____________________ h: Use: ____________________
d. Decide: __________________ i: Carry: ___________________
e. Call: ____________________ j. Like: ____________________
3. Rewrite the following sentences into Past Simple using regular verbs.
a. Rip decides to go up the Catskill Mountains:
______________________________________________________________________________
b. He follows the old man to a small field:
______________________________________________________________________________
c. He walks to his house:
______________________________________________________________________________
d. The people look at him:
______________________________________________________________________________
e. People believe that there was a ghost:
______________________________________________________________________________
f. Ichabod visits Katrina:
_____________________________________________________________________________
g. He dances with Katrina:
______________________________________________________________________________
h. Some of them talk about ghosts: ___________________________________________________
i. Then He starts singing church songs:
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3. j. The horseman gallops fast too:
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 Irregular Verbs
These verbs are the ones that change their form when they are used in Past Simple but there are some
of them that don’t change. Here you can find some of the Verbs that we are going to use in Sixth
Grade.
Practice:
4. Change the verbs in brackets into Past Simple.
a. He ___________ (build) fences for his friends.
b. His cow ___________ (eat) the vegetables in his garden.
c. One story ___________ (say) that strange spirits lived in the valley.
d. Katrina’s Father __________ (have) a big home.
e. He and Katrina _________ (sit) under a big tree.
5. Find out the Past simple of the following verbs.
Present Simple Past Simple Present Simple Past Simple
Know
Ride
Come
See
Find
Break
Leave
Run
Fight
Loose
Sleep
Tell
Read
Write
Infinitve Past Simple
Sit Sat
Fall Fell
Have Had
Get Got
Take Took
Make Made
Build Built
Say Said
Can Could
Do Did
Eat Ate
Hear Heard
Think Thought
Wear Wore
Throw Threw
Go Went
Drink Drank
Speak Spoke

4.  Negative Statements:
When you use negative statements in Past Simple it is necessary to use an auxiliary DID + NOT when
you use regular and irregular verbs and the principal verb in the infinitive way but if you use verbs To
Be it is not necessary to use it, you just write NOT.
Example:
Verb To Be:
Rip was confused. ………….. Rip was not (wasn’t) confused.
The children were friendly. ………… The children were not (weren’t) friendly.
Irregular verbs:
Rip went to the Catskills Mountains. ……….. Rip did not (didn’t) go to the Catskills Mountains.
Regular Verbs:
Ichabod arrived to Van Tassel’s house. …….. Ichabod did not (didn’t) arrive to Van Tassel’s house.
Practice:
6. Open your book on pages 16 and 17, chapter two “A Strange Afternoon” find 5
sentences in Past Simple underline them using a red color, then write their
negative sentence in the following space.
a. _______________________________________________________________________
b. _______________________________________________________________________
c. _______________________________________________________________________
d. _______________________________________________________________________
e. _______________________________________________________________________
f. _______________________________________________________________________
7. Rewrite 6 sentences from the exercise 3 on page 25 in negative.
a. ________________________________________________________________________
b. ________________________________________________________________________
c. ________________________________________________________________________
d. ________________________________________________________________________
e. ________________________________________________________________________
f. ________________________________________________________________________
g. ________________________________________________________________________
 Questions
In Past Simple you use auxiliary DID to make questions when you use regular and irregular verbs. But if
you use Verb To Be it is not necessary to use auxiliary you just need to organize the sentence.
Examples
Verb To Be:
Was Rip a friendly and Kind person?
Irregular Verbs:
Did Rip go to the mountains?
Regular Verbs:
Did he like talking and drink in the Inn?

5. Practice:
8. Organize the following words to make correct questions in Past Simple.
a. very / Was / it / dark / night/ ?: _____________________________________________
b. did/ Katrina/Who/like/?: __________________________________________________
c. did/ Where/ go/ Rip/one afternoon/? : _______________________________________
d. What/Rip/did/in the/ see/ mountains/? : ______________________________________
e. Ichapod/Did/in the/ die/ forest/?: ___________________________________________
9. Write questions for the following answers.
a. He found a picture of GEORGE WASHINGTON. What did Rip find inside the new Inn?
b. Rip never understood the American Revolution.
________________________________________________________________________
c. His wife was angry because Rip didn’t like working in his own house.
________________________________________________________________________
d. The people in Greensburgh believed that there was ghost in Sleepy Hollow.
________________________________________________________________________
e. Ichabod was a good teacher. ________________________________________________
f. Rip drank from the barrel. __________________________________________________
10. Create your own 5 questions Quiz about Rip Van Winkle, chapters one and two in your folder and
share it next class.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Rip Van Winkle, WASHINGTON IRVING, Green Apple, Black Cat.
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