Questions with the simple past
What did you do yesterday ? - I ..............................
Where did you go last Saturday ? - I went to ..............................
What did you visit during the holidays ? - I ..............................Paris.
What did you eat last night ? - I ate ...............................
When did you tidy your bedroom ? - I tidied my room ..............................
What did you read last week ? - I read ..............................
What programmes did you watch last week ? - I watched ...........................
What did you drink at the weekend ? - I drank ..............................
What time did you sleep last night ? - I slept at ..............................
What didn't you do last holidays ? I didn't go to ...............................
What music did you listen to last week ? - I listened to ...............................
What present did you have for Christmas ? - I had a ..............................
When were you born ? - I was born on ..............................
Where were you at school three years ago ? I was at ...............................
Did you watch the TV last Wednesday ? Yes, I did. / No, I didn't.
Did you read a book on Sunday ? No, I didn't. / Yes, I did.
Did you go to the cinema at the weekend ? No, I didn't. / Yes, I did.
Did you listen to the radio last night ? No, I didn't. / Yes, I did.
Did you go to the cinema during the holidays ? No, I didn't. / Yes, I did.
Did you play video games last night ? No, I didn't. / Yes, I did.
Pairwork : Write a dialogue about the past
Talking about the past.
Past time Clauses
yesterday - hier
the day before yesterday - avant hier
last week - la semaine dernière
last holidays - les vacances dernières
last year - l'année dernière
last Wednesday - lundi dernier
last night - hier soir
four days ago - il y a quatre jours
seven years ago - il y a sept ans
In 1997 - en 1997
On the 1st January - le 1 janvier
Imagine you are two people talking about their pasts.
12/1 test the past
time clauses, questions, dialogue, Christmas
Regular verbs
visit - visited - visiter
play - played - jouer
watch - watched - regarder
listen to - listened to - écouter
tidy - tidied - ranger
chat - chatted
surf - surfed
Irregular verbs
eat - ate - manger
go - went - aller
drink - drank - boire
read - read - lire
do - did - faire
write -wrote - écrire
be - was, were - être
have - had - avoir
sleep - slept - dormir
buy - bought - acheter
swim - swam - nager