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Unit 1 - Where Were You Yesterday

The document provides examples of using the simple past tense to talk about past events. It includes questions and statements in the simple past tense about common daily activities like arriving somewhere, staying somewhere, playing, watching, finishing, and more. Examples are provided like "I checked my passport" and "Helen arrived early at the airport." Readers are prompted to complete sentences in the simple past tense about example situations.

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Unit 1 - Where Were You Yesterday

The document provides examples of using the simple past tense to talk about past events. It includes questions and statements in the simple past tense about common daily activities like arriving somewhere, staying somewhere, playing, watching, finishing, and more. Examples are provided like "I checked my passport" and "Helen arrived early at the airport." Readers are prompted to complete sentences in the simple past tense about example situations.

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Where were you yesterday?

Objective: Talk about past events


Where were they yesterday?

They were at a party yesterday. She was at the dentist’s last Saturday. She was at home yesterday afternoon..

We were at a restaurant last night. I was in bed yesterday evening. They were at the movies last Friday.
Past simple : to be

I READ AND COMPLETE WITH WAS / WERE / WASN’T /


At a party
He was WEREN’T
At the doctor’s
She wasn’t = was not yesterday
At the supermarket
It Last week
In the school 1. I _________at the dentist’s yesterday.
Last Monday .
Last night 2. Adrian ____________on holiday last week. He was in
Two days ago
We were On vacation
The day before the office.
You Weren’t = were not At home
yesterday
They At the restaurant
In Brazil 3. The children _________ in bed at 8 o’clock yesterday.

4. My mother and I __________at home last Sunday.

5. They ____________ill yesterday.

6. Sarah ___________out last night.She was in bed .

7. Enrique and Diana ___________ tired last night.They

were at the disco.

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Yes / No questions : Past simple to be

Examples: 2,. Were the children in the park?


a. They were at the airport yesterday morning.
________________________
Were they at the airport yesterday morning?
Yes, they were. No ,they weren’t
b. Alex was at home last night.
Was Alex at home last night? 3. Was Ben in the office?
Yes, he was No ,he wasn’t
__________________________

__________________________
1. Was Ana at home yesterday?

_______________________.
3. Were you at the supermarket?
_______________________
__________________________

__________________________
Simple Past tense

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Verbs
Example:
Check: Revisar
Arrive : llegar a. I checked my passport
Visit. visitar
Watch: ver b. Helen arrived early at the airport.
Stay: quedarse ,instalarse. c. My parents stayed in a nice hotel.
Finish: finalizar
Play: jugar d. We finished the class early .
Depart: salir e. My brothers played video games yesterday afternoon.
f. I traveled to England two years ago.
Use the past simple form of the verb in brackets.

1. You _____________________(arrive) in England last week.

2. My mum___________________(study) Russian at university.

3. I_____________(phone) you yesterday, but you weren't at home.

4. Last night, Marga and Alice_____________(plan) their holiday.

5. Tom________________(invite) us to his birthday party.

6. The children ______________(carry) the books to the classroom.

7. We ____________________ (finish) the exam at half past three.

8. I___________________(chat) to Jane about films and fashion.

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hilfen.de/en/exercises/tenses/simple_past_statements.htm
CONVERSATION

A: How was your weekend ,George?

B: It was good!

A: What did you do?

B: I played soccer with my friends on Saturday.

And how about you ? How was your weekend?

A: It was not bad . I only stayed home all day and watched TV.

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hilfen.de/en/exercises/tenses/simple_past_statements.htm

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