Structure Simple Past Tense

Affirmative:
                 Subjet + verb(ed/irregular) + complement + .

Negative:
                Subjet + didn´t + verb(base part) + complement + .

Interrogative(if yes or no):
                 Did + subjet + verb( base part ) + complement + ?

Wh?
                 Wh + did + subjet + verb ( base part ) + complement + ?

On The Way to school

As I drove to school this morning, I saw a strange performance. Naturally, I watched the road in front of me, but suddenly a big roadrunner dashed across the road, followed by a coyote. I slammed on the brakes and pulled off to the side of the road. Then, I saw a little rabbit. It hid behind an ocotillo. When the rabbit quickly jumped and ran, the coyote turned away from the roadrunner and began to chase the rabbit. The roadrunner went into the cactus. The coyote chased the poor little rabbit; the rabbit ran as fast as his legs could go and his tail bobbed up and down. Then I saw a hawk. It circled overhead. The bird swooped down, grabbed the rabbit, and flew away. The rabbit dangled out of his mouth. The coyote lay down on the rocks, she thought about how she lost her breakfast because they knew their mother always brought it to them.

Exercise 2:

Go back to reading. Bookmark with bold each verb and count how many there are. There are 14 simple past tense verbs in the reading.

Exercise 3:

In the following narrative, fill the blank spaces with simple past tense verbs that make sense of the meaning. The first three have been done for you.

Yesterday, I left my house early in the morning. I drove my beautiful new car to Maria's house. She's my best friend. I picked her up. On the way to school, we ate at MacDonald's because we were hungry for breakfast. We ate sandwiches and bring them while we drank our coffee. We were almost late for English class, but we had in just on time. The instructor told us to open our notebooks. He told us to write everything we spoken about our friends - Maria, Mariposa, Tavo, and Alberto. Finally the teacher rang a little bell and we left the classroom.

Visit the Circus ( Simple Future Tense)

 At the weekend my brothers and I are going to go to the circus. I´m going to see elephants and very funny monkeys. My sister is going to drink strawberry soda, my brother Erick lemon water and my brother Erin orange soda. I´m going to drink water.  The show is going to begin at 8:00 pm. My sister is going to eat candies and my brothers and I are going to eat popcorn. My sister is going to take pictures and a video. We are going to buy toys and souvenirs. My brother isn´t going to forget to take pictures with the animals. My brother is going to give me the car keys so he wouldn´t lose them.  We are going to see a fantastic show. I´m going to break the table in the entrance because is ugly. My sister is going to set in front to see well.  The brother´s telephone isn´t going to ring during the show, because he turned it off. At night we are going to go to the restaurant. I´m going to eat pizza and French fries. My brothers are going to eat hamburgers and my sister lasagna and salad. We are going to decide to go home.

 My mother is going to ask about the show. We are going to drink water and we are going to go to the living room to show her pictures. My sister is going to see her cell phone and she is going to call my father. He is going to like the lions and my sister is going to like the monkeys. My brothers and I are going to like the clowns and their ridiculous costumes.

Visit the Circus ( Simple Past Tense)

 Last weekend my brothers and I went to the circus. I saw 5 elephants and 3 very funny monkeys. My sister drank strawberry soda, my brother Erick lemon water and my brother Erin orange soda. I drank water.  The show began at 8:00 pm. My sister ate candies and my brothers and I ate popcorn. My sister took pictures and a video. We bought toys and souvenirs. My brother didn´t forget to take pictures with the animals. My brother gives me the car keys so he wouldn´t lose them.  We saw a fantastic show. I broke the table in the entrance because I didn´t see it. My sister sat in front to see well.  The brother´s telephone didn´t ring during the show, because he turned it off. At night we went to the restaurant. I ate pizza and French fries. My brothers ate hamburgers and my sister lasagna and salad. We decided to go home.

 My mother asked about the show. We drank water and went to the living room to show her pictures. My sister saw her cell phone and called my father. He liked the lions and my sister liked the monkeys. My brothers and I liked the clowns and their ridiculous costums.