Past Simple Handout

PAST SIMPLE 1) Look at the whiteboard and fill in the gaps with the correct verb in past tense. You can use more than once the verbs. a) Claudio Bravo ____________ two goals in the soccer match yesterday. b) Rafael Nadal ____________ the tennis match against Roger Federer last year. c) Helena Isimbayeva ____________ 5.05 m. in the high jump event of the Olympic Games 6 months ago. d) Kristel Köbrich ____________ into the swimming pool and ____________ 200m. in just 12 seconds in Australia a week ago. e) Marcelo Rios ____________ the ball in the court and _____________ the tennis match. f) Ronaldinho ____________ the ball to Ka-ká and he ____________ the ball into the soccer goal. g) Lin Xiang ____________ and ____________ in the hurdles event 4 years ago in the Athens Olympic Games.

Language referente: Past simple tense The past simple is used to fix events and situations in the past. You often use it in stories. Example:

Last year I went to Paris. I visited all the tourist sites, ate lots of delicious food and had a wonderful time. It was great!

2) Using the past simple write 6 sentences about “what did you do yesterday?”

Example: - I played volleyball at school yesterday. - I went shopping two days ago.

Now it’s your turn! _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ 3) LET’S PLAY BINGO!! You are going to play bingo. Follow the instructions. a) Complete the bingo card with 9 different verbs that are on the whiteboard. b) Listen to your teacher and when you hear a verb on your card cross it out c) When 3 verbs in a vertical, horizontal or diagonal line are crossed out, shout, BINGO!