Pre-elementary Workbook 2nd edition

Unit 19 – past simple

Meet Emma

Meet Emma …

regular verbs

irregular verbs

Complete the sentences

I played basketball last weekend …

I didn’t play football last Saturday …

Did you go shopping last night? …

Meet Jane

Jane went to Germany last summer …

Positive to negative

I didn’t walk my dog yesterday …

Negative to positive

We stayed in an expensive hotel …

About you

Did you …

verbs

  1. visited (to visit)
  2. stayed (to stay)
  3. travelled (to travel)
  4. wanted (to want)
  5. liked (to like)
  6. called (to call)
  1. went (to go)
  2. ate (to eat)
  3. had (to have)
  4. saw (to see)
  5. took (to take)
  6. bought (to buy)
  7. wrote (to write)

Complete the positive sentences

  1. I played basketball last weekend.
  2. Yesterday it rained all day.
  3. He watched the new James Bond movie at the weekend.
  1. She started to dance when she was nine years old.
  2. I missed class this morning because I didn’t turn on my alarm clock.

Complete the negative sentences

  1. I didn’t play football last Saturday.
  2. He didn’t work yesterday.
  3. She didn’t enjoy the movie last night.
  1. I didn’t have dinner last night. I was not hungry.
  2. We didn’t watch the new Disney movie in 3D.

Complete the questions

  1. Did you go shopping last night?
  2. Where did they stay on their holiday last month?
  3. What did your brother do yesterday?
  1. Did they enjoy dinner last night?
  2. Who did she invite to her party?

Match the verbs

Jane went to Germany last summer. She flew to Germany with AirBerg. She went on her own and stayed there for three weeks. She had a great time. She travelled on a bus around the country. She stayed in lots of different hotels and saw lots of exciting places. She ate Schnitzel in Berlin and drank beer in Hamburg. She took a lot of photographs and bought lots of souvenirs. The sun shone every day.

Make the sentences negative

  1. I didn’t walk my dog yesterday.
  2. I didn’t finish my homework before class today.
  3. We didn’t go to the cinema last month.
  1. She didn’t cook dinner for 12 people last night.
  2. They didn’t play tennis in the park last week.

Make the sentences positive

  1. We stayed in an expensive hotel.
  2. I went to Bangkok for the weekend.
  3. He got up late on Sunday.
  1. She ate a big breakfast yesterday.
  2. I did the housework on Saturday.

Did you … – your answers will be different

  1. No, I didn’t get up before 9am last Saturday.
  2. Yes, I ate breakfast last Saturday.
  3. No, I didn’t drink coffee last Saturday.
  1. Yes, I exercised last Saturday
  2. No, I didn’t go to school last Saturday.
  3. Yes, I watched a movie last Saturday.