7 Days out

Grammar start We visited an art gallery last week.

The artists didn’t mix the colors.
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1 Listen, say, and point.
Picasso

Monet

an art gallery an artist a guide a painting

a dot draw mix

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2 Read and listen. Choose the best title.
A museum visit My favorite painting Our school trip

Last Tuesday, we didn’t stay at

school. We visited an art gallery.
We looked at the paintings. I
liked them. The guide talked
about the paintings and the
artists.

We learned a lot. The artists

didn’t mix the colors. They used
dots of color. After that, we
painted pictures with dots. We
copied a famous painting, but
I didn’t like my picture. It was
terrible!

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3 Read and complete.

We use the simple past to talk about actions and events in

the past.
1 To form the affirmative, we usually add -ed to the infinitive
form of the verb:
visit visited look look talk talk
If the verb ends in -e, we add -d:
like liked use use
If the verb ends in -y, we change y to i and add -ed:
copy cop
2 To form the negative, we use didn’t and the infinitive form of
the verb:
didn’t stay mix like
Note that the simple past form is the same for all persons:
I walked. She walked. He didn’t stay. We didn’t stay.
Affirmative Negative

I liked the paintings. I didn’t like my picture.

He talked about the artists. We didn’t stay at school.

We learned a lot. They didn’t mix the colors.

4 Find the simple past verbs in exercise 2. Complete the chart.

Infinitive Simple past Infinitive Simple past

(affirmative) (affirmative)
visit visited learn
look use
like paint
talk copy
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1 Read and complete with the verbs in the box.

copied liked looked painted stayed

stopped traveled used visited walked

Last Saturday, we (a) visited a big art gallery in New York.

We (b) by bus. The bus (c) near a
park. We (d) through the park to the museum. In the
gallery we (e) at a lot of paintings and drawings. After
that, we (f) our favorite painting in our notebooks.
On Sunday morning, I (g) in bed late. I was tired!
In the afternoon, I (h) a picture for my mom. I
(i) lots of different colors. My mom was happy –
she (j) my picture a lot!

2 Complete with the simple past form of the verbs.

Seurat was a French painter. He

(a) lived (live) in Paris,
France. He (b) (study)
art there. He (c)
(not travel) a lot during his life.
He (d) (start)
to draw in black and white.
Then he (e)
Georges Seurat
(learn) about science and colors.
1859–1891
He (f) (use) dots
of color in his paintings. He (g) (not mix) the colors.
Some people (h) (not like) his paintings because they
were different. Seurat (i) (not live) for very long.
He (j) (die) when he was 31.

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3 Complete with verbs in the simple past. Listen and check.

Monet was a French painter. He

(a) lived in France, but he
(b) t a lot. He (c) v
England, Italy, and Norway. He
(d) s art in school, but he
(e) d l school
and only stayed until he was 16.
Monet (f) p gardens, water,
and buildings. He painted outdoors
because he (g) l light and
color. He (h) d u
Claude Monet brown in his paintings. He (i) u
1840–1926 wonderful bright colors. In 1860, he
joined the army in Algeria. He
(j) d p at all for seven years.
Monet lived for a long time. He was almost blind at the end of his life, but
he (k) d s painting. He (l) d when he was 86.

4 What did you do last weekend? Write true sentences.

I visited a museum. / I didn't visit a museum.
a I (visit) an art gallery.
b I (stay) home.
c I (watch) a movie.
d I (study) English.
e I (play) video games.
f I (paint) a picture.

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 Grammar goal
Did you visit the aquarium on Saturday?
Yes, I did. / No, I didn’t.
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1 Read and listen. What animals did Suzy watch?

A: Did you visit the aquarium on Saturday?

B: Yes, we did.
A: Did you listen to a guide?
B: Yes, we did. But it was an audio guide.
A: Ah! Did you watch the sharks at feeding time?
B: No, we didn’t. We watched the dolphins.
A: Awesome! Did you like the aquarium?
B: Yes, I did. It was fantastic!

To ask questions in the simple past, we use

Did + subject (you/he/she, etc.) + the infinitive.
Question Short answers

Did you visit the aquarium? Yes, I did. No, I didn’t.

Did you listen to a guide? Yes, we did. No, we didn’t.

2 Complete the dialog.

A: Did you visit the art gallery last weekend?
B: No, we .
A: Oh! you stay home?
B: No, we . We visited a movie museum.
A: Really! you learn a lot there?
B: Yes, we . We learned about making movies.
A: you like the museum?
B: Yes, I . It was really interesting!
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3 Match the questions to the pictures. Write the questions and answers.

1 2 3 4 5
a you / clean your room? 3
Did you clean your room ? ,I .
b your mom / work?
Did ? , she .
c your dad / wash the car?
, he .
d you / study math?

e your mom / cook a meal?

4 Complete the questions.

Last weekend
a Did you visit a new place?
b a movie?
c by train?
d a friend?
e to music?
f in the park?

5 Ask and answer with a partner. Check (✔) or cross (✘).

Did you visit a new place? Yes, I did. I visited a museum.

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Name:_____________________
___________
_____ Date: _______________________

Read the clues and then complete the puzzle.

____________ ____________

____________

Across: Down:

3 the past tense of break _________ 1 the past tense of write _________
4 the past tense of have _________ 2 the past tense of begin _________
5 the past tense of jump _________ 6 last year he _________ football
8 the past tense of run _________ 7 the past tense of watch _________
9 yesterday I __________ to music 10 the past tense of rain _________
11 the past tense of dream _________ 12 the past tense of eat _________
14 the past tense of sleep _________ 13 the past tense of stand _________
15 this morning many birds __________ in the 14 the past tense of swim _________
sky 16 He used to love his girlfriend ___
_________
19 the past tense of drive _________ 17 the past tense of go _________
18 the team __________ a lot of trophies
 Past Simple Tense Exercises

1) Complete the sentences with the SIMPLE PAST of the verbs in parentheses:

a) They ____________________ (watch) TV last night.

b) Priscila ____________________ (talk) to her friends all day.
c) I ___________________ (have) a terrible headache yesterday.
d) Bob _____________________ (come) home from school late.
e) They ____________________ (arrive) late and ___________________ (miss) the bus.
f) She ____________________ (study) hard and ___________________(pass) the exam.
g) He ____________________ (call) the office to tell them he was sick.
h) I ___________________ (speak) to the director as he was leaving the room.
i) Dr. Johnson ______________________ (get up) early this morning.
j) Mary _____________________ (do) her homework and ________________ (go) to
school.
k) Chris ____________________ (find) a ten-dollar bill.
l) The dog ______________________ (follow) us down the road.
m) Those students _____________________ (work) hard last semester.
n) Lúcio ___________________ (stop) at the corner and __________________ (call) us.
o) I ___________________ (try) to talk to Helen last night.
p) I ___________________ (pay) the phone bill yesterday.
q) My dad ____________________ (catch) a cold when he ________________ (be) in
Canada.
r) She _____________________ (leave) home early yesterday.
s) They ____________________ (know) each other very well when they
________________ (be) kids.
t) The teacher _____________________ (bring) the exams corrected.
u) She was cleaning the vase when she ____________________ (drop) it.
v) We ___________________ (jog) in the park yesterday.
w) The fire ____________________ (occur) while we ___________________ (be) out.
x) I __________________ (meet) some nice people at the party last weekend.
y) Carol _____________________ (sleep) until late on the weekend. Then, she
_______________ (go) out to lunch.
z) We ______________________ (fly) to the USA on a great airplane.

2) Write questions or negatives sentences:

a) She visited her parents last weekend.

 Question: __________________________________________________________?

b) He cleaned his room before school.

Question: ___________________________________________________________?

c) The teacher found the missing exams.

Negative: ____________________________________________________________?

d) Tom wanted to go to the movies alone.

Question: ___________________________________________________________?

e) Helena offered Henrique a piece of cake.

Negative: ___________________________________________________________?

f) I knew what to do.

Negative: ____________________________________________________________?

g) Alexandre helped Anita with her homework.

Question: ___________________________________________________________?

h) You ate cookies after dinner.

Negative: ____________________________________________________________?

i) You talked to her earlier.

Question: ___________________________________________________________?

j) We turned off the TV after the news.

Negative: ____________________________________________________________?

k) He drank only a coke at the party.

Question: ___________________________________________________________?

l) Mom made breakfast early.

Negative: __________________________________________________________?