osoba + czas.-ed/V2 – I talked to him on the phone.

did + osoba + czas.V1 – Did you sleep well last night? Yes, I did./No, I didn’t.

osoba + did not + V1 – She didn’t have enough time to call Jim.

• czynności, które wydarzyły się w przeszłości i są zakończone.

• mówimy kiedy czynność się wydarzyła : I saw him yesterday. Her daughter was born in 1997.

• pytamy kiedy ta czynność się wydarzyła: When did you see him? When she was born?

• ogólnie wiadomo kiedy omawiana czynność miała miejsce, ale czas jej trwania nie jest określony: I didn’t get there on time.

• krótkie czynności, które miały miejsce jedna po drugiej: He woke up, brushed his teeth, put on his clothes and ran out of the house.

okoliczniki czasu:

• yesterday – wczoraj

• 2 days ago – dwa dni temu

• last week – w zeszłym tygodniu

• last summer – poprzedniego lata

• in 1995 – w 1995

• the day before yesterday – przedwczoraj

Ex. 1 Complete the sentences with the SIMPLE PAST of the verbs in

1. They _______________ (watch) TV last night.

2. Amy _______________ (talk) to her friends all day.

3. I _____________ (have) a terrible headache yesterday.

4. Bob ________________ (come) home from school late.

5. They ______________ (arrive) late and ____________ (miss) the bus.

6. She ________________ (study) hard and _____________(pass) the exam.

7. He ______________ (call) the office to tell them he was sick.

8. I ____________ (speak) to the director as he was leaving the room.

9. Dr. Johnson _____________ (get up) early this morning.

10. Mary ________________ (do) her homework and _____________ (go) to school.

11. Chris ______________ (find) a ten-dollar bill.

12. The dog _________________ (follow) us down the road.

13. Those students ______________ (work) hard last semester.

14. Jim _______________ (stop) at the corner and __________ (call) us.

15. I ____________ (try) to talk to Helen last night.

16. I ____________ (pay) the phone bill yesterday.

17. My dad ______________ (catch) a cold when he __________ (be) in Canada.

18. She _____________ (leave) home early yesterday.

19. They _____________ (know) each other very well when they___________ (be) kids.

20. The teacher ______________ (bring) the exams corrected.

21. She was cleaning the vase when she _____________ (drop) it.

22. We _____________ (jog) in the park yesterday.

23. The fire ______________ (occur) while we ___________________ (be) out.

24. I ____________ (meet) some nice people at the party last weekend.

25. Carol _________ (sleep) until late on the weekend. Then, she___________ (go) out to lunch.

26. We ___________ (fly) to the USA on a plane.