What did Ginger do yesterday?

1.- Translate the following verbs from English into Spanish

(En todos los ejercicios, para ver la solución hacer doble click en el texto; un click vuelve a posición original)

2.- Ginger is going to talk about what she did yesterday

2.a. Guess which verbs Ginger is going to use to talk about what she did yesterday (Adivina que verbos va a usar Ginger para hablar sobre lo que hizo ayer).

Listen to Ginger, were you right? (Escucha a Ginger, ¿tenías razón?)

Yesterday morning I walked to the park and I played football with Duke. Foxy watched Duke and I play football. We played football for one hour. In the afternoon, I watched television. I watched television for thirty minutes. In the evening, I travelled to my grandma’s house and I helped my grandma cook the dinner.

2.b. True or False. Correct the false statements.

2.c. Underline all of the verbs in the text.

2.d. Place the underlined verbs into the correct position in the table.

Can you see now how we form the past simple with regular verbs? (¿Puedes ver como formamos el pasado simple con verbos regulares?)

3.- Past Simple (regular verbs)

To form the past simple with regular verbs, it is quite simple! As you have seen, all you have to do is take the infinitive of the verb and add – ed. For example, walk – walked. If the infinitive ends in ‘e’, for example, believe, you only have to add ‘d’ – believe – believed.

¡Formar el pasado simple con verbos regulares es bastante simple! Como has visto, sólo tienes que coger el infinitivo del verbo y añadir – ed. Por ejemplo, walk – walked. Si el infinitivo acaba en ‘e’, por ejemplo, believe, solo tienes que anadir ‘d’– believe – believed.

3.a. Fill in the gaps with the correct form of the verb in brackets.

We use the past simple when we want to talk about something that we have done in the past and which has finished. For example, ‘yesterday I watched a film’ (I finished watching the film yesterday). The action is complete.

We usually use time expressions when we use the past simple, for example, yesterday, last week, etc.

Usamos el pasado simple cuando queremos hablar de algo que hemos hecho en el pasado y que ha terminado. Por ejemplo, ‘ayer vi una película’ (termine de ver la película ayer). La acción ha terminado.

Normalmente usamos expresiones de tiempo cuando usamos el pasado simple, por ejemplo, ayer, la semana pasada, etc.

3.b. Can you match the time expressions from exercise E, to their Spanish translation?

Last Friday / 3 years ago / Yesterday afternoon / Last week
Last night / Yesterday / Last week

3.c. Fill in the gaps with the correct form of the verb in brackets. The first verb is going to be in the present simple and the second verb in the past simple!