English Teaching

Past Simple: Telling Your Story (A2)

⏱ 5 MINUTES  |  📊 A2  |  📚 GRAMMAR

Past Simple: Telling Your Story (A2)

🎙 From the classroom: I arrived in Sydney in 2005 with two suitcases and what I can only describe as horrible English. My first month, I spoke in gestures more than words. The Past Simple was my first real tool — ‘I came. I found a job. I stayed.’

💡 The Idea

We use the Past Simple for completed actions in the past. Regular verbs: add -ed. Irregular verbs: change the whole word (go→went, come→came, find→found). For negatives and questions, use did/didn’t + base form.

🗣 Example

✅ Regular: I walked to the casino. She worked every weekend.
✅ Irregular: I came to Sydney. He found a room near the station.
✅ Negative: I didn’t speak French when I arrived.
✅ Question: Did you travel alone? — Yes, I did. / No, I didn’t.

🎯 Try It Now!

Write 4 sentences about YOUR past. Use these verbs:

go  |  eat  |  live  |  study  |  meet  |  travel

Example: I went to school in my village.

✅ Check Your Answers

✅ Key verb forms: go→went, eat→ate, live→lived, study→studied, meet→met, travel→travelled. Remember: DID for questions and negatives, then BASE FORM: Did you go? I didn’t eat.

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