Past Simple Tense, Adverb of Time and Place

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Past Simple Tense

Conversation Script

A: Oh, hello Susan!

B: Oh, hi Alice. How are you?

A: I'm fine, thanks. I came from abroad yesterday.

B: Where did you go?

A: I came from London.

B: Really? Did you have a good time?

A: Yes, I did.

B: What was the weather like?

A: Well, It wasn't raining as much as I expected. I didn't have my umbrella with me, so I am glad I didn't need to use it.

B: What places did you visit?

A: I visited museums, cathedrals, some shops. I really enjoyed the ride in the London Eye. I liked everything there.

B: It sounds nice. Would you tell me more about your stay in London in a café?

A: Sure, let's go.

Past Simple Tense

Look at this sentence.

I came from London.

I visited museums.

Came is an irregular verb, whereas visited is a regular verb.  Both of them are used in past simple tense to tell activities or events that happened in the past.

·         Irregular or regular verb?

Underline the most appropriate verb form for each sentence.

Example:

A: Where did you go last Saturday, Jim?

B: I went / want / goed to theater with my friends.

1.    A: Did you like the film?

     B: I taught / thought / thank it was terrible!

2.    A: What did Tom want for breakfast this morning?

B: He wanted / won / went an omelette, but we didn’t have any eggs.

3.    I phoned Kate from the station and seed / sayed / said goodbye.

4.    A: Thanks for the meal. We really enjoy / enjoyed / enjoied it.

B: You’re welcome.

5.    A: Ted, I saw you in CD shop yesterday. Did you buy Coldplay’s?

B: The CD was / wasn’t / weren’t very expensive, so I decided to buy it.

·         Adverb of time and Adverb of place

Last holiday I went to Lawang Sewu

Adverb of time              Adverb of place

-          Adverb of time tells you about the time in which the event occurs/occurred. For telling past events, usually the adverbs of time are:

Yesterday

Two days ago/ a week ago/ months ago/ …

[quantity + day/month/year(s)] ago

Last holiday/ last year/ last ….

-          Adverb of place is a type of adverb that mentions place where the event occurs/occurred.

Now, please do the following exercises.

Exercise   1

Cross the most appropriate word to fill the gap.

Example:

She went to Yogyakarta ….. 

a.       tomorrow      b. last week    c. next week

1)     I could not go to school …. . I was sick.

a.       tonight     b. yesterday   c. last day

2)     Last … I and Dino did our assignment together.

a.       night         b. day              c. afternoon

3)     …. days ago I accompanied my mom buying vegetables and fruits.

a.       last           b. yesterday   c. three

4)     The day …. she came to my house with tattered jeans.

a.       before      b. after            c. next

Exercise  2

Underline words that indicate adverb of time and/or adverb of place.

Example:

I paid my grandma a visit on my last holiday.

1)     Toni went to Borobudur last Sunday.

2)     Prass didn’t come to the festival.

3)     I looked for my book everywhere, but I couldn’t find it.

4)     My bag was on the sofa this afternoon.