From Sant Joan de Vilatorrada

to the world

The 6th graders of Collbaix School

present…

Use of the Past Simple Tense

The centenary: 1912-2012The centenary: 1912-2012

SCORPIONS BOARD ON TITANIC

Bruce Ismay (be) the director of White Star Line, a company of ships. He (have) the idea of constructing the most luxurious ship in the world in 1907. He (survive) to the disaster.

WAS

HAD

SURVIVED

Titanic (start) to exist in Harland and Wolff, a shipyard in Belfast, in Northern Ireland.

STARTED

Thomas Andrews (be) the engineer who (design) the Titanic.

WAS

DESIGNED

The Titanic (leave) from Southampton, in England . The maiden voyage (begin) on 10th April 1912. BEGAN

LEFT

Titanic (not / go) directly to New York. She first (stop) in Cherbourg, in France, and Queenstown, in Ireland.

DIDN’T GO

STOPPED

Titanic (receive) many ice warnings, but the Captain Edward Smith (not/pay) the necessary attention

RECEIVEDDIDN’T PAY

The lookouts (see) the iceberg at 11.40 pm on 14th April 1912. The collision (happen) 37 seconds later, in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean

SAW

HAPPENED

Titanic (break) in two parts at 2.18 a.m. on 15th April 1912. She completely (sink) two minutes later.

BROKE

SANK

Celine Dion (sing) for the movie Titanic, in 1997. It (become) a great blockbuster.

SANG

BECAME

The end