Transcript Simple Past Tense

Simple Past Tense
To express what already happened.
What is the simple past?
The simple past expresses
an action in the past
taking place once, never,
several times.
PAST SIMPLE FORM
AFFIRMATIVE
REGULAR VERBS
We add
-ED
I worked
You worked
He worked
She worked
It worked
We worked
You worked
They worked
IRREGULAR VERBS
We have to learn the irregular
verb list by heart
I went
You ran
He went
She ran
It went
We run
You went
They run
PAST SIMPLE FORM
NEGATIVE
REGULAR VERBS
IRREGULAR VERBS
We need the auxiliary verb
DID NOT + INFINITIVE verb
Didn’t use to means that you never did it.
I didn´t work/go
You didn´t work/go
He didn´t work/go
She didn´t work/go
It didn´t work/go
We didn´t work/go
You didn´t work/go
They didn´t work/go
PAST SIMPLE FORM
INTERROGATIVE
REGULAR VERBS
IRREGULAR VERBS
We need the auxiliary verb
DID + SUBJECT+ INFINITIVE verb
DID I work /go ?
DID you work/go ?
DID he work /go ?
DID she work/go ?
DID it work /go ?
DID we work /go ?
DID you work/go ?
DID they work/go ?
Can you pronounce past endings?
1.
After strong
consonants, say /d/
– /calld/ /livd/
2. After soft
consonants, say /t/
– /talkt/ /washt/
3. After /t/ and /d/,
say /ed/
– /waited/ /needed/
Do you use irregular past verbs?
1.
Most irregular verbs
change vowels.
– Begin/began,
come/came,
give/gave
2. Some irregular verbs
end in “t.”
– Build/built,
feel/felt,
sweep/swept
3. A few irregular verbs
don’t change.
– Cost/cost, fit/fit,
let/let
YOU MUST LEARN THE IRREGULAR
VERB LIST
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I was/ wasn´t
You were/ weren´t
He was/ wasn´t
She was/ wasn´t
It was / wasn´t
We were/ weren´t
You were / weren´t
They were/ weren´t
THERE …
was/
wasn´t
THERE were/
weren´t
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Do you know the past verbs?
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present
begin
buy
drive
fail
feel
go
grow
hear
past
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present
9. know
10. leave
11. lose
12. mean
13. pay
14. sell
15. sit
16. think
past
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Which is the past form?
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Sylvia blow/blew the odd guy off.
Alfredo drew/drawn a cool picture.
Minh kept/keep his place in class.
The bank lend/lent Foram $5,000.
The professor tore/tear the paper.
Krupal stood/stand in the back.
The girl wear/wore red lipstick.
FIND THE MISTAKES
• I didn't celebrated New Year's Eve
• My friends organize a fancy dress party, but they didn't
invited me
• So, I were very sad and lonely
• My best friends didn't were with me
• My cousin visite me in the afternoon
• but then she go to a party
• Did you danced on New Year's Eve?
• I didn't watched TV because there was a horrible
programme
• Everybody laughed and sing and was very happy
• But I were not happy, I didn't have a good time
Put the sentences in order
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arrive When you did ?
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wait long for she How did me ?
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phone night last Why you did me ?
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meet days two ago Did you her ?
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party? see the Who did you in
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concert start When did the ?
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Can you fill in the test?
Last weekend Carmela ____to the cinema to see
"The Others". Carmela ______it_____ because it
about ghosts and she is afraid of them. When she
home_____ with her friend Lola, she _____very
strange.
There ____a noise behind them, but they could not
see anyone. It ______a lot and there _____any
taxis on the street, so they ______to go home
walking. The noise_____ still behind them and while
they______ to see what or who it ______, the
lights on the street _____out and they _____for
five minutes. Do you know what happened next?
Can you fill in the test?
Our football ____team all its matches this year.
It's very depressing. It ______to me before.
When I _____eleven I _____in a team called "the
tigers", we ______also many matches, but at least
we ______from time to time. Later I _____ a
football team in my school. We _____very good and
_____ 4 trophies. As you see, I ______for more
than ten years now, but I ______this team very
recently. We are not too bad, but we _______ the
unluckiest team in the World this year.