Transcript Past Tense Verbs

Simple Past Tense
To express what already happened.
What is the simple past?
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To create the simple past, add –ed to most
simple present verbs.
Verbs: watch, start, live, move, study, stay.
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Yesterday Kahn __ English for two hours.
Mayra __ a video on elephants last night.
Last year Ana __ in Chicago for a week.
Roberto __ in the library all day yesterday.
Kim __ in China before she __ here.
Jo __ to learn French when he __ in France.
Alan __ to our community at age fifteen.
Why use the simple past?
• Use the simple past
for activities and
situations already
started and ended.
• Example: Last week,
the ISA went camping.
• Example: Our class
took a quiz yesterday.
• Both the time adverb
and the verb typically
indicate past tense.
Did the man know that he
didn’t have enough blocks
before he started building?
What is the past of be?
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Is Bob still on
a low-cost diet?
Were matches you
we, and they.
Was is for I and he.
Where __ you last
night?
I __ at home!
__ you up or in bed?
I __ up until late.
I __ on the phone to
call you many times.
Sorry, I __ not near
my cell phone.
Can you pronounce past endings?
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After strong
consonants, say /d/
– /calld/ /livd/
2. After soft
consonants, say /t/
– /talkt/ /washt/
3. After /t/ and /d/,
say /ed/
– /waited/ /needed/
Did the man hear
the woman clearly?
Do you use irregular past verbs?
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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
Is the past form of
‘understand’ irregular?
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.
What does used to mean?
• Used to expresses a
past habit or
situation that no
longer exists.
• Example: Raquel used
to watch cartoons
when she was little.
• Now she is a busy
working mother with
no time for cartoons,
but her children
watch them.
Does the man still
live in luxury?
What is didn’t use to?
• Didn’t use to means
that you never did it.
• Example: The
teacher has never
used drugs, so he
didn’t use to take
them at all.
• Example: Did you use
to play in the sand
when you were a kid?
• Example: Did college
students use to have
computers?
Do cats play
in the sand?
Can you fill in the verbs?
Verbs: finish, get, put, want, use, forget, find,
talk, be, lose, call, do, and remember.
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Poor Carmen __ her cell phone inside her own car.
She __ that it __ in her car just the day before.
She __ her friend Abdul to talk about their date.
When she __ speaking, she __ the phone down.
She __ out of the car, leaving the phone in there.
She __ busy in her house and __ think about it.
Then she __ to call someone, and __ it again.
Do you know the past verbs?
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present
begin
buy
drive
fail
feel
go
grow
hear
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present
9. know
10. leave
11. lose
12. mean
13. pay
14. sell
15. sit
16. think
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Can you use the
academic vocabulary?
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Words to use: achieve, effect, approach,
chapter, and context.
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How do you complete or __ your goals?
How do you __ change in your life?
How do you __ the way of learning?
What division or __ are you reading?
In what situation or __ can you study?
Watch for these words
on the next quiz.