PAST SIMPLE TENSE

Complete the sentences with the past form of the verb in brackets
I (stay) ……….at my grandparents’ house near a beach last year.
We (have) ……….lunch at 11a.m yesterday.
My favorite citis (be) ……….Toronto and Vancouver.
She (not/finish) ………. her homework last night.
……….you (visit) ……….your home village last summer?
stayed
had
were
didn’t finish
Did
visit
The past simple tense
S + V2/V-ED
S + didn’t + V(B.I)
Did + S + V (B.I)…?
Yes, S + did No, S + didn’t.
EX: They wanted to make friends with us.
They didn’t want to make friends with us.
Did they want to make friends with us.
Yes, they did. No, they didn’t.
To be
I/ He/ She/ It/ Lan + was…
We/ You/ They/ Lan and Thao + were …
I/ He/ She/ It/ Lan + wasn’t …
We/ You/ They/ Lan and Thao + weren’t …
Was + I/ he/ she/ it/ Lan …?
Were + we/ you/ they/ Lan and Thao …?
Ex: He was a footballer.
He wasn’t a footballer.
Was he a footballer?
Yes, he was. No, he wasn’t.
The flowers were sweet and beautiful.
The flowers weren’t sweet and beautiful.
Were the flowers sweet and beautiful?
Yes, they were. No, they weren’t.
Use: to express an activity that happened and finished at an exact point of time in the past. There are usually adverbs such as: yesterday, last, ago, during …
Forms of the verbs in past simple tense: V2 and V-ed
When the verb is regular we add “ed” after it, but when the verb is irregular we use the second column form (V2)
Ex: Regular verbs
arrive arrived
help helped
remember remembered
rent rented
talk talked
play played
study studied
Ex: Irregular verbs
be was, were
come came
eat ate
have had
go went
do did
buy bought
Ex: Regular verbs
arrive arrived
help helped
remember remembered
rent rented
talk talked
play played
study studied
Ex: Irregular verbs
be was, were
come came
eat ate
have had
go went
do did
buy bought
Complete the sentences with the past form of the verb in brackets
I (talk) ……..with him last night.
They (be) ……..in London 2 months ago.
She (study) …….. English at school last year.
We (go) ……..to see a movie yesterday afternoon.
Nam (play) …….. video games during the night.
talked
were
studied
went
played
Complete the sentences with the past form of the verb in brackets
He (do) ……......his homework carefully last night.
I (not remember) ……............. the lesson. I (learn) ……...... it last week.
……......you (eat) ……......the cake in the cupboard.
We (not decide) ……...... to buy a new house.
The weather (be) ……......very stuffy yesterday.
did
didn’t remember
learned
Did
eat
didn’t decide
was
Note: Adding “ED”
Most verbs are added “ed”.
Ex: learned, filled, wanted, washed, practices…
When the verb ending in “y”, and before it there is a consonant. Then we change “y” into “i” then add “ed”
Ex: study studied, cry cried, dry dried stay stayed
When the verb ending in a consonant and before it there is one vowel. Then we shall double the last consonant and add “ed”.
Ex: stop stopped, fit fitted
Complete the sentences with the past form of the verb in brackets
She (have) ………a brother and a sister.
Mr. Jones (stop) ……… smoking 3 months ago.
They (live) ……… in a very busy city.
I (meet) ………him at the bus station last Monday.
She (wrap) ……… the food with banana leaves.
had
stopped
lived
met
wrapped
Complete the sentences with the past form of the verb in brackets
We (dry) …………the tea leaves in the Sun.
…………you (buy) …………me a movie ticket last night, Nga?
No, I …………
Minh (not be) …………at home at 7 p.m yesterday, he (study) …………English at school.
Yesterday, the bank (close) …………at 5 o’clock in the afternoon.
Nga (make) ………… a new skirt and it (fit) ………… her very much.
dried
Did
buy
didn’t
wasn’t
studied
closed
made
fitted
“ED” Pronunciation
/t/: when the verb ends in “k, f, p, ss, sh, ch, x, se, ce, ge. (liked, laughed, wrapped, practiced, changed…)
/id/: when the verb ends in “t, d” (wanted, needed, attended, planted…)
/d/: other cases.
Arrange these verbs according to it’s pronunciation of “ed”
liked, arrived, helped, remembered, rented, played, studied, looked, worked, missed, listened, fitted, attended, learned, lived, rained, answered, wanted, needed.
When I was hiking in the woods with my friends, we got lost.

When we were visiting the CN Tower, we saw a movie crew filming a movie.
Past Continuous
Was/ were + V-ing
Ex: She was studying Math.
She wasn’t studying Math.
Was she studying Math?
Yes, she was. / No, she wasn’t.
Ex: They were doing their homework.
They weren’t doing their homework.
Were they doing their homework?
Yes, they were. / No, they weren’t.
Change these sentences as the example
EX: I studied my lesson at home.
I was studying my lesson at home.
We did our homework at 3 o’clock yesterday afternoon.
He made his own birthday cake.
Minh and Thu visited their home village.
Juan traveled all over Canada with his family.
They chatted on the Internet last night.
We were doing our homework at 3 o’clock yesterday afternoon.
He was making his own birthday cake.
Minh and Thu were visiting their home village.
Juan was traveling all over Canada with his family.
They were chatting on the Internet last night.
Change these sentences as the example
EX: I studied my lesson at home.
I was studying my lesson at home.
I didn’t work in that hotel.
Did they studied English at school?
We practiced speaking English an hour ago.
She didn’t watch TV last night.
Did Nga prepare her new lesson last night?
1. I wasn’t working in that hotel.
2. Were they studying English at school?
3. We were practicing speaking English an hour ago.
4. She wasn’t watching TV last night.
5. Was Nga preparing her new lesson last night?
Complete the sentences, using the verb in brackets in the Past Continuous tense.
They (go) ……………fishing in the river.
He (not play) …………… the piano last night.
……………Lan (live) ……………in Japan 2 months ago?
Yes, she ……………
We (look) ……………. for our keys when you came.
When the mailman arrived, we (have) …………….... lunch.
She (sleep) ……………....... while I (decorate) ……………............... the room.
were going
wasn’t playing
Was
living
was
were looking
were having
was sleeping
was decorating