Unit 08. Sports and games. Lesson 3. A closer look 2

Unit 7
The simple past tense
Meaning & Use
Form (structure)
Exercise
Meaning & Use
When do we use the Simple Past tense?
We use the Simple Past to express the idea that an action started and finished at a specific time in the past.
What are some common time expressions used with the past tense?
yesterday
last month
last year
last week
ago
In 1980
Examples:
I saw Maria yesterday.

Last Friday, the students took their spelling and vocabulary tests.

They got married two years ago.

These actions
are over, finished!
How do we form the simple past tense . . .?
English has two types of verbs in the past tense:



taught
walked
studied
gave
became
cried
lived
did
regular
regular
regular
regular
irregular
irregular
irregular
irregular
Look at the following list of past tense verbs…
which verbs are regular, and which are irregular?
Regular verbs
Irregular verbs
Regular verbs are verbs that ….


Simple Form Past Tense
Walk

Study

Cry

Live
walk
ed
studi
ed
cri
ed
liv
ed
…end with –ed
Irregular verbs are verbs that . . . .
…DON’T end with –ed
some irregular verbs
Have a vowel change in the past tense:
Examples
Simple Form Past Tense
become became
give gave
drive drove
forget forgot
other irregular verbs
Have a different kind of change:
Simple Past
teach taught
bring brought
Leave left
Hear heard
Buy bought
Examples:
Celia bought a new computer last weekend.
And some irregular verbs
don’t change at all . . .
Simple Past
hit hit
put put
set set

The children set the table every Sunday.
The children set the table last night.
examples:
For regular verbs, simply use the –ed form of the verb in a positive sentence.
When I was a child, I ___________ the piano. (play)





Donna ______________ Paris. (visit)
played
visited
**Be careful with
spelling changes!
For irregular verbs, use the correct past tense form in positive sentences. (We use the same form with different subjects .)


Last week, I ___________ you a letter. (send)



The students __________an English exam. (have) They _______ a great job! (do)
Unfortunately, these forms must be memorized!
sent
had
did
For negative sentences, USE




I went to work yesterday.
I didn’t go to work yesterday.
DiD Not
or
didn`t
+
verb,
base
Form
(Infinitive)
Exception =
VERB BE!
The verb be is special.
Never use DID NOT or DIDN’T with the verb BE. Instead, just use:

Was
or
were
+
not
For Yes/No questions, USE




Did you go to work yesterday?
Did you come yesterday?
DiD
+
verb,
base
Form
(Infinitive)
subject
+
Put the verbs (between brackets) into the correct form (simple past).
Last year, I (spend) ________my holiday in Ireland. It (be) ________great. I (travel)___________ around the city by car with two friends and we (visit) ________lots of interesting places. In the evenings, we usually (go)_______ to a café.
We (be) ________very lucky with the weather. It (not / rain)___________ a lot. We(see) ________some beautiful rainbows.
I (have) ______ an amazing holiday!

spent
travelled
was
visited
went
had
were
didn’t rain
saw
Student Practice:
Go to this website with a classmate to practice what you have learned or reviewed today:

http://www.quia.com/quiz/664418.html
Good Luck!!!
Sources:
http://www.authorstream.com/Presentation/bbogage-11679-simple-past-tense-education-ppt-powerpoint/
http://www.slideshare.net/LALA28/the-past-simple-ppt-presentation