Simple Past?

Simple Past?

By Mrs. Bianca Ramos

How do I express actions that have already ended??

Can you tell me?

So smart! With the SIMPLE PAST!!

Let's learn more about this verb tense.

The Simple Past

• We use the simple past to talk about actions that have been completed already.

• They could recent past actions or distant past actions

• Their duration is not important, just that these actions have already ended.

• Example: Yesterday, I ate at my favorite restaurant with my family.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following sentences is written with the simple past tense?

• I am enjoying the nice weather at the beach.

• In December I will fly to Switzerland for Christmas.

• I went to Spain when I was in 10th grade.

• My mom is at the mall with my sister.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following sentences is written with the simple past tense?

• I called you last night to go to the movies, but you didn't answer.

• We are happy to see you!

• You want an apple?

• I will go visit you next week.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following sentences is NOT written with the simple past tense?

• I loved seeing you yesterday!

• I walked to school with all my friends this morning.

• I talked to the doctor last week, and he said it must have been a flu I caught.

• I am smiling behind my mask, I promise.

Did you know we have regular and irregular verbs!?

Let's look into them separately.

To form the simple past of a regular verb we must learn some basic rules.

Let's see rule #1

Regular Verbs Rule #1

• Add -ed if the base form ends in:

• two consonants: perform

• It's a consonant-vowel-consonant base: Open

• It's a consonant-vowel-y base: Stay

Open Ended

How do we write the simple past of the verb: laugh?

Open Ended

How do we write the simple past of the verb: pray?

Open Ended

How do we write the simple past of the verb: order?

Regular Verbs Rule #2

• If base form ends in -e, just add -d.

• Change= changed

• Receive= received

Regular Verbs Rule #3

• For one-syllable consonant-vowel-consonant, double the final consonant and add -ed.

• can= canned

• plan= planned

• stir= stirred

Open Ended

What is simple past of the following verb: stop?

Open Ended

What is the simple past of the following verb: ban?

Regular Verbs Rule #4

• If base form ends in -y, change y to i and add -ed.

• Try= tried

• Appy= applied

That is quite easy right?

Let's complete exercise A and B on page 30 of our book!

Now we are going to see those irregular verbs.

We need to feed our brains this information, and keep it in our hearts always.

Irregular verbs

They don't have an specific rule, the only way for us to use them properly is by memorizing them. I'll show you some examples.

Some examples are:

• Catch - caught

• Come - came

• Fly - flew

• Hide - hid

• Keep - kept

• Lose - lost

• Send - sent

More examples

• Sleep - slept

• Tell - told

• See - saw

• Buy - bought

• Go - went

• Bring - Brought

• Very important: be - was/were

Here are some rules for question sentences.

Let's see them.

Questions

• Form questions with "did" and the base form of the verb. Ex: Did you see the tv show last night?"

• Form the negative of questions with "Did not" and the base form of the verb. Ex. "Did you not see the tv show last night?"

• You answer like follows: "I saw the tv show last night" positive

• "I did not see the tv show last night" negative

We are doing great!

Let's practice together exercises A & B on page 31 of your books.