The Simple Past Tense

The Simple Past Tense

Universidad de San José.

Lic. Mainor Novo Castillo

Uses of the Simle Past Tense

• Finished actions

• Results *

Subject + verb + complement

I played with you yesterday.

Molly saw me in the restaurant last night.

We all loved the new TV series.

Henry was with my sister last year.

We were happy when we were young.

There are 2 ways of forming a past sentence

. Verb to Be

. All other verbs

Regular Verbs (ed ending)

• Played

• Washed

• Needed

• Peeled

• Cooked

• Stopped

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct spelling in past for the verb Shop

• Shoped

• Shopped

• shopd

• shopet

Multiple Choice

Chose the correct spelling in past for the verb Like

• Likeed

• Likt

• Liket

• Liked

Multiple Choice

Chose the correct spelling in past for the verb Study

• Studied

• Studid

• Studyied

• Studyed

Irregular verbs

• These verbs aren't conjugated with the -ed ending form

• Each one has its own conjugation form, that's why they are called irregular.

Examples

• Bend / Bent

• Learn / Learnt / Learned

• Quit / Quit / Quitted

• Bring / Brought

• Write / Wrote

• Read / Read

Poll

I had a very good childhood!

• Yes

• So so

• Definetly not

Poll

I watched Dragon Ball when I was a kid.

• Of course I watched it!

• No, I didn't watch it

• What is Dragon Ball?

Poll

I played with my friends until night.

• I did too!

• I didn't

• I didn't have any friends

Negative form

(+) I went with you

(-) I didn't go with you

Negative

Subject + did not (didn't) + verb + complement

She didn't write the book.

(Yes/No) Questions:

Did you have a good time?

Yes, I did.

No, I didn't

(Information) Questions:

Where did you go?

What did you see?

Who did you meet?

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct past form:

• Daniela cook chicken yesterday

• Daniela cooks chicken yesterday

• Daniela cooked chicken yesterday

• Daniela did cooked chicken yesterday

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct past tense form:

• I didn't did my homework

• I didn't my homework

• I do don't my homework

• I didn't do my homework

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct form:

• What did you do last year?

• What did you did last year?

• What do you did last year?

• What do you do last year?

Simple Past with the verb To Be

Subject + was / were + complement

I was happy to see her.

She was happy to see me

Was= I, she, he, it, everybody. somebody. someone, noone, etc...

Were= You, we, they

Negative:

Was not = Wasn't

Were not = Weren't

I wasn't there with my friends.

We weren't in the restaurant last night.

(Yes/No) Questions:

Was Fran in your house?

Were you together?

(Information) Questions:

Where was Fran?

What were you doing?

Open Ended

Explain in 5 sentences your first experience speaking English. Use the simple past tense

Pre-Listening

• Ages

• How have you been?

• Flat

• Dream job

Listening Practice

Listen to the conversation and answer:

1. How long have they not seen each other?
2. Where was Selena?
3. Was Selena's job good?
4. How long ago did Patrick marry?

After listening

Describe Selena's experience in London. Use your imagination