Past tense

Past tense

Teacher Dalila Nieto

We use the simple past to:

• talk about actions that happened during a specific time in the past. Using a time adverb (yesterday, last month...)

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct answer:

Carlos ______ his studies in Orthopaedic Surgery 5 years ago.

• finish

• finished

• finishes

• Finnish

We use the simple past to

• Describe events that happened over a period of time, but not now.

Multiple Choice

Carlos ______ in Sonora for 20 years.

• lives

• life

• lived

• living

We use the simple past to

• talk about habitual or repeated actions in that happened in the past.

Multiple Choice

Before the pandemic, we ______ to the beach every summer.

• go

• went

• swim

• going

Structure for affirmative sentences

• add -d or -ed to the base form of the verb. For example: I worked online during the pandemic.

Multiple Choice

when the pandemic ________ people bought toilet paper.

• started

• start

• stared

• stard

Multiple Choice

People can't get _______ if they wear a face mask.

• infect

• infected

• infectation

• infectd

Multiple Choice

She ________ football when she was in high school.

• played

• playd

• play

• plays

Multiple Choice

I _________ my coffee during a zoom meeting

• spill

• spilled

• spoil

• spilling

Multiple Choice

Carlos _________ fluently with his patients.

• talk

• talked

• talking

• tolkien

Remember

• Add –ed to the base form of the verb (wash-washed).

• If the verb ends in –e, add –d (live-lived)

• If the verb ends in a consonant preceded by a vowel,double the final consonant (stop-stopped)

• If the verb ends in –y preceded by a consonant,omit the “y” and add –ied ( copy-copied)

Let's try pronouncing the following words

• cancelled

• asked

• pushed

• turned

• needed

• waited

• Do you notice a difference in sound? /d/ /t/ / id 

For negative statements/sentences

• Use didn't +verb in root form

• For example:

• I didn't feel knee pain.

• He didn't remember how he got injured.

Multiple Choice

Is this a correct sentence?

The patient didn't knew how he got infected.

• Yes, it is.

• No, it's not.

Expressions for past tense

• Last

• Ago

• Yesterday

Multiple Select

Choose the correct sentences with past tense expressions.

• He is diagnose with sarcoma since 9 days

• He was diagnosed with COVID one week ago.

• She fell yesterday

• Her started feeling bad last month.

Answer the following questions using the past tense

• Where did you go on your last vacation?

• What did you do?

• Who did you visit?

• Which movie did you watch on quarantine?

• Did you like the movie?

• Did you study?

The past tense

• You will most likely hear it from patients in the process of gathering information during the first stage of consultation.

• I started feeling back pain in August.

• I took the medicine.

• I came because my friend recommended me your service.