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Past Tense

refer to an action that has happened in the past

(过去式动词：表示某件事情/行动已经发生)

Regular Past Tense

add "ed"

eg: kick -> kicked

for words end with e, add "d"

eg: promise -> promised

for words end with y, change y to i

eg: cry -> cried

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What is the past tense of "dance"?

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What is the past tense of "smash"?

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What is the past tense of "marry"?

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What is the past tense of "tie"?

Irregular Past Tense

No fixed patterns

eg:

write -> wrote

draw -> drew

eat -> ate

wake -> woke

buy -> bought

teach -> taught

sell -> sol

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What is the past tense of "eat"?

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What is the past tense of "buy"?

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What is the past tense of "sing"?

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What is the past tense of "wake"?

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What is the past tense of "draw"?

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What is the past tense of "put"?

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What is the past tense of "write"?

Multiple Select

Which of the following is/are IRREGULAR past tense?

(you can choose more than 1 answer)

• tie - tied

• run - ran

• put - put

• mingle - mingled

Multiple Select

Which of the following is/are REGULAR past tense?

(you can choose more than 1 answer)

• tie - tied

• run - ran

• put - put

• mingle - mingled

Simple Past Tense

We use the Simple Past Tense to talk about:

• completed actions at a definite time in the past

• states/ conditions and repeated events in the past

Let's have a look at the following examples:

• It was boiling hot every day last week.

• The boys played basketball from noon till 2 p.m. yesterday.

• Sarah washed the dishes and then did her homework this evening.

The simple past tense is often used with the following time expressions:

• just now

• earlier this week

• last night/ week/ year/ month

• this morning

• the day before yesterday

• the other day

• two weeks ago

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Jimmy lives in Wan Chai now. He

(live) in Wong Tai Sin 10 years ago.

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I am exhausted. I

(not sleep) well last night.

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Eric

(break) his promise just now.

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Mary

(play) the piano all the time when she was young.

We form negative statements in the simple past tense with the verb to be like this:

• verb to be + not + noun

• verb to be + not + adjective

• verb to be + not + prepositional phrase

verb to be + not + noun

• Kevin was not a teacher.

• Mary was not a mother.

• My parents were not doctors.

verb to be + not + adjective

• Sam was not furious with me.

• The movie was not hilarious.

• The stories were not that heart-breaking.

verb to be + not + prepositional phrase

• Were you at home?

• Was Jack at work just now?

• Were your parents in the farm?

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Tom and Mary

(not) fond of swimming 10 years ago.

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Anson Lo

(not) a celebrity 5 years ago.

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Leon

(not) in hospital a few days ago.

We form negative statements in the simple past tense with the verb to do like this:

• verb to do + not + base form of verb

verb to do + not + base form of verb

• Owen did not run the marathon.

• Paul did not cry.

• Peter did not sleep last night.

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Mum

(not study) at university when she was young.

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The car

(not stop) outside the park just now.

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It

(not rain) the other day.

Irregular past tense verbs

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Regular past tense verbs:

• We can put ed at the end

• We dont change the spelling

Irregular past tense verbs

We change the spelling and don't add ed at the end.

How would you write the word write if it happened in the past?

writed or wrote

Multiple Choice

What is the past tense verb for give?

• gived

• gave

Multiple Choice

what is the past tense verb for run?

• ran

• runned

Multiple Choice

What is the past tense verb for say?

• said

• sayed

Multiple Choice

What is the past tense for do?

• did

• doed

Multiple Choice

What is the past tense verb for choose?

• choosed

• chose

REMEMBER

IRREGULAR past tense verbs; we don't add -ed!

Review Simple past tense

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Past simple tense

Let's watch the video

Types of verbs

Regular verbs

Types of verb

Irregular verbs

Multiple Choice

Complete the sentence with the correct form of the verb. The man ______ to catch the train.

• run

• ran

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The children_____ down the slide.

• go

• gone

• went

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Listen and write

Multiple Select

I really______ your party.

• enjoy

• enjoyed

• enjoys