Past Tense Review

Past Tense
(a review)

​By Mariela Ramos A.

Let's remember some things.

Open Ended

What are the past forms of the verb to BE?

Multiple Choice

What auxiliary do I need for the simple past?

• Does

• Do

• Did

• Done

Open Ended

Write a QUESTION using the SIMPLE past:

Multiple Choice

What's the structure for PAST Continuous?
She was talking to Lila and Frank.
subject + ? + ?

• was/was + verb

• was/were + verb(ing)

• is/are + verb(ing

• is/are + verb

Open Ended

So, what were you doing before this class?

I was drinking a coffee.

Multiple Choice

Today I worked from 8 to 12 and then I went grocery shopping.
Worked and Went are examples of what type of verbs?

• Plural and Singular

• Auxiliaries and Modals

• Regular and Irregular

I ______ as a waiter
She ______ guitar 
We ______ cake

I work as a waiter

She plays guitar 

We want cake

What would be the past of these sentences?

Alan _____ to the bank.

You _____ my taco! 

They _____ many pictures.

Alan goes to the bank.

You eat my taco! 

They take many pictures.

And the past for these?

Fill in the Blanks

The negative of "I worked on Sunday." is:

Negative in simple past uses the auxiliary:
d i d + n o t (didn't)

Multiple Choice

So, the question "Did you are at home?" is correct:

• TRUE

• FALSE

Multiple Choice

The correct form of "Did you are at home?" is:

(is a question in past)

• Are you at home?

• Did you at home?

• Were you at home?

WAS & were don't need the aux. D I D

was & were

a very independent verb

It's ok to NOT use the auxiliary DID for was and were. Examples:
The other day she was sick so she didn't go to work.
go NEEDS did
but WAS doesn't need it.
And both are SIMPLE PAST

I was watching T.V. at home.
Were you working at 5pm?
Mark wasn't studying so Lila was scolding him.

Past Continuous

I was home.
Were you at work at 5pm?
Mark didn't study so Lila scolded him.

Simple Past

was & were + verb(ing)