SIMPLE PAST TENSE CLASS

SIMPLE PAST TENSE

When do we use simple past tense?

DEFINITION

The simple past is a verb tense that is used to talk about events or activities that happened in some point in the past and this action is already finished.

Examples:

1. Adriana ate a lot of pizza yesterday

2. Liliane traveled to Brazil two years ago
   

To form the simple past tense for the irregular verbs there are not specific rules to do it, you must learn them by hearth.

Examples:

Read --- Read

Go --- Went​

​Irregular

To form the simple past for the regular verbs we only add “-ed” at the end of the verb.

Examples:

Play --- Played

Watch -- Watched​

Regular

Verbs in simple past

Some Examples of Verbs

WE ARE GOING TO WATCH A VIDEO PLEASE PAY ATTENTION!

Multiple Choice

The verb "Stay" in past is:

• Staying

• Stayed

• Staied

• Stayedd

Multiple Choice

The verb "Play" is:

• Regular verb

• Irregular verb

Multiple Choice

The verb "Buy" in past is:

• Buyed

• Buying

• Bought

• Buied

Multiple Choice

The verb "Rent" in past is:

• Rented

• Rentted

• Renteed

• Renting

Multiple Choice

The verb "Go" is:

• Regular

• Irregular

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Past tense of the verb: EAT

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Past tense of the verb: READ

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Past participle form of the verb: GO

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Past tense of the verb: TAKE

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Past tense of the verb: CHANGE

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Past form of the verb: CUT

• CUT

• CUTTED

• CUTTEN

• CUTING

Affirmative Structure

To form affirmative sentences in simple past we need to use the following structure:

Subject + verb in past​ + complement

Examples:

1. I went to a party yesterday​.

2. Aldair ate pupusas last night​.

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Affirmative sentences in the Simple Past

Put the words in the correct order.

• He

• his

• saw

• family

• last week

1

2

3

4

5

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

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Affirmative sentences in the Simple Past

Put the words in the correct order.

• Liliane

• ate

• a

• p

• t

1

2

3

4

5

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

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Affirmative sentences in the Simple Past

Put the words in the correct order.

• The house

• was

• very big

• last year but

• is not anymore

1

2

3

4

5

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

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Affirmative sentences in the Simple Past

Put the words in the correct order.

• The

• website

• was

• created

• three months ago

1

2

3

4

5

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

Negative Structure

To form negative sentences in simple past we need to use the following structure:

Subject + did + not + verb in base form + complement

Example:

1. Sergio and Lesli didn't go to a party yesterday​.

2. Farik and I didn't eat pupusas last night​.

Multiple Choice

Kate and Steven .............. to school yesterday.

• didn't walked

• didn't walk

• don't walk

Multiple Choice

Miss Hooley ______ _______ dinner last Thursday.

• didn't cook

• didn't cooked

• isn't cooked

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Make the affirmative sentence into negative sentence.

My sister lived with my parents last year

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Negative sentences in the Simple Past

1. Put the words in the correct order.

• I

• didn't

• play

• football

1

2

3

4

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

Multiple Choice

Which words do we use for the negative form of the verb to be in the past?

• aren't and isn't

• wasn't and weren't

• didn't

Interrogative Structure

To form interrogative sentences in simple past we need to use the following structure:

Did + subject + verb in base form + complement + ?

Example:

1. Did Ronny go to a party yesterday?

2. Did Marily eat pupusas last night?​

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Questions in the Simple Past

1. Put the words in the correct order.

• Did

• they

• lose

• the match?

1

2

3

4

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

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Did you

to the gym yesterday?

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he ..... go to hospital .... last Moday -

Write a Yes / No question

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A: Hi. How was your weekend? 

B: It was great, thanks.

A: What

you do?

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B: I went to Osaka.

A: Oh,

_________

 you go shopping?

B: No, I

_______

. I went to a museum.

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A: Oh, OK. What

 you see there?

B: An exhibition about the lives of people from the fifteenth century. It was fantastic!

Open Ended

A: _____

you go with anyone?

B: I _____

go with anyone, but I met an old friend afterward for lunch.

WH Questions Structure

To form interrogative sentences with WH words in simple past we need to use the following structure:

WH Words + Did + subject + verb in base form + complement + ?

Example:

1. Why did Alejandro play cards?

2. What time did Carlos arrive last night?​

Open Ended

7. Write an WH question using when and they.

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The formula for WH Questions in the Past Simple is...

Open Ended

What did you do yesterday afternoon?

Open Ended

When was your birthday?

Open Ended

Who was your English teacher in High School?

Open Ended

Where were you born?

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When do we use the past simple?

• to describe a process that started and finished in the past

• to describe several actions that were completed in the past.

• for actions that started and finished at a specific time in the past

Audio Response

TELL ME WHAT DID YOU DO LAST WEEK WITH "GREAT DETAIL"

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