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Simple Past Tense

Simple Past Tense

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Araceli Martínez Juárez

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SIMPLE PAST

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We use the Simple Past Tense to describe activities done in time before today.

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Irregular verbs

The past is formed by adding -ed at the end.
For example:
play - played
work - worked

Regular verbs

Verbs in past

Verbs in past are divided in REGULAR and IRREGULAR.

These verbs change when in past, so we have to leard them by memory.
For example:
swim - swam
eat - ate

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Categorize

Options (15)

worked

stopped

played
jumped
cleaned
talked
visited
watched

ate

swam

slept

went

did

got up

made

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regular and irregular verbs

Categorize the following verbs:

got up / slept / played / ate / visited / stopped / swam / worked / made / jumped / ate / talked / cleaned / did

REGULAR VERBS
IRREGULAR VERBS

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Structure of the Simple Past Tense

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AFFIRMATIVE STATEMENTS


+ past verb + complement.


Example:
I went to the park with my friends yesterday.

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Multiple Choice

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affirmative statements

Last summer, I ______ in the pool with my family.

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swam

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swimed

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swimming

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Structure of the Simple Past Tense

NEGATIVE STATEMENTS


+ didn't + simple verb + complement.


Example:
I didn't go to the park with my friends yesterday.

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Fill in the Blank

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negative statements

Sorry, I _____ (go) to your birthday party.

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YES / NO QUESTIONS


Did + + simple verb + complement?


Example:
Did you go to the park with your friends yesterday? Yes, I did./No, I didn't.

Structure of the Simple Past Tense

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Drag and Drop

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yes / no questions

you​
me last night?

Yes, I_​
.
Drag these tiles and drop them in the correct blank above
did
Do
called
Does
Did
call

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INFORMATION QUESTIONS


Wh + did + + simple verb + complement?


Example:
Where did you go yesterday? I went to the park with my friends yesterday.

Structure of the Simple Past Tense

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Reorder

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information questions

eat / they / what / last night? / did

What

did

they

eat

last night?

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REFERENCES

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