Simple Past and Skill 1-5 SWE

Simple Past Tense

Functions

• to state events already happened

Adverbs

• yesterday

• this morning

• last ...

• last month

• ... ago

• in the past

• the day before yesterday

Verbs

• drink - drank

• write - wrote

• teach - taught

• break - broke

• tell - told

Irregular

• read - read

• stay - stayed

• cook - cooked

• work - worked

• study - studied

Regular

Affirmative

• S + V2

  • I worked as an ER nurse in 2021.

• He/she/it/I + was + adv/adj

  • He was happy when he got the first rank.

• You/They/We + were + adj/adv

  • You were there yesterday.

Categorize

Options (18)

order - ordered

organize - organized

pass - passed

fry - fried

identify - identified

protect - protected

keep - kept

leave - left

hold - held

run - ran

see - saw

ring - rang

read - read

cost - cost

cut - cut

fit - fit

put - put

let - let

Organize these options into the right categories

Regular

Irregular

No change in writing

Open Ended

S + V2

Open Ended

• He/she/it/I + was + adv/adj

Open Ended

• You/They/We + were + adj/adv

Negative

• S + did + not + V1

  • I did not work as an ER nurse in 2021.

• He/she/it/I + was + not + adv/adj

  • He was not happy when he got the first rank.

• You/They/We + were + not + adj/adv

  • You were not there yesterday.

Open Ended

• S + did + not + V1

Open Ended

• He/she/it/I + was + not + adv/adj

Open Ended

• You/They/We + were + not + adj/adv

Questions

• Did + S + V1

  • Did I work as an ER nurse in 2021?

• Was + he/she/it/I + adv/adj

  • Was he happy when he got the first rank?

• Were You/They/We + adj/adv

  • Were you there yesterday?

Open Ended

• Did + S + V1

Open Ended

• Was + he/she/it/I + adv/adj

Open Ended

• Were You/They/We + adj/adv

Object of preposition

• noun, pronoun, gerund or noun clause appears after preposition

• to connect object with other parts of the sentence

• prepositions: in, at, on, of, to, by, behind, above, under,

• examples

  • With his friend, he found the movie theater.

  • At the neighborhood flower shop, flowers in quantities of a dozen or a half dozen can be delivered for free.

  • For the last three years at various hospitals in the county, Tania has been practicing medicine.

Prepositions

• Preposition of place: at, on, in, above, below, under, between, beside, near, next to, behind, in front of, over, inside, outside

• Preposition of time: at, on, in, by, before, after, during, for, since, until, within

• Preposition of direction: to, into, onto, out of, towards, along, through, across, over

• Preposition of cause/purpose): because of, due to, for, in order to, with, by, about, of

• Others: about, as, with, without, from, of, by, for, among, per, regarding

Present Participle

• Ving

• can be part of verb (be+Ving) or adjective (no "be")

  • The boy is standing on the corner.

  • The boy standing on the corner is my brother.

Multiple Choice

The fraternities are giving the wildest parties attract the newest pledges.

• fraternities

• are giving

• the wildest

• pledges

Multiple Choice

Those travellers are completing their trip on Delta should report to Gate Three.

• Those

• travellers

• are completing

• trips

Multiple Choice

The speaker was trying to make his point was often interrupted vociferously.

• The

• speaker

• was trying

• vociferously

Multiple Choice

The ads were announcing the half-day sale received a lot of attention.

• ads

• were

• were announcing

• attention

Past Participle (V3)

• designed passive (di....)

• am/is/are + V3

  • The book is bought by Susi today.

• was / were + V3

  • She was transferred to other hospital because there is no adequate facility here.

• has / had/ have + been + V3

  • The box had been moved to a new place, but no one admitted.

Past participle after subject

• functioned as adjective

• Examples

  • The package mailed at the post office will arrive on Monday.

  • The car listed in the ads had already stalled.

  • The topic taught by professor this morning will be on next week's exam.

  • The pizza served in this restaurant is the tastiest in the country.

  • The ports reached by the sailors were under the control of a foreign nation.

Appositive

• word or phrase gives additional information for noun or pronoun in a sentence

• after noun, with or without comma

• examples

  • My friend, Joko, is attending the lecture.

  • An excellent nurse Susi rarely misses her appointment.

Multiple Choice

The North Platte River ... from Wyoming to Nebraska.

• it flowed

• flows

• flowing

• with flowing water

Multiple Choice

... Biloxi received its name from a Sioux word meaning "first people".

• The city of

• Located in

• It is in

• The tour included

Multiple Choice

A pride of lions ... up to forty lions, including one to three males, several females and cups.

• can contain

• it contains

• contain

• containing

Multiple Choice

... tea plants are small and white.

• The

• On the

• Having flowers the

• The flowers of the

Multiple Choice

The tetracyclines, ... antibiotics, are used to treat infections.

• are a family of

• being a family

• a family of

• their family is

Multiple Choice

Any possible academic assistance from making stimulants ... marginal at best.

• it is

• there is

• is

• as

Multiple Choice

Henry Adams, born in Boston, ... famous as a historian and novelist.

• became

• and became

• he was

• and he became

Multiple Choice

The major cause ... the puli of the moon on the earth.

• the ocean tides are

• of ocean tides is

• of the tides in the ocean

• the oceans' tides

Multiple Choice

Still a novelty in the late 19th century, ... limited to the rich.

• was

• was photography

• it was photography

• photography was

Multiple Choice

A computerized map of the freeways using information gathered by sensors embedded in the pavement ... on a local cable channel during rush hours.

• airs

• airing

• air

• to air

This is the end of the session.