Simple Past Tense Verbs

Simple Present Tense

Multiple Select

Under what situation should you use present tense? (you can choose more than one)

• Talking about where you are currently living

• Talking about yesterday's volleybal match

• Talking about where the sun sets

• Talking about when you eat dinner everyday

​When to use present tense (ref. GB p.88)

• ​Facts & general truths

  • ​Scientific truths

  • ​Phenomenons that appear / happen all the time

• ​Things that are true now (may change later)

• Regular events

  • ​Habits

  • ​Clues: words that indicate time --> adverbs of frequency (e.g.: always, often); adverbial phrases (e.g.: every day, once a month)

​Practice

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Multiple Choice

Complete the sentence:

He____football on Sundays.

• play

• plays

• played

Multiple Choice

Complete the sentence:

We often ____ in the river.

• swam

• swims

• swim

• swimed

Multiple Choice

Complete the sentence:

It ____ almost every day in Manchester.

• rained

• rains

• rain

Multiple Choice

Complete the sentence:

John is very lazy, so I ____ he will pass the course.

• think

• thinks

• do not think

• does not think

Multiple Choice

Complete the sentence:

I never ____ coffee.

• drink

• drinks

• drank

Multiple Choice

Complete the following sentence:

___ she from 2B class?

• Is

• Does

• Are

Multiple Choice

Complete the following sentence:

___ you ___ in Shatin?

• Do...live

• Does...live

• Are...live

Simple Past Tense

Open Ended

What is the simple past tense of the following word?

start

Open Ended

What is the simple past tense of the following word?

copy

Open Ended

What is the simple past tense of the following word?

is

Open Ended

What is the simple past tense of the following word?

buy

Open Ended

What is the simple past tense of the following word?

bring

Open Ended

What is the simple past tense of the following word?

catch

Open Ended

What is the simple past tense of the following word?

hurt

​Regular vs Irregular verbs

• Regular verbs: past tense form that ends with -ed or -ied

• Irregular verbs: past tense form that do not ends with -ed or -ied (ref. GB p.A3-A4)

Multiple Choice

Complete the sentence:

She ____ this book last night.

• readed

• read

• reads

Multiple Choice

Complete the sentence:

I ___ my new dress to the prom last week.

• wear

• weared

• wore

Multiple Choice

Complete the sentence:

Last Sunday, Tony ____ you about the meeting tomorrow.

• called

• call

• will call

Multiple Choice

Complete the sentence:

They ___ here just now.

• are

• was

• were

Multiple Choice

Complete the sentence:

I ___ with my mother yesterday. I was busy.

• went

• do not go

• did not go

Multiple Choice

Complete the sentence:

Although we did something wrong, she ____ angry with us.

• was not

• was

• is not

• did not

Multiple Choice

Complete the sentence:

Did you ____ him yesterday?

• saw

• see

• sees

Multiple Choice

Complete the sentence:

___ I with you when he said that? I don't remember.

• Was

• Were

• Am