High School Grammar Lessons

WELCOME CLASS TO OUR LESSON TODAY!

THE TOPIC TODAY IS:

SIMLPE PAST

THE DEFINITION OF SIMPLE PAST

• The simple past is a verb tense that is used to talk about things that happened or existed before now.

• The simple past tense shows that you are talking about something that has already happened.

• Unlike the past continuous tense, which is used to talk about past events that happened over a period of time, the simple past tense emphasizes that the action is finished.

HERE IS EXAMPLE 1 :

Wolfgang admired the way the light glinted off his silver medal.

THE DEFINITION OF SIMPLE PAST

• You can also use the simple past to talk about a past state of being, such as the way someone felt about something.

  
  

  
  

• This is often expressed with the simple past tense of the verb to be and an adjective, noun, or prepositional phrase.

  
  

  
  

THIS IS EXAMPLE 2 :

The contest was the highlight of his week

FORMULATION OF SIMPLE PAST :

1. For regular verbs : Add -ed to the root form of the verb (or just -d if the root form already ends in an e)

+ Example :

Play→Played

Type→Typed

Listen→Listened

Push→Pushed

Love→Loved

2/ For irregular verbs, things get more complicated. The simple past tense of some irregular verbs looks exactly like the root form.

Put→Put

Cut→Cut

Set→Set

Cost→Cost

Hit→Hit

3/ For other irregular verbs, including the verb to be, the simple past forms are more erratic:

See→Saw

Build→Built

Go→Went

Do→Did

Rise→Rose

Am/Is/Are→Was/Were

SIMPLE PAST NEGATIVE :

The formula is did not + [root form of verb]. You can also use the contraction didn’t instead of did not.

SOME AWARENESS WORDS :

1. Yesterday, ago, last (week, year, month), in the past, the day before, với những khoảng thời gian đã qua trong ngày (today, this morning, this afternoon).

2. After as if, as though (như thể là), it’s time (đã đến lúc), if only, wish (ước gì), would sooner/ rather (thích hơn).

TO REVIEW THE LESSON TODAY

THIS IS SOME EXERCISES FOR YOU :

Fill in the Blanks

We didn't

the game last night (watch)

Fill in the Blanks

Last night we

pizza for dinner (eat)

Fill in the Blanks

Peter didn't

the movie last night. (see)

Fill in the Blanks

We

soup, pasta and salad for dinner last night. (have)

Fill in the Blanks

"Millonarios"

the game last Friday (win)

Fill in the Blanks

you go to the cinema last weekend?

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION

PLEASE REVISE THE LESSON , STUDY THE DEFINITION AND FORMULATION OF PAST SIMPLE TENSE. I WILL CHECK YOU ON THE NEXT CLASS