SimplePast.ppt
- 1. Unit: III The simple past tense Meaning & Use Form (structure) Exercise
- 2. Meaning & Use When do we use the Simple Past tense? We use the Simple Past to express the idea that an action started and finished at a specific time in the past. What are some common time expressions used with the past tense?
- 3. Examples: I saw Maria yesterday. Last Friday, the students took their spelling and vocabulary tests. They got married two years ago.
- 4. How do we form the simple past tense . . .? English has two types of verbs in the past tense: taught walked studied gave became cried lived did Look at the following list of past tense verbs… which verbs are regular, and which are irregular? Regular verbs Irregular verbs
- 5. Regular verbs are verbs that …. Simple Form Past Tense Walk Study Cry Live …end with –ed
- 6. Irregular verbs are verbs that . . . . …DON’T end with –ed some irregular verbs Have a vowel change in the past tense: Simple Form Past Tense become became give gave drive drove forget forgot
- 7. other irregular verbs Have a different kind of change: Simple Past teach taught bring brought Leave left Hear heard Buy bought
- 8. And some irregular verbs don’t change at all . . . Simple Past hit hit put put set set The children set the table every Sunday. The children set the table last night.
- 9. For regular verbs, simply use the –ed form of the verb in a positive sentence. When I was a child, I ___________ the piano. (play) Donna ______________ Paris. (visit)
- 10. For irregular verbs, use the correct past tense form in positive sentences. (We use the same form with different subjects .) Last week, I ___________ you a letter. (send) The students __________an English exam. (have) They _______ a great job! (do)
- 11. For negative sentences, USE I went to work yesterday. I didn’t go to work yesterday.
- 12. Exception = VERB BE! The verb be is special. Never use DID NOT or DIDN’T with the verb BE. Instead, just use:
- 13. For Yes/No questions, USE Did you go to work yesterday? Did you come yesterday?
- 14. Put the verbs (between brackets) into the correct form (simple past). Last year, I (spend) ________my holiday in Ireland. It (be) ________great. I (travel)___________ around the city by car with two friends and we (visit) ________lots of interesting places. In the evenings, we usually (go)_______ to a café. We (be) ________very lucky with the weather. It (not / rain)___________ a lot. We(see) ________some beautiful rainbows.
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