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Simple Past Tense(1)
We use this tense to talk about things
that happened in the past.
Grandpa played with
marbles when he was young.
People used oil lamps in the
evenings fifty years ago.
If there is no action in the sentence, we
use ‘was’ or ‘were’ as the verb.
am / is / are  was / were
I was short.
There weren’t any air-cons.
Simple Past Tense(2)
This tense has only one word.
There are two kinds of past tense verbs:
 Regular verbs
 Irregular verbs
Regular verbs
Spelling rules
base form + ed
verbs ending in -e + d
Examples
walk  walked
play  played
like  liked
move  moved
verbs ending in a consonant + y carry  carried

study  studied
change y  i + ed
plan  planned
Some verbs ending in
a single consonant +
stop  stopped
the second last letter is a vowel
 double the last letter + ed
Irregular verbs
Spelling rules
Examples
no change in base form
put
cut
 put
 cut
different spelling from the
base form
go
eat
wear
come




went
ate
wore
came
Study Time…
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carefully.
2. Give your answer.
3. Click the mouse to check
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Practice
Base Form
wear
ride
use
go
have
try
shop
enjoy
take
Simple Past Tense
wore
rode
used
went
had
tried
shopped
enjoyed
took
Simple Past Tense(3)
Hint words:
yesterday
last night
last Sunday
last year
ago
yesterday
last night
last year
50 years ago
last Sunday
Now
Practice 1…
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carefully.
2. Give your answer.
3. Click the mouse to check
out the correct answers.
Practice 1
went (go) to school by bus yesterday.
1 He _______
had
2 Grandma _______
(have) a telephone
when she was young.
wore (wore) trainers to school yesterday.
3 I _______
ate
4 We _______
(eat) fast food last Sunday.
Negative sentences
We add ‘did not’ to make the sentence negative.
Don’t change the verb after did not.
He had a computer lesson last week.
 + not
He did not have a computer lesson last week.
Practice 2…
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Practice 2
did not go (not go) to school by bus
1 I __________
yesterday.
did not have (not have) a dancing
2 She ___________
lesson last week.
3 Peter ____________
did not give (not give) any flowers
to his mum last Mother’s Day.
did not watch (not watch) the dragon
4 He ____________
boat races last year.
Questions
We use ‘did ’ to make questions.
Don’t change the verb after did.
Did
Yes,
No,
you
he
she
people
I
he
she
they
surf the Net
go to school
wear trainers
did.
didn’t.
yesterday?
last Monday?
50 years ago?
Questions
We can also use was or were to make questions.
fast food 50 years ago?
Was there any
cola
when you were young?
Yes,
was.
there
No,
wasn’t.
uncountable nouns
Questions
We can also use was or were to make questions.
Were there any
Yes,
CDs
50 years ago?
air-cons when you were young?
were.
there
No,
weren’t.
countable nouns,
use the plural
Practice 3…
Steps :
1.Read the question
carefully.
2. Give your answer.
3. Click the mouse to check
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Practice 3
Were (be) there any computers sixty years ago?
1 _____
No, there ______.
weren’t
Did you ______
come (come) to school by MTR
2 _____
yesterday?
did
Yes, I ____.
listen (listen) to the radio last night?
Did you _______
3 ____
didn’t
No, I _______.
Was (be) there any chewing gum thirty years ago?
4 ____
was
Yes, there ________.
Practice
any ice cream?
Was there any ice cream
when you were young, Grandpa?
Yes, there was.
any bicycles?
Were there any bicycles
when you were young, Grandpa?
Yes, there were.
any air-cons?
Were there any air-cons
when you were young, Grandpa?
No, there weren’t.
any fast food?
Was there any fast food
when you were young, Grandpa?
No, there wasn’t.
eat dim sum?
Did you eat dim sum when you
were young, Grandma?
Yes, I did.
watch TV?
Did you watch TV when you were
young, Grandma?
No, I didn’t.
use computers?
Did you use computers when you
were young, Grandma?
No, I didn’t.
Can you write your own sentences
by using past tense ?
Steps :
1.Print out the next paper.
2.Write some sentences by
using past tense.
3. Share your work with your
teacher and class.
Name : _________________ (
) Class : P.4____ Date : _______________
Example : 1. last night…
My father and John watched the football match last night.
2. yesterday ?
Did you buy the yellow T-shirt in Lily Shopping Centre yesterday ?
Create your own sentences.
1. last week…
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2. ten years ago…
_______________________________________________________________
3. last Christmas ?
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4. last Sunday ?
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5. Yesterday…
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