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PAST SIMPLE
This tense is used to talk about
completed actions in the past.
Simple Past Tense
Verb to Be.
Basic English
Structure
Affirmative Sentences.
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I
HE
SHE
IT
WE
YOU
THEY
was
were
a kid.
friends.
Structure
Negative Sentences.
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I
HE
SHE
IT
WE
YOU
THEY
was not
(wasn’t)
were not
(weren’t)
a kid.
friends.
Structure
Simple Questions or Yes/ No
Questions
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WAS
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WERE
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I
HE
SHE
IT
I
a kid? Yes, he WAS or
she
it
I
No, he
she
it
WASN’T
WE
we
we
YOU friends? Yes, you WERE or No, you WEREN’T
THEY
they
they
Structure
Informative Questions or WH
Questions
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WHY
WHEN
WHERE
HOW
WHICH
WHY
WHEN
WHERE
HOW
WHICH
WAS
WERE
I
HE
SHE
IT
WE
YOU
THEY
?
friends?
PAST EXPRESSIONS
LAST MONTH/ WEEK / WEEKEND
YESTERDAY
AGO
PAST SIMPLE
(AFFIRMATIVE FORM)
It is formed with the following structure:
SUBJECT + VERB (PAST SIMPLE) + COMPLEMENT
SHE
STUDIED
YOU
WROTE
A LOVE LETTER LAST WEEK
READ
A MAGAZINE 1 MONTH AGO
HE
HARD YESTERDAY
Exercises:
Put the verbs into the correct form (simple past).
Last year I (spend) _______________ my holiday in Ireland.
It (be)________________ great.
I (travel)_____________ around by car with two friends and we (visit)
___________lots of interesting places.
In the evenings we usually ___________(go) to a pub.
One night we even (learn) ______________ some Irish dances.
PAST SIMPLE
(NEGATIVE FORM)
This structure includes the auxiliary “didn’t”
STRUCTURE
SUBJECT + AUX. “DIDN’T” +VERB ( INFINITIVE) + COMPLEMENT
THEY
DIDN’T
GO
TO CLASS YESTERDAY
HE
DIDN’T
WRITE
A LOVE LETTER
WE
DIDN’T
ATTEND
ENGLISH CLASS
Exercises:
Rewrite the sentences in the negative.
They collected postcards. → ____________________________
You jumped high. → __________________________________
Albert played squash. → _______________________________
The teacher tested our English. → _______________________
Fiona visited her grandma. → ___________________________
PAST SIMPLE
(INTERROGATIVE FORM)
yes / no questions)
This form includes de auxiliary “DID”
STRUCTURE
AUX. “DID” + SUBJECT + VERB (INFINITIVE) + COMPLEMENT
Did
you
speak
a lot last week?
Did
she
write
a book yesterday?
Did
they
talk
about their homework?
Exercises:
Write questions in simple past.
Anna / the window / open __________________________
she / home / walk ________________________________
you / in the garden / work __________________________
you / a song / sing _________________________________
she / on a chair / sit ________________________________
PAST SIMPLE
(INTERROGATIVE FORM)
SHORT ANSWERS
These are called short answers because
you answer with “YES” or “NOT”
Examples:
Did you speak a lot last week?
YES, I did
NO, I didn’t
Did she write a book yesterday?
YES, She did
NO, She didn’t.
EXERCISES:
ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS
Did Mayda go to the school yesterday? ______________________
Did They travel around the world 1year ago? ________________
Did We study English the last year? ________________________
Did You talk about politics yesterday? _______________________
Did he attend class the last week? _________________________
FORM
There are regular verbs and irregular verbs.
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All regular past tense verbs end in “ed”
Regular: study
live
stay
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studied
lived
stayed
Some verbs have irregular past tense
forms:
Irregular:
go
be
do
went
was – were
did
These verbs don’t follow any spelling rules.
Irregular past verb forms must be learned.
Spelling of “ed” form
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Most verbs – add “ed”
Example:
walk
walked
order
ordered
Verbs that end in “e” – add only “d”
Example:
live
lived
decide
decided
Verbs that end in consonant “y”- change y to i and
add “ed”
Example:
study
studied
carry
carried
Verbs that end in CVC [stressed vowel] double the last
consonant
Example:
shop
shopped
stop
stopped
permit
permitted
admit
admitted
Do not double the last consonant if the last syllable is
not stressed:
listen
listened
Negative Statements
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To form negative statements:
did + not (didn’t) + base form
Example: He didn’t call me.
She didn’t study French.
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Don’t use didn’t with the verb TO BE
use to be + not:
Example: He wasn’t there yesterday.
They weren’t happy.
Yes/No questions & short
answers
To form yes/no questions, use:
did + subject + base form
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Example:
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Or
Did he study English last night?
Did they learn to play the piano?
To form short answers to yes/no
questions, use:
yes + subject pronoun + did
no + subject pronoun+ didn’t
Example: Yes, he did.
No, they didn’t.
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(-)
I played
I didn't play
You played You didn’t play
He played He didn’t play
She played She didn’t play
(?)
Did I play?
Did you play?
Did he play?
Did she play?
It played
It didn’t play
Did it play?
We played
We didn’t play
Did we play?
They played They didn’t play Did they play?
Short answers:
When
Who
did
you
go home?
he
speak to?
- Yes, {I/we/you/he} did
- No, {I/you/we/they} didn’t
WEBQUEST : FAMOUS
PEOPLE AROUND THE
WORLD
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Objective:
– To investigate about famous people
– To improve the use of Internet and
search engines
– To improve reading comprehension skills
– To practice the use of the simple past
tense
1ºSTEP
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Follow the link below and select some
(10 to 12) famous people you want to
know more.
– http://daytranslations.com/famous_argen
tine_people.aspx
– http://www.famouspeople.com/famous_b
iographies.htm
– http://www.famouspeople.co.uk/
– http://www.thefamouspeople.com/
2º STEP
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Look for information to answer these
questions:
– When and where was he/she born?
– What was/is her/his occupation?
– Was his/her family native of the country?
– Why is/was he/she famous for?
3º STEP
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Get together with a classmate and
prepare a ppt presentation or a movie
with your results (you can use movie
maker).
You can copy and paste
information/pictures from other
websites but acknowledge the source.
Prepare an extra-activity for other
students to do (wordsearch,
crossword, quiz, etc.)
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
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Students: David Moscoso Jurado
Shorlli Salazar