Transcript Past Tense

Simple Past Tense
Simple Past Tense
When?
When should we use past tense?
1. A past action
e.g. I went to school yesterday.
.
2. A past truth
e.g. They were very rich a year
ago.
Adverbs that usually use in past
tense.:
Yesterday
A year ago
Last night
Two days ago
Last Sunday
The day before
yesterday
Structure of simple past tense
with verb ‘to be’:
Question:
Were you/we/they (P) in Japan yesterday?
Was I/he/she/it (S) happy two days ago?
Statement:
You/We/They(P) were in Japan yesterday.
You/We/They weren’t in Japan yesterday.
I/He/She/It(S) was happy two days ago.
I/He/She/It
wasn’t happy two days ago.
Structure of past tense with other
verbs:
Question:
Did I/you/we/they go to school yesterday?
she/he it(S/P)
Statement:
I/You/We/They went to school yesterday.
He/She/It (S/P) didn’t go
1) A past truth
I was a
football
player in
1992.
1) A past truth
They were
in an office
yesterday.
.
2) A past action
I played
with my
good friend
yesterday.
2) A past action
We closed
the door
three
minutes ago.
2) A past action
You cried
this
morning..
2) A past action
He cut
his
finger last night.
.
Exercises
Try
your
best!!
.
Exercise 1
was
1. I _____(be)
a baby in
1991.
was
2. John _____(be)
at
home yesterday.
Exercise 1 (Continued)
3. The children ______
were
(be) happy last night.
4. You ______(be)
hot
were
four hours ago.
Exercise 2
1. I ________(walk)
to
walked
school this morning.
2. Helen _______(read)
read
three books last week.
.
Exercise 2(Continued)
3. They _______(phone)
phoned
to their friends
yesterday.
climbed
4. It_________(climb)
up
the tree ten minutes
ago.
The End
Hints
* yesterday
* last _________
* this morning
* ______ ______ ago
* in (1994)
be
was
I
He
was
She
It
be
were
You
were
We
They
+ed
climb
play
talk
walk
wash
watch
climbed
played
talked
walked
washed
watched
+d
close
like
live
phone
closed
liked
lived
phoned
+ied
carry
cry
study
try
carried
cried
studied
tried
no change
cost
cut
hit
read
shut
put
cost
cut
hit
read
shut
put