Transcript Simple Past Tense

Simple Past Tense
by Kristi Reyes
Simple Past
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Any event, activity, or state that started and
finished in the past
 Key words:
yesterday …
last …
… ago
 Regular verbs
work
talk
stay
study
 Irregular verbs
see
have
go
drive
Spelling Rules for Regular Verbs
Most regular verbs, add –ed to change to past tense:
walk
listen
need
1.
close
live
die
continue
2.
try
study
satisfy
hurry
marry
play? stay?
Spelling Rules for Regular Verbs
3.
shop
jog chat
rain?
fax? bow?
4.
prefer
permit
happen?
listen?
Pronunciation of -ed
Which is the correct pronunciation of the –ed in these regular verbs?
Three different pronunciations of -ed
1. /t/
2. /d/
3. /id/
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liked
rained
wanted
stayed
assisted
called
helped
closed
decided
looked
watched
painted
Irregular Verbs
Need to memorize
See handout
Practice every day!
To be
PRESENT
I am
You are
He is
She is
It is
We are
They are
People
are
Everyone is
PAST
was
I
were
You
was
He
was
She
was
It
were
We
were
They
People were
Everyone was
Questions and negatives
in simple past tense
Change these affirmative sentences into
questions and negatives on your paper
Sentence
I studied English.
She worked yesterday.
They took a vacation.
He had a day off.
I was absent last week.
They were on break.
It was a holiday.
Question
Negative
Answers
I studied English.
 Did you study English.
 You didn’t study English.
She worked yesterday.
 Did she work yesterday?
 She didn’t work yesterday.
They took a vacation.
 Did they take a vacation?
 They didn’t take a vacation.
He had a day off.
 Did he have a day off?
 He didn’t have a day off.
I was absent last week.
 Were you absent last week?
 I wasn’t / you weren’t absent
last week.
They were on break.
 Were they on break?
 They weren’t on break.
It was a holiday.
 Was it a holiday?
 It wasn’t a holiday.
Questions and negatives
in simple past tense
Question formation:
Did + subject + verb + ?
Was / Were + subject + verb + ?
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Negation:
Subject + did not (didn’t) + verb
Subject + was / were not (wasn’t / weren’t) + …
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