Transcript The simple past

THE SIMPLE PAST
BATOOL
FATIMAH S
PAST SIMPLE TENSE; IRRREGULAR VERBS
AFFIRMATIVE
Irregular past verb forms must be learned
becaues they don’t follow rule;
1_go

went
2_come 
came
3_buy

bought
4_drink 
dronk
5_eat

ate
For exapmle :
Past simple tense: Rugular and
Irregular verb :
Negative :ues not or didn’t +a base form
verb to make the past simple tense
negative.
I didn’t live in a flat
during my last
summer holiday
PAST SIMPLE TENSE : REGULAR VERBS
AFFIRMATIVE
NEGATIVE
I worked
She worked
It worked
She ate lunch
I wrote a story
I didn’t work
She didn’t work
It didn’t work
She didn’t eat lunch
I didn’t write a story
The simple past tense is used
To talk about actions that happened at a
specific time in the past .you state when it
happened using a time adverb (yesterday, last
year)
ALSO, It can be used to describe
events that happened a period of time
in the past but not now :
For example :
I lived in Asia for two years.
ANY QUESTION ??
Grammar presentation :
Yes or no questions:
did
did
subject
I
You
He
She
It
We
they
answers
Base
form
of
verb
yes
start
You
I
He
She
It
We
they
answers
did
No,
You
I
He
She
It
We
they
Didn’t
Wh-questions
Whword
did
subject
Base
from of
verb
answers
what
i
ask?
You asked about his name.
where
you
Go?
I went to the library.
he
Write?
He wrote at night, after work .
why
we
Leave?
We went someplace else.
Who(m
)
you
Call?
I called my friend.
How
long
they
Stay?
They stayed for an hour.
when
did
Wh-questions about the subject
Wh-word
Past from of
verb
who
wrote
what
Happened?
answers
The hobbit?
j.r.r.tolkien wrote it .
It became a big success.
• Wh-questions in the past do not use did when the questions is about the subject.
• Ali wrote the hobbit.
Q: who wrote the hobbit ?
A: li
Not: who did write the hobbit?
Focused practice :
1.
2.
3.
4.
I read his books.
We enjoyed the movie.
It had a good storyline.
I didn’t understand everything.
1. I read his books. Did you read them
too?
2. We enjoyed the movie. did you enjoy it
too?
3. It had a good storyline. Did it have a lot
of action?
4. I didn’t understand everything. Did she
understand everything
Correct these questions:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
When john steinbeck was born?
Where he was born?
Where did he studied writing?
When did he died?
Did she drank a glass of milk?