Transcript The simple past tense

UNIT 2
2º ESO
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THE SIMPLE PAST TENSE
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TO BE ( WAS/WERE)
THERE WAS/THERE WERE
YESTERDAY
WERE YOU…? WAS HE/SHE..?
HUNGRY
 SAD
 HAPPY
 THIRSTY
 ANGRY
 SLEEPY
 TIRED

WERE YOU …?
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YES, I WAS
NO, I WASN’T/ WAS NOT
WAS
HEWASN’T/
/ SHE?…?
NO, HE/SHE
WAS NOT
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YES, HE/SHE WAS
YES, THEY WERE
NO, THEY WEREN’T
WERE THEY…?
THE SIMPLE PAST TENSE
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Form (structure)
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Meaning & Use
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Pronunciation
HOW DO WE MAKE THE SIMPLE PAST
TENSE . . . ?
2 types of verbs in the
past tense:
Regular verbs
 Irregular verbs
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Examples…
taught
 walked
 studied
 gave
 became
 cried
 lived
 did
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REGULAR
VERBS ARE VERBS THAT
….
…end with –ed
Simple Form
Walk
Study
Cry
Live
Past Tense
IRREGULAR
VERBS ARE VERBS THAT...
…DON’T end with –ed
Some Irregular Verbs
have a vowel change in the past tense:
Simple Form
Past Tense
become
give
drive
forget
became
gave
drove
forgot
OTHER IRREGULAR VERBS
HAVE A DIFFERENT KIND OF CHANGE:
Simple
Past
teach taught
bring
brought
leave
left
hear
heard
buy
bought
AND SOME IRREGULAR VERBS
DON’T CHANGE AT ALL
Simple
hit
put
set
...
Past
hit
put
set
The children set the table every Sunday.
The children set the table last night.
FOR
REGULAR VERBS, SIMPLY USE THE –ED FORM OF THE
VERB IN A POSITIVE SENTENCE.
When I was a child, I ___________ the piano.
Donna ______________ and _______________
in Paris when she was younger.
FOR IRREGULAR VERBS, USE THE CORRECT PAST
TENSE FORM IN POSITIVE SENTENCES.
Last week, I ___________ you a letter.
William _____________ to San Francisco
last week. He __________ all the great
sites there.
FOR NEGATIVE
SENTENCES,
USE
I went to work yesterday.
Carl didn’t go to work
because he was sick.
EXCEPTION =
VERB BE!
The verb be is special.
Never use DID NOT or DIDN’T with the verb
BE. Instead, just use:
MEANING & USE
In what situations do English speakers use
the simple past tense?
 Completed actions in the past
What are some common time expressions used
with the past tense?
EXAMPLES:
I saw Maria yesterday.
Last Friday, the students took their spelling and
vocabulary tests.
They got married two years ago.
PRONUNCIATION
The –ed ending in English has:
SOME REGULAR
SOUND:
walked
laughed
washed
talked
jumped
VERBS END WITH A “T”
SOME REGULAR
SOUND:
planned
played
learned
answered
loved
VERBS END WITH A “D”
OTHER
REGULAR VERBS END WITH AN “ID”
SOUND:
These verbs have an
Simple Form
extra syllable:
Past Tense
THERE ARE RULES THAT TELL US
HOW TO PRONOUNCE THE -ED.
However,
It’s a good idea for students to make a list of
which –ed verbs have a “t” sound, which have a
“d” sound, and which have an “id” sound.
And with practice, you can start to learn and
memorize correct pronunciation.
Transform the sentences into Past Simple Tense.
 She is at the park now.
(+) - She was at the park yesterday.
(-) - She wasn’t at the park yesterday.
(?) - Was she at the park yesterday?
 She goes to the hospital to visit her friend.
(+) - She went to the hospital to visit
her friend last week.
(-) - She didn’t go to the hospital to
visit her friend last week.
(?) - Did she go to the hospital to visit
her friend last week?
Why do we use Simple Past Tense?
Completed actions in the past.
- My mom made some pancake for us yesterday.
A series of completed actions in the past.
- I finished my work, walked to the beach, and
found a nice place to swim.
Fill in the blanks with the correct form of verbs.
1)Minnie________(bake)
baked
a huge cake for
Mickey’s birthday party.(+)
broke
2)John________(break)
a window while he was
playing football.(+)
3)____
Did you____(ask)
ask
a question during the
lesson(?)
4)They __________(have)
didn’t have
a picnic at the
weekend(-)
Were they at the party last night(?)
5)____
made
6)My mother________(make)
a sandwich for
me.(+)
didn’t go
7)He ____
to
was ill so he ___________(go)
school yesterday.(+,-)
bought
8)He _______(buy)
an expensive car
last year.(+)
Did
clean (clean) the house at
9) ____she
_____
the weekend(?)
10)Students didn’t
_________(listen)
listen
to the
teacher(-)
PAST SIMPLE
PAST CONTINUOUS
WHAT WERE YOU
DOING…?
Yesterday at 7:00 in the morning…
Yesterday at 22:00…
On Tuesday morning…
On Monday at night…
On the 31st at 0:00…
This morning at 8:00…
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PAST CONTINUOUS
This tense describes…
AN ACTION THAT WAS IN PROGRESS AT SOME POINT IN THE
PAST.
My brother was working yesterday at 7
They were doing and exam last Friday at 2:30
TWO EVENTS TAKING PLACE AT THE SAME TIME IN THE PAST
Ellen was cooking while her sister was watching TV
I was eating chocolate
 She was studying French
 They were reading comics all night
 You were talking during the film
 My dogs were barking the whole night
 He was phoning his mother
 I was cutting wood in the forest
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AS YOU CAN SEE, THE STRUCTURE IS VERY SIMPLE.
SUBJECT
ing)
+
WAS/ WERE +
GERUND (Verb +
GERUND = continuous form of the verb
In Spanish= RUN– Correr
RUNNING- Corriendo
AFFIRMATIVE
I was studying yesterday at 5 o’clock
 Peter was living in San Francisco
 They were watching TV
 My best friend was travelling to Paris
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YOU – WE – THEY
WERE
Ving ………..
- HE –someThing…
SHE – IT
WAS
Think IabouT
Ving ………..
you were doing yesterday at 10:00…
your father was watching on TV at 14:00…
the person next to you was eating yesterday…
NEGATIVE
I wasn’t studying yesterday at 5 o’clock
 Peter wasn’t living in San Francisco
 They weren’t watching TV
 My best friend wasn’t travelling to Paris
YOU – WE – THEY
WEREn’t
Ving ………..
- HE – someThing…
SHE – IT
WASn’t
ThinkIabouT
Ving ……….
you weren’t doing yesterday at 10:00…
your father wasn’t watching on TV at 14:00…
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the person next to you wasn’t eating
yesterday…
INTERROGATIVE
Were you studying yesterday at 5 o’clock?
 Was Peter living in San Francisco?
 Were they watching TV?
 Was your best friend travelling to Paris?
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WERE
YOU – WE – THEY
Ving ………..?
I - HE
– SHE
– IT
ask WAS
YouR PaRTneR
abouT
someThing…
Ving yesterday
………..?at 20:00…
he was doing
his/her father watch on TV at night…
the person next to you was doing yesterday…
Think about two different actions.
- I was reading while…..
- When the phone rang I ….
- When I opened the window it …
- I was walking when the car…
- I was walking when I …..
- While they were cooking I…
PAST CONTINUOUS AND PAST SIMPLE
The past continuous describes a longer action or
situation and the ‘action’ described by the past
simple tense interrupts the ‘situation’ described by
the past continuous tense
WHILE – It is usually used before continuous
tenses
 It
was raining hard when we left the building.
WHEN
- Itreading
is usually
before
simple tenses
 While
I was
theused
report
you rang.
He was going out to lunch when I saw him.
 While he was cooking I phoned him
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TRANSLATE THE FOLLOWING
SENTENCES
Yo no estaba limpiando la habitación, estaba
buscando a mi perro. El estaba perdido
I wasn’t cleaning the room, I was looking for my dog. He was
lost
 Hicieron una película en Los Ángeles aunque se
gastaron todo el dinero y tuvieron que volver. La
película no está terminada
They made a film in LA although they spent all the money
and they had to come back. The film is not finished
 Mi hermana y mi madre no me ayudaron, estaban
leyendo y no querian parar
My sister and my mum didn’t help me, they were reading and
they didn’t want to end
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Paula estaba corriendo el tu casa cuando se
calló y se rompió su pierna.
Paula was running in your house when she fell down
and he broke her leg
 ¿Dónde estuviste despues del colegio? No había
nadie fuera del edificio, así que me fui a casa.
Where were you after school? There wasn’t anybody
outside the buiding so I came back/went home
 ¿Estabas jugando fuera con nuestro perro
cuando te mandé un mensaje?
Where you playing outside with our dogs when I texted
you?
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