Transcript Simple past
Greg opened the door, looked at his girlfriend and
smiled.
Simple Past
Greg opened the door, looked at his girlfriend and smiled.
The verbs are in the past tense. Write their infinitive form.
• Opened – ____________________
• Looked – ____________________
• Smiled – ____________________
Are these REGULAR or IRREGULAR verbs?
Simple Past
Greg opened the door, looked at his girlfriend and smiled.
The verbs are in the past tense. Write their infinitive form.
• Opened – open
• Looked – look
• Smiled – smile
Are these REGULAR or IRREGULAR verbs?
They are regular verbs.
Simple Past
• What is infinitive form of the following verbs?
Carried – ____________________
Played – ____________________
Stopped – ____________________
Studied – ____________________
Enjoyed – ____________________
• To make the past form of verbs ended in consonant + ‘-y’, the ‘y’ changes to ___________and add ___________ to the verb.
• To make the past form of verbs ended in vowel + ‘-y’, just add
___________ to the verb.
• When the verb ends consonante + vowel + consonante, double
the final ___________ and add ___________.
Simple Past
• What is infinitive form of the following verbs?
Carried – carry
Played – play
Stopped – stop
Studied – study
Enjoyed – enjoy
• To make the past form of verbs ended in consonant + ‘-y’, the ‘y’ changes to -i and add -ed to the verb.
• To make the past form of verbs ended in vowel + ‘-y’, just add ed to the verb.
• When the verb ends consonante + vowel + consonante, double
the final consonant and add -ed.
Mark went to the supermarket. He bought some
food, paid for it in cash and left the place in a
hurry.
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Simple Past
Mark went to the supermarket. He bought some food, paid for it in
cash and left the place in a hurry.
The verbs are in the past tense. Write their infinitive form.
•
•
•
•
Went – ____________________
Bought – ____________________
Paid – ____________________
Left – ____________________
Are these REGULAR or IRREGULAR verbs?
Simple Past
Mark went to the supermarket. He bought some food, paid for it in
cash and left the place in a hurry.
The verbs are in the past tense. Write their infinitive form.
•
•
•
•
Went – go
Bought – buy
Paid – pay
Left – leave
Are these REGULAR or IRREGULAR verbs?
They are irregular verbs.
“Did you wash your dog last weekend?”
“No, I didn’t. I took it to the pet shop.”
“How much did you pay?”
“I didn’t pay anything. It is my dad’s shop.”
Linda Freshwaters Arndt / Photo Researchers / Universal Images Group
Simple past auxiliary verb: DID
QUESTIONS
“Did you wash your dog last weekend?”
“How much did you pay?”
[Question word] + ____________ + subject + ____________
SHORT ANSWERS
“No, I didn’t.”
Yes / No + subject + ____________
NEGATIVES
“I didn’t pay anything. It is my dad’s shop.”
Subject + ____________ + ____________
Simple past auxiliary verb: DID
QUESTIONS
“Did you wash your dog last weekend?”
“How much did you pay?”
[Question word] + DID + subject + INFINITIVE
SHORT ANSWERS
“No, I didn’t.”
Yes / No + subject + DID / DIDN’T
NEGATIVES
“I didn’t pay anything. It is my dad’s shop.”
Subject + DIDN’T + INFINITIVE
“Where were Jack and Jane last night?”
“They were at the office.”
“Were they happy?”
“No, they weren’t. They were bored.”
ARTHUR WOODCROFT / SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Universal Images Group
Simple past: Be
QUESTION
“Where were Jack and Jane last night?”
SHORT ANSWER
“No, they weren’t.”
Positive
AFFIRMATIVE
They were bored.
You/ We/
They were...
NEGATIVE
“They weren’t happy.”
Negative
Question
I/ He/ She/ It I/ He/ She/ It Was I/ he/
was ...
wasn’t ...
she/ it ...?
You/ We/
They
weren’t...
Were you/
we/, they...?
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• ROBERTS, Rachel. Discover Elementary English Grammar.
MFP Publications, 1997.