Past simple tense Regular Verbs Irregular verbs Simple WhandPast Yes Tense / No questions in Past Regular Verbs

Tense Irregular verbs Be in Past Tense Wh- and Yes / No questions in

Past Tense Be in Past Tense

Write down a date, a place, and a person thats significant to you in the past. And then tell your partners what they mean to you, and why they are important.

Date: June 30, 2008 Place: Da-An Park Person: Ding Wen Wen

-Oh really? -You did? -Tell me more. -Thats interesting. -What did you do? -What happened?

REGULAR VERBS

Talk

Spill

Pinch

Want

Listen

Jump

Walk

Play

Open

Close

Laugh

Count

Play TV games

Dance

Cry

Watch TV

Wait

Use a computer

Clean

Climb

Play football

Play the piano

Call

Cook

Turn on

Turn off

Share

Study

Push

Fix

Pull

Look at

Wash

Ask

Colour

Look for

REGULAR VERBS Spelling rules

To form the affirmative past tense of most regular verbs: Add ed to the base form of the verb (washwashed). If the verb ends in e, add d (live-lived)

If the verb ends in a consonant preceded by a vowel, double the final consonant (stop-stopped) If the verb ends in y preceded by a consonant, omit the y and add ied ( copy-copied)

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

Dance_________ Plan_________ Clean_________ Type_________ Study_________ Shop_________ Look_________ Play_________ Empty_________ Stop_________

Write the past

1. Wash_________ 2. Work_________ 3. Shave_________ 4. Carry_________ 5. Listen________ 6. Turn ________ 7. Ask ________ 8. Answer ________ 9. Push ________ tense form. 10. Wait ________

SIMPLE PRESENT
POSITIVE STATEMENT I work in Mushrooms Company. NEGATIVE STATEMENT I dont work in The Coke Company.

He lives in that small house.

We study in the CETis Maria knows how to cook.

He doesnt live in the big one.

We dont study in the CBTis Maria doesnt know how to make tortillas

Today I have a party.

My mom has my wallet

Today I dont have classes.

My mom doesnt have her purse

SIMPLE PAST
POSITIVE STATEMENT I worked in Mushrooms Company in May. NEGATIVE STATEMENT I didnt work in The Coke Company.

He lived in that small house 2 years ago.

We studied in the CETis last year. Maria knew how to cook. Yesterday I had a party. My mom had my wallet last night.

He didnt live in the big one.

We didnt study in the CBTis Maria didnt know how to make tortillas Today I didnt have classes. My mom didnt have her purse

PRONUNCIATION. Practice with a partner and locate the regular verbs according to their pronunciation. (See the verb list in the appendix).

/d/
Play played Walk

/t/
walked Need

/ id /
needed

Mail
Try

mailed
tried

Stop
Look

stopped
looked

Wait
Visit

waited
visited

Expressions for Past Tense

last
last night last Sunday last week last weekend last year last month

ago
10 minutes ago an hour ago three days ago a week ago a month ago a year ago

yesterday
yesterday yesterday morning yesterday afternoon yesterday evening the day before yesterday

IRREGULAR VERBS

Win

Break

Find

Give

Cut

Think

Take a picture

Throw away

Hold

Buy

Hurt

Hit

Write

Read

Sleep

Run

Take a bath

Win

Fly

Put on

Catch

Throw

Draw

Swim

Speak

Make a sandcastle

Fight

Come

Go

Ride

Sing

Eat

Drink

Look for the Past Form of the following verbs in your list.
1. Drive 2. Take 3.- run 4.- do 5.- leave 6. -go ________ ________ ________ ________ ________ ________ 7.- get 8.- eat 9.- see 10.-forget 11.- make 12.- write ________ 13.- buy ________ 14.- ring ________ 15.- sing ________ ________ ________

________ 16.- bring ________ ________ 17.- read ________ 18.- hear ________ ________

John Lennon (be) _________ born in 1940 in Liverpool, England, where he (grow up) ___________. As a teenager, he (meet) _________Paul McCartney, and they (begin) _________ to write songs together. After several years, they (form) _________ a new group called the Beatles, with George Harrison and Pete Best. However, Best (NOstay) _______________ in the group. Bingo Starr (join) _________ the group in place of Best. In 1964 the group (perform) _________ its first hit son Love Me Do. .. Next Page.

Write the correct form of the verb on the lines. Use the Simple Past Tense.

Between the years 1962 and 1968 the Beatles (be) _________ the most famous group in the world. In 1969, Lennon (decide) _________ to perform alone. He (write) _________ the song Give Peace a Chance and (make) several albums alone. He also (act) _________ in films. From that time on, he (have) _________ many problems. For example, he (leave) _________ his wife, Yoko Ono, for a time. Finally, in 1983, Mark David Chapman (kill) _________ Lennon. Lennons life (end) _________, but his music lives on today.

Write the correct form of the verb on the lines. Use the Simple Past Tense.

WH- AND DID QUESTIONS

QUESTION What did you do last Sundays? Where did you play soccer? How long did you stay there? Did you enjoy the match? Did you do something else that day? ANSWER I played soccer with my friends. I played soccer in the park. We stayed there for about 2 hours. Yes, I did. I got so exhausted but I liked it. No, I didnt. Well, I just called my girlfriend and went out with her.

1. Where did you go on vacation last year? 2. What did you do? 3. Who did you go with? 4. Who did you talk to this morning? 5. What did you talk about? 6. Did you use computer yesterday? 7. What did you use it for? 8. What time did you come to school? 9. How you get here? Ask thedid following Questions to your

partener and answer back too

1. watched the news. 2. listened to the radio. 3. ate at a restaurant. 4. visited grandparents. 5. studied for an exam. 6. went to the movies. 7. cleaned his/her room. 8. took a shower. 9. played an instrument. 10. worked in the computer.

Name ____________________ ____________________ ____________________ ____________________ ____________________ ____________________ ____________________ ____________________ ____________________ ____________________

FIND SOMEONE WHO...

Now, Its time for practicing in class!