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 CONTENTS

8-1 Using Be: Past Time

8-2 Simple Past Tense of Be: Negative
8-3 Past of Be: Questions
8-4 Simple Past Tense: Using -ed
8-5 Past Time Words: Yesterday, Last, and Ago
8-6 Simple Past Tense: Irregular Verbs (Group 1)
8-7 Simple Past Tense: Negative
8-8 Simple Past Tense: Yes/No Questions
8-9 Simple Past Tense: Irregular Verbs (Group 2)
8-10 Simple Past Tense: Irregular Verbs (Group 3)
8-11 Simple Past Tense: Irregular Verbs (Group 4)
 2-1 EXPRESSING PAST TIME: THE SIMPLE PAST

We graduated from college in 2010.

 2-1 EXPRESSING PAST TIME: THE SIMPLE PAST

(a) Our family ate lunch outside yesterday.

(b) Adrianna studied for six hours last night.

 2-1 EXPRESSING PAST TIME: THE SIMPLE PAST

(a) Our family ate lunch outside yesterday.

(b) Adrianna studied for six hours last night.

activities or situations
SIMPLE PAST began and ended in the past
(yesterday, last night, in 2007)
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YESTERDAY
(a) Bob was here ... yesterday.

yesterday morning.

yesterday afternoon.

yesterday evening.

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LAST
(b) Eve was here ... last night.
last week.
last month.
last year.
last spring.
last summer.
last Monday.
last Friday.

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(c) Omar was here … five minutes ago.
two hours ago.
six days ago.
a month ago.
a year ago.
ten years ago.

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 8-5 PAST TIME WORDS: YESTERDAY, LAST, AND AGO

morning
yesterday with afternoon
evening

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8-5 PAST TIME WORDS: YESTERDAY, LAST, AND AGO

night
long periods of time
last with
seasons
days of the week

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8-5 PAST TIME WORDS: YESTERDAY, LAST, AND AGO

length of time
five minutes
two hours
six days
a month + ago
five months (in the past)
one year
ten years
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SIMPLE PRESENT

(c) Hakim walks to school every day.

SIMPLE PAST

(d) Hakim walked to school yesterday.

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8-4 SIMPLE PAST TENSE: USING -ED

verb + -ed = the simple past

I
you
she
he + walked (verb + -ed)
it
we
they
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(e) We slept in tents at camp last summer.

(f) I understood most of the directions yesterday.

Irregular past:
sleep slept
understand understood
eat ate
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(g) I was a lifeguard last summer.

(h) They were in Belgium last month.

Simple past forms of be was and were

 2-1 EXPRESSING PAST TIME: THE SIMPLE PAST

REGULAR VERBS
STATEMENT I-You-She-He-It-We-They started
school last week.

NEGATIVE I-You-She-He-It-We-They did not start

school last week.
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REGULAR VERBS
QUESTION Did I-you-she-he-it-we-they start
school last week?

SHORT Yes, I-you-she-he-it-we-they did.

ANSWER No, I-you-she-he-it-we-they didn’t.
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BE- VERB
STATEMENT I-She-He-It was home last week.
We-You-They were home last week.

NEGATIVE I-She-He-It was not home last week.

We-You-They were not home last week.
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Every day I brush my teeth.

Yesterday I_______________.
brushed my teeth

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Every day Julie plays the piano.

Yesterday she played
_____________.
the piano

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Every day Edgar cooks.

Yesterday _________.
he cooked

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 8-5 PAST TIME WORDS: YESTERDAY, LAST, AND AGO

Bob and Helen were here yesterday.

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yesterday last

We went to the movies ________

yesterday
afternoon.

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I called you ________

last week.

yesterday
last

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Janice left for South America

________
yesterday morning.

yesterday
last

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The sky was beautiful ______

last night.

yesterday
last

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8-1 USING BE: PAST TIME

I am in class today.
I was in class yesterday.

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 8-1 USING BE: PAST TIME

PRESENT TIME PAST TIME

(a) I am in class today.
(b) I was in class yesterday.
(c) Jun is here today.
(d) Jun was here yesterday.
(e) We are happy today.
(f) We were happy yesterday.

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8-1 USING BE: PAST TIME

SIMPLE PAST TENSE OF BE

Singular Plural

I was we were
you were you were
she was they were
he was
it was

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8-1 USING BE: PAST TIME

SIMPLE PAST TENSE OF BE

I we
she you + were
he + was
they
it

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be

present past
was
am at work yesterday.
I ____ today.

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be
present past
He was
___in
is the pool today.
last week.

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be

present past
The moon ____
was
is huge tonight.
last night.

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present
The water is warm today.

past

(click and type)

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 8-2 SIMPLE PAST TENSE OF BE: NEGATIVE

I was not in class yesterday.

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 8-2 SIMPLE PAST TENSE OF BE: NEGATIVE

(a) I was not in class yesterday.

(b) She wasn’t in class yesterday.

was + not = wasn’t

I
she + wasn’t
he
it
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(c) You were not home last night.

(d) You weren’t home last night.

were + not = weren’t

we
you + weren’t
they

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Jared is in class this morning, but

________
he wasn’t in class yesterday morning.

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They are in London tonight, but

___________
they weren’t in London last night.

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I am happy today, but

I wasn’t happy yesterday.
____________

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The weather is nice this week, but

___________
it wasn’t nice last week.

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 8-3 PAST OF BE: QUESTIONS

Were you in class yesterday?

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 8-3 PAST OF BE: QUESTIONS

YES/NO QUESTIONS
SHORT
+ LONG ANSWER
ANSWER

(a) Were you in class yesterday?

(be) + (subject)

Yes, we were. We were in class yesterday.

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YES/NO QUESTIONS
SHORT
+ LONG ANSWER
ANSWER

(a) Were you in class yesterday?

(be) + (subject)

No, we weren’t. We weren’t in class yesterday.

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 8-3 PAST OF BE: QUESTIONS

YES/NO QUESTIONS
SHORT
+ LONG ANSWER
ANSWER

(b) Was Jean at the library last week?

(be) + (subject)

Yes, she was. She was at the library last week.

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 8-3 PAST OF BE: QUESTIONS

YES/NO QUESTIONS
SHORT
+ LONG ANSWER
ANSWER

(b) Was Jean at the library last week?

(be) + (subject)

No, she wasn’t. She wasn’t at the library last week.

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 8-3 PAST OF BE: QUESTIONS

INFORMATION QUESTIONS
SHORT
+ LONG ANSWER
ANSWER

(c) Where was Bill last winter?

Where + (be) + (subject)

In Mexico. He was in Mexico last winter.

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 8-3 PAST OF BE: QUESTIONS

INFORMATION QUESTIONS
SHORT
+ LONG ANSWER
ANSWER

(d) Where were they last month?

Where + (be) + (subject)

On vacation. They were on vacation last month.

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8-3 Let’s Practice

_____
Was Andrea in class on Friday?

No, she wasn’t.

She wasn’t in class on Friday.

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_____
Were you and Simi at the lake last week?

Yes, we were . We were at the lake last week.

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_____
Was Nina with you last week?

No, she wasn’t . She wasn’t with me.

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8-4 SIMPLE PAST TENSE: USING -ED

We walked to school.

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 8-4 SIMPLE PAST TENSE: USING -ED

SIMPLE PRESENT

(a) We walk to school every day.

SIMPLE PAST

(b) We walked to school yesterday.

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 8-4 SIMPLE PAST TENSE: USING -ED

SIMPLE PRESENT

(c) Hakim walks to school every day.

SIMPLE PAST

(d) Hakim walked to school yesterday.

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8-4 SIMPLE PAST TENSE: USING -ED

verb + -ed = the simple past

I
you
she
he + walked (verb + -ed)
it
we
they
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8-4 Let’s Practice

Every day I brush my teeth.

Yesterday I_______________.
brushed my teeth

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Every day Julie plays the piano.

Yesterday she played
_____________.
the piano

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Every day Edgar cooks.

Yesterday _________.
he cooked

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 8-5 PAST TIME WORDS: YESTERDAY, LAST, AND AGO

Bob and Helen were here yesterday.

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 8-5 PAST TIME WORDS: YESTERDAY, LAST, AND AGO

YESTERDAY
(a) Bob was here ... yesterday.

yesterday morning.

yesterday afternoon.

yesterday evening.

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 8-5 PAST TIME WORDS: YESTERDAY, LAST, AND AGO

LAST
(b) Eve was here ... last night.
last week.
last month.
last year.
last spring.
last summer.
last Monday.
last Friday.

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AGO
(c) Omar was here … five minutes ago.
two hours ago.
six days ago.
a month ago.
a year ago.
ten years ago.

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 8-5 PAST TIME WORDS: YESTERDAY, LAST, AND AGO

morning
yesterday with afternoon
evening

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8-5 PAST TIME WORDS: YESTERDAY, LAST, AND AGO

night
long periods of time
last with
seasons
days of the week

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8-5 PAST TIME WORDS: YESTERDAY, LAST, AND AGO

length of time
five minutes
two hours
six days
a month + ago
five months (in the past)
one year
ten years
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yesterday last

We went to the movies ________

yesterday
afternoon.

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I called you ________

last week.

yesterday
last

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Janice left for South America

________
yesterday morning.

yesterday
last

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The sky was beautiful ______

last night.

yesterday
last

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8-6 SIMPLE PAST TENSE: IRREGULAR VERBS (GROUP 1)

eat ate

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 8-6 SIMPLE PAST TENSE: IRREGULAR VERBS (GROUP
1)

PRESENT PAST

come came
I come home I came home
every afternoon. this afternoon.

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 8-6 SIMPLE PAST TENSE: IRREGULAR VERBS (GROUP 1)

PRESENT PAST

go went
I go swimming I went swimming
every Tuesday. last Tuesday.

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 8-6 SIMPLE PAST TENSE: IRREGULAR VERBS (GROUP 1)

PRESENT PAST

write wrote
I write a letter to I wrote a letter
my grandmother to her last week.
every week.

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I have ice cream every Sunday. I

had ice cream last Sunday.

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What did I have

do last You had
___
had
Sunday? ice cream.

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She sits at her desk to study

every night. She sat at her desk
last night.

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 8-6 Let’s Practice

What did she

She ___
sat at sit
do last night?
her desk. sat

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She sees her best friend every

weekend. She saw her last
weekend.

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What did she

do last
She ____
saw her
weekend?
best friend.
see
saw

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 8-7 SIMPLE PAST TENSE: NEGATIVE

I did not walk to school yesterday.

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 8-7 SIMPLE PAST TENSE: NEGATIVE

SUBJECT + DID + NOT + MAIN VERB

(a) I did not drive to work yesterday.

(b) You did not drive to work yesterday.

(c) Mike did not cook dinner yesterday.

(d) They did not drive to work yesterday.

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8-7 SIMPLE PAST TENSE: NEGATIVE

I
you
she
he + did not + main verb
it
we
they
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(e) I didn’t watch a movie last night.

(f) Ade didn’t play soccer yesterday.

NEGATIVE CONTRACTION
did + not = didn’t

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We don’t eat breakfast every day.

We ate breakfast Monday, but we
didn’t eat ________ breakfast
Tuesday.

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I don’t sleep well every night. I slept

didn’t sleep well
well last night, but I __________
on Thursday night.

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8-8 SIMPLE PAST TENSE: YES/NO QUESTIONS

Did Laurie walk to work?

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 8-8 SIMPLE PAST TENSE: YES/NO QUESTIONS

DID + SUBJECT + MAIN VERB

(a) Did Laurie walk to work?

Yes, she did. She walked to work.

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 8-8 SIMPLE PAST TENSE: YES/NO QUESTIONS

DID + SUBJECT + MAIN VERB

(a) Did Laurie walk to school?

No, she didn’t. She didn’t walk to school.

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 8-8 SIMPLE PAST TENSE: YES/NO QUESTIONS

DID + SUBJECT + MAIN VERB

(b) Did you practice the violin?

Yes, I did. I practiced the violin.

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 8-8 SIMPLE PAST TENSE: YES/NO QUESTIONS

DID + SUBJECT + MAIN VERB

(b) Did you practice the violin?

No, I didn’t. I didn’t practice the violin.

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Did you see your Yes, I did.

dad today? I saw my
_________
________.
dad today

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Did
_____________
you see your Yes, I did.
brother
____________?
today I saw my
brother today.

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___________
What did you We went to a
do
__________?
last night party last night.

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Did
___________
Andrea go Yes, she did.
on
__________?
vacation Andrea went on
vacation.

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8-9 SIMPLE PAST TENSE: IRREGULAR VERBS (GROUP 2)

bring brought

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 8-9 SIMPLE PAST TENSE: IRREGULAR VERBS (GROUP 2)

PRESENT PAST
bring brought
I always bring I brought a gift
gifts to birthday to your party
parties. yesterday.

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PRESENT PAST

drive drove

She drives to She drove to

school. school today.

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8-9 SIMPLE PAST TENSE: IRREGULAR VERBS (GROUP 2)

PRESENT PAST

run ran

He runs to He ran to school

school. this morning.

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8-9 SIMPLE PAST TENSE: IRREGULAR VERBS (GROUP 2)

PRESENT PAST
buy bought
catch caught
drink drank
read read
ride rode
shut shut
teach taught
think thought
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ride my horse every Sunday

I ____
Irode
____ him last Sunday.

ride
rode

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What did I do ____________

You rode your
last Sunday? ___________.
horse

ride
rode

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teach a class every

I _____
taught a
Monday night. I ______
class last Monday night.

teach
taught

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What did I do ___________

You taught a
last Monday? class
______.

teach
taught

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8-10 SIMPLE PAST TENSE: IRREGULAR VERBS (GROUP 3)

Someone broke the window.

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 8-10 SIMPLE PAST TENSE: IRREGULAR VERBS (GROUP 3)

PRESENT PAST

break broke

That child breaks She broke my

everything. coffee cup.

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PRESENT PAST

meet met

I can meet you They met in their

after school. English class.

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8-10 SIMPLE PAST TENSE: IRREGULAR VERBS (GROUP 3)

PRESENT PAST

sing sang

I like to sing I sang a new song

new songs. last night.

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 8-10 SIMPLE PAST TENSE: IRREGULAR VERBS (GROUP 3)

PRESENT PAST

wake up woke up

Sometimes I wake Today I woke

up very early. up late.

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8-10 SIMPLE PAST TENSE: IRREGULAR VERBS (GROUP
3)

PRESENT PAST
fly flew
hear heard
leave left
pay paid
ring rang
send sent
speak spoke
take took
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8-10 Let’s Practice

I _____
send email every day. I
_____
sent email today.

send
sent

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What did I _______

You sent send
do today? email
______. sent

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I ____
sing in my car every
day. Yesterday I sang
____
a new song.

sing
sang

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What did I You sang a

_________ sing
do yesterday? ________.
new song sang

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 8-11 SIMPLE PAST TENSE: IRREGULAR VERBS (GROUP 4)

begin began

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 8-11 SIMPLE PAST TENSE: IRREGULAR VERBS (GROUP 4)

PRESENT PAST

begin began

People usually She began college

begin college at at age 25.
age 18.

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 8-11 SIMPLE PAST TENSE: IRREGULAR VERBS (GROUP 4)

PRESENT PAST

wear wore
I wear a uniform I wore regular
at my new job. clothes at my
old job.

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PRESENT PAST
find found
lose lost
hang hung
say said
sell sold
steal stole
tell told
tear tore
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sell things I don’t

I like to ____
use any more. Yesterday I
sold my old baseball.
____

sell
sold

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What did I do
yesterday?

___________
You sold your
__________.
old baseball

sell
sold

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hang my tools on
I always _____
my garage wall. Last
hung the rake
weekend I _____
on the garage wall.

hang
hung

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What did I do
yesterday?
hang
hung

You hung your

____________
rake on the
____________
___________.
garage wall

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