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Unit 5: Simple Past Tense: Free Time Activities Simple Past Regular and Irregular Verbs

This document provides information about using the simple past tense in English. It discusses common past time activities and introduces regular and irregular verbs in the past tense. It provides examples of affirmative, negative, and question sentences using the simple past. It also covers using the verb "to be" in the past tense, including the forms "was" and "were". Sample questions are provided to test comprehension of the past tense.

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Unit 5: Simple Past Tense: Free Time Activities Simple Past Regular and Irregular Verbs

This document provides information about using the simple past tense in English. It discusses common past time activities and introduces regular and irregular verbs in the past tense. It provides examples of affirmative, negative, and question sentences using the simple past. It also covers using the verb "to be" in the past tense, including the forms "was" and "were". Sample questions are provided to test comprehension of the past tense.

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UNIT 5:

SIMPLE PAST TENSE


Contents
Free time activities
Simple Past
Regular and Irregular Verbs

VOCABULARY:
COMMON ACTIVITIES

Clean the house


Do the laundry

Exercise

Go shopping

Watch TV
Study

Common Activities

SIMPLE PAST
We use it to talk about an action that
began in the past and now is finished.
We usually mention a TIME
REFERENCE: yesterday, last night, last
week, two years ago, etc.
In PAST TENSE we find the REGULAR
AND IRREGULAR VERBS

REGULAR & IRREGULAR


VERBS
REGULAR
VERB

PAST FORM

IRREGULAR PAST FORM


VERBS

WORK

WORKED

GO

WENT

PLAY

PLAYED

EAT

ATE

LISTEN

LISTENED

DRINK

DRANK

VISIT

VISITED

HAVE

HAD

STAY

STAYED

MAKE

MADE

CALL

CALLED

SEE

SAW

STUDY

STUDIED

WRITE

WROTE

WATCH

WATCHED

BUY

BOUGHT

BE

WAS- WERE

AFFIRMATIVE SENTENCE

+ V

(in past )

+ O.

I liked the movie


My brother visited Temuco last
week
Helen bought a car last year
We went to a party last Saturday

What did these people do last


weekend?
1

4
5

NEGATIVE SENTENCE

S + didnt + V

(original)

+ O.

I didnt like the movie


My brother didnt visit Temuco last week
Helen didnt buy a car last year
We didnt go to a party last Saturday

CLOSED-ENDED
QUESTION

Did + S + V
O?

(original)

Did you like the movie?


Did your brother visit Temuco?
Did Helen buy a car last year?
Did they go to a party last Saturday?

OPENED-ENDED
QUESTION
QW + did + S + V (original) +
O?
What movie did you watch yesterday?
Who did you visit Temuco?

What did Helen buy last year?


Where did they go last Saturday?

Unit 6
Contents
Verb be (was-were)

SIMPLE PAST with verb BE


In past, verb BE has two forms:
WAS

HE SHE IT

WERE

YOU WE THEY

I was at home last weekend.


They were in class yesterday.

*BE BORN= nacer


The verb nacer in English is formed
in part with the verb BE, so we take
the past form of verb BE according to
the subject to use it.
I was born in 1980
Einstein was born in 1879
The twins were born in 2009

AFFIRMATIVE SENTENCE

S + was/were
+ O.
I was at the movies yesterday.
My dog was very friendly.
They were nice people.

NEGATIVE SENTENCE

S + wasnt/werent +
O.
I wasnt at the movies yesterday.
My dog wasnt very friendly.
They werent nice people.

CLOSE-ENDED QUESTION

Was/Were + S +
O?
Were you at the movies
yesterday?
Was your dog friendly?
Were they nice people?

OPEN-ENDED QUESTION

QW + Was/Were + S
+ O?
Where were you yesterday?
What was your dog like?

What were they like?

1
READ THE TEXT AND THEN
ASNWER THE QUESTIONS

Hi, my name is James Taylor. I entered Saint Paul School


in 1996. My best friends were Nina and Scott. They were
really nice guys. I was a good student, but my grades
werent always excellent. My favorite subjects were Math
and Physical Education. I didnt like History or Biology.
My favorite teacher was Mrs. Moore. She was my Math
teacher. She was very strict, but she was also very nice
and friendly. I finished high school in 1999 when I was
eighteen. Im almost thirty now, but I can say I had a
great time there and I have wonderful memories from
school.

2
1. When did James start high school?
2. Who were his best friends?
3. What were they like?
4. Was James a bad student?
5. What subjects did he like?
6. Who was Mrs. Moore?
7. Was she serious?
8. When did James finish High school?
9. Did James have a bad time at high school?

3
Answer these questions about you.

1.When were you born?


2.Where were you born?
3. Where did you grow up?
4. When did you start school?
5. How old were you then?
6. Who was your best friend at school?
7. What was he/she like?
8. What was your favorite subject at school?

Choose the correct past tense form.

1.Margaret _____________________ (go went


were) to the supermarket this morning.
2. Chris and Dennis ____________________ (was
were go) at work yesterday

morning.

3. Carlos _____________________ (were buy


bought) a new TV last week.
4. I _____________________ (listen listened were)
to music this morning.

5. My parents _____________________ (wasnt dont


stay werent) in Santiago

last weekend.

6. My brother and his wife _____________________


(visited visit was) me last

Sunday.

7. You ________________________ (didnt study


dont study wasnt) English last night.
8. My family and I _______________________ (see
saw was) a great movie last

Saturday.

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