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The document discusses the simple past tense in English. It explains that the simple past tense is used to talk about actions that started and finished at a specific time in the past. It also provides examples of common time expressions used with the past tense, such as "yesterday" and "two years ago." Additionally, it describes how regular verbs are formed by adding "-ed" and irregular verbs do not follow a set pattern, providing examples of common irregular past tense forms. Finally, it provides exercises for learners to practice forming sentences in the simple past tense with regular and irregular verbs.

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Simple+Past Rahma

The document discusses the simple past tense in English. It explains that the simple past tense is used to talk about actions that started and finished at a specific time in the past. It also provides examples of common time expressions used with the past tense, such as "yesterday" and "two years ago." Additionally, it describes how regular verbs are formed by adding "-ed" and irregular verbs do not follow a set pattern, providing examples of common irregular past tense forms. Finally, it provides exercises for learners to practice forming sentences in the simple past tense with regular and irregular verbs.

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Unit: 8

The simple past tense

 Meaning & Use


Form (structure)
Exercise
Meaning & Use
When do we use the Simple Past tense?
 We use the Simple Past to express the
idea that an action started and finished at a
specific time 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.


How do we form the simple past tense . . .?

English has two types of


verbs in the past tense:  taught
 walked
 Regular verbs  studied
 Irregular verbs  gave
 became
Look at the following
list of past tense verbs…  cried
which verbs are regular,  lived
and which are  did
irregular?
Regular verbs are verbs that ….
…end with –ed

Simple Form Past Tense


Walk
Study
Cry
Live
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 became
give gave
drive drove
forget 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 Past
hit hit
put put
set 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. (play)

Donna ______________ Paris. (visit)


For negative sentences, USE

I went to work yesterday.


I didn’t go to work yesterday.
Exception =
VERB BE!
The verb be is special.
Never use DID NOT or DIDN’T with the
verb BE. Instead, just use:
For Yes/No questions, USE

Did you go to work yesterday?


Did you come yesterday?
Put the verbs (between brackets) into the correct
form (simple past).

Last year, I (spend) ________my holiday in


Ireland. It (be) ________great. I
(travel)___________ around the city by car with
two friends and we (visit) ________lots of
interesting places. In the evenings, we usually
(go)_______ to a café.
We (be) ________very lucky with the
weather. It (not / rain)___________ a lot.
We(see) ________some beautiful rainbows.
I (have) ______ an amazing holiday!
Sources:

 http://www.authorstream.com/Presentati
on/bbogage-11679-simple-past-tense-e
ducation-ppt-powerpoint/
 http://www.slideshare.net/LALA28/the-
past-simple-ppt-presentation

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