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Sw7 Past Simple

This document provides information about using the past simple tense in English. It discusses the formation rules for regular and irregular verbs in the past simple. It provides lists of irregular verbs grouped according to their past simple forms. Examples are given to illustrate using the past simple correctly in sentences. Students are provided exercises to practice changing verbs from present to past simple tense.

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Sw7 Past Simple

This document provides information about using the past simple tense in English. It discusses the formation rules for regular and irregular verbs in the past simple. It provides lists of irregular verbs grouped according to their past simple forms. Examples are given to illustrate using the past simple correctly in sentences. Students are provided exercises to practice changing verbs from present to past simple tense.

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PAST

SIMPLE

SWOOSH 7
Cidália Sousa  Cláudia Regina Abreu
PAST SIMPLE
We use this
tense to talk
about a
specific time in
the PAST
PAST SIMPLE
We use some
time expressions:
- yesterday
- last night / year
- two weeks ago
- in 2012
PAST SIMPLE
Rules:
- same form
- Regular: +ed
- Irregular: memorise
- Negative:
didn’t + infinitive (without ‘to’)
PAST SIMPLE
Regular verb + ed
work worked
look looked
stay stayed Careful!
move moved
study studied consonant + y  ied
dance danced
stop stopped C + V+ C  double C

Negative: didn’t + infinitive (didn’t dance)


(without ‘to’)
PAST SIMPLE
Irregular memorise

Infinitive Past simple Past participle

go went gone
Negative: didn’t + infinitive (didn’t go)
(without ‘to’)
PAST SIMPLE
This list of verbs is
to know or
to memorise
by heart…
Irregular verbs
sleep,
slept,
slept
Memorising
them may be
difficult
Let’s divide
them in
groups…
Listen and
repeat.
All equal
cost cost cost
cut cut cut
fit fit fit
hit hit hit
hurt hurt hurt
let let let
put put put
shut shut shut
read read read
Two equal (sound ‘ot’)
bring brought brought
buy bought bought
catch caught caught
fight fought fought
get got got
teach taught taught
think thought thought
Two equal (t)

build built built


burn burnt burnt
learn learnt learnt
dreamdreamt dreamt
Two equal (sound ‘i’ – ‘e’)
sit sat sat
leave left left
feel felt felt
keep kept kept
sleep slept slept
meet met met
Two equal (ent)

lend lent lent


send sent sent
spend spent spent
Two equal (.-.)

become became become


come came come
run ran run
Two equal (sound ‘ed’)
feed fed fed
have had had
say said said
Two equal
find found found
hear heard heard
lose lost lost
make made made
pay paid paid
sell sold sold
tell told told
shine shone shone
stand stood stood
swing swung swung
win won won
Three different (i, a, u)
begin began begun
drink drank drunk
ring rang rung
sing sang sung
swim swam swum
Three different (‘iten’)

bite bit bitten


eat ate eaten
write wrote written
Three different (-o -en)
break broke broken
speak spoke spoken
wake woke woken
choose chose chosen
freeze froze frozen
steal stole stolen
drive drove driven
ride rode ridden
rise rose risen
forget forgot forgotten
Three different (-ew -wn)
draw drew drawn
fly flewflown
grow grew grown
know knew known
throw threw thrown
Three different
be was been
see saw seen
do did done
fall fell fallen
give gave given
go went gone
take took taken
shake shook shaken
wear wore worn
Read it several times
sleep,
slept,
slept

like a song!
Repeat the list 7 times

That’s the best


way to memorise
Complete
Infinitive Past Simple Past Participle Meaning

• to meet • met • met • encontrar-se


• to work • worked • worked • trabalhar
• to study • studied • studied • estudar
• to find • found • found • encontrar
• to buy • bought • bought • comprar
• to have • had • had • ter
• to come • came • come • vir
• to go • went • gone • ir
• to see • saw • seen • ver
Let’s talk about
the PAST
I don’t know about you,
but my weekend was
fabulous !
How was your
weekend?
Weekend
Hi, I’m Sophie.
How was my
weekend?
Well, my weekend
was fantastic!
Weekend
Sophie is talking about her weekend.
Complete the sentences with the Past Simple.
went
1. I _____________ (go) to the cinema.
was
2. The film __________ (be) very good.
bought
3. I ______________ drank (drink)
(buy) popcorn and I ________
an orange juice.
went (go) to the beach, but it
4. My friend Julia_______
started (start) to rain.
__________
Weekend
I went to the cinema and
saw the film “Romeo and
Juliet”. A story from
Shakespeare. It was great!
Biography
Do you know anything
about Shakespeare?
Born
(where /when)

Jobs
Plays
School
Read the Career
text and fill
Died
in this table. (Where/when)
Biography
Born Born in________________________
Stratford-upon-Avon, England
(where /when?) In _____
1564
Jobs Actor and _____
writer
Plays Wrote __
37 plays
School Started in Stratford
________when he was ___
7
Left school when he was ________
about 13
Career In ____
1582 moved to London
_______
Worked as an
_______
actor
Started to write _____
Became _________ plays
successful
Died Died in ________
Stratford
(Where/when?) on ______________________
his birthday, 23rd April 1616
Write the Past Simple
• be was • need needed • know knew
• can could • come came • stand stood
• make made • sit sat • look looked
• do did • feed fed • turn turned
• say said • turn turned • miss missed
• want wanted • guess guessed • end ended
• tell told • call called • meet met
• have had • dance danced • hear heard
Change the
Present Simple into the Past Simple
1. We are ininthe
We were classroom.
the classroom.
2. I ate
eataabig
bigsandwich.
sandwich.
3. Richard wins
Richard won nearly
nearly every
every tennis
tennis match.
match.
4. The trainstopped
The train stops inin Oxford.
Oxford.
5. II made
makemy mybedbedbefore
before breakfast.
breakfast.
6. II had
havebreakfast
breakfast at home.
at home.
7. She drinksmilk
She drank milk with
with sugar.
sugar.
8. II went
go totoschool
schoolby
by bus.
bus.
Present Simple or Past Simple?
Infinitive
1. to have has breakfast at home every day.
1. Sarah _____
2. to come 2. Yesterday I _____
came to school by car.
3. to go went to Brazil.
3. Last week her mother _______
4. to see 4. Jack _______
saw a film yesterday.
5. to meet 5. He ______
meets his friends every day.
6. to work 6. His father __________
works in a hospital.
7. to study 7. I ________
studied Maths last weekend.
8. to find 8. Yesterday he ________
found a dog in the street.
9. to buy 9. My uncle _________
bought a car last month.
Online Games

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20Ladders/Past_simple_tense.html
• http://www.englishmedialab.com/GrammarGames/football/pr
esent%20vs.%20past/present%20vs.%

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