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Week 6

The simple past tense

 simple past
Meaning & Use
Form (structure)
Exercise
Yesterday Debbie had a job interview. She went downtown to the company.
The interview was for an accounting job. Debbie graduated university 3
months ago.

Her interview was at 10:00 am. She woke up at 7:00 am and left her house
before 8:00 am. She waited for the bus, but it was late. She was very worried
because she did not want to be late for the interview. She tried to phone the
company to warn them, but her phone battery was dead.
When the bus arrived, it was almost 9:00 am. Then the bus was slow
because there were many other cars. The bus finally arrived at Debbie’s
stop at 9:45 am.

Debbie ran from the bus stop to the office building. When she entered she
saw a sign that said the company was on the 24th floor. The elevator ride
took almost 5 minutes because many people stopped at different floors.

When Debbie arrived at reception, it was 9:58. She was in time!


“I am here to see Mrs. Lewis” said Debbie.
The receptionist checked her book and replied:
“She is not here today. What is your name please?”
“My name is Debbie Gregson.”
“Sorry Debbie, but your appointment is tomorrow.”
Debbie checked her agenda. It was true. She was there on the wrong day!
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.
yesterday
Last Friday,
Friday the students took their spelling and
vocabulary tests.
They got married two years ago.
ago
How do we form the simple past tense . . .?

English has two types of verbs in


the past tense:  taught
 walked
 studied
 Regular verbs  gave
 Irregular verbs  became
 cried
Look at the following  lived
list of past tense verbs…  did
which verbs are
regular, and which are
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 irregular verbs, use the correct past tense form
in positive sentences. (We use the same form with different subjects .)

Last week, I ___________ you a letter. (send)

The students __________an English exam. (have)


They _______ a great job! (do)
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!
here are 10 questions in this quiz and each question has only one true answer.
You can check the answers and learn the result of your quiz after you finish the test.
1.Mozart ___________ more than 600 pieces of music.
writes
wrote
writed
was wrote

2.We _______ David in town a few days ago.


did see
was saw
did saw
saw

3.It was cold, so I _____________ the window.


shut
was shut
am shut
shutted

4.I ___________ to the cinema three times last week.


was go
went
did go
goed
5.What __________ you _________ last weekend?

a) were / do did / did


did / do
do / did

6.The police ___________ me on my way home last night.


was stop
stopped
stops
stopping

7.The film wasn't very good. I _____________ it very much.


enjoyed
wasn't enjoy
didn't enjoyed
didn't enjoy

8.The bed was very uncomfortable. I ____________ sleep very well.


didn't
did
wasn't
not

9.The window was open and a bird ___________ into the room.
fly
flew
was flew
did fly

10.I __________ a lot of money yesterday. I __________ an expensive dress.


spend / buy
spent / buy
spent / bought
was spent / bought
Student Practice:

Go to this website with a classmate to practice what you have


learned or reviewed today:

http://www.quia.com/quiz/664418.html

Simple Past Test - English Grammar Tests - learnEnglish-online


Simple Past Test 2 - English Grammar Tests - learnEnglish-online
Sources:

 http://www.authorstream.com/Presentation/bbogage-11679-simpl
e-past-tense-education-ppt-powerpoint/
 http://www.slideshare.net/LALA28/the-past-simple-ppt-
presentation

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