Expressing Past Time

Chapter 5

5-1 Using BE: Past Time

PRESENT TIME PAST TIME

a. I _______ in class today.

c. Alice _______ at the library today.

e. My friends _______ at home today.

b. I was in class yesterday.

d. Alice was at the library yesterday.

f. My friends were at home yesterday.

5-1 Using BE: Past Time

SIMPLE PAST TENSE OF BE

_______

SIMPLE PAST TENSE OF BE

_______I wasYou were (one person)

She wasHe was It was

We wereYou were (more than one person)

They were

5-2 Past of BE: Negative

1. I was not in class yesterday.

2. I wasn’t in class yesterday

NEGATIVE _______

Was + not = _______

Were + not = _______

3. They were not at home last night.

4. They weren’t at home last night.

_____________ + Wasn’t

_____________ + Weren’t

5-3 Past of BE: Question

YES/NO QUESTIONS SHORT ANSWER + (LONG ANSWER)

Were you in class yesterday?

(be) + (subject)

Was Carlos at home last night?

(be) + (subject)

Yes, I _______. (I was in class yesterday.)No, I _______. (I wasn’t in class yesterday.)

Yes, he _______. (He was at home last night.)No, he _______. (He wasn’t at home last night.)

5-3 Past of BE: Question

INFORMATION QUESTIONS

SHORT ANSWER + (LONG ANSWER)

Where were you yesterday?

Where + (be) + (subject)

Where was Jennifer last night?

Where + (be) + (subject)

In class. (I _______ in class yesterday.)

At home. (She _______ at home last night.)

5-4 THE SIMPLE PAST TENSE: USING -ED

SIMPLE PRESENT:

SIMPLE PAST:

SIMPLE PRESENT:

SIMPLE PAST:

I walk to school everyday.

I walked to school yesterday.

Ann walks to school everyday.

Ann walked to school yesterday.

verb + _______ = the simple present tense

I

You

She

He + -ed

It

We

They

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

_______ is used with morning, afternoon, and evening.

_______ is used with night, with long periods of time (week, month, year), with seasons (spring, summer, etc.), and with days of the week.

_______ means “in he past.” It follows specific lengths of time (e.g., two minutes + ago, five years + ago).

YESTERDAY LAST AGO

Bob was here…

…yesterday.

… yesterday morning.

… yesterday afternoon.

… yesterday evening.

Sue was here…

…last week

…last spring.

…last Month.

…last Spring.

Tom was here …

…five minutes ago.

…two hours ago.

…three days ago.

…a week ago.

5-6 PRONUNCIATION OF –ED: /t/, /d/, AND /ǝd/

Final –ed has three pronunciations: /t/, /d/, AND /ǝd/

VOICELESS Help helped help /t/

Laugh laughed laugh /t/

guess guessed guess /t/

Final –ed is pronounced /t/ if a verb ends in a _______ sound.

VOICED rub rubbed rub /d/

live lived liv /d/

Seem seemed seem /d/

Final –ed is pronounced /d/ if the simple form of the verb ends in a _______ sound.

-d or -t Need needed need /ǝd/

want wanted want /ǝd/

Final –ed is pronounced /ǝd/ if a verb ends in the letters _____________.

5-7 SPELLING OF –ED VERBS

Rule 1 END OF VERB: A CONSONANT + -e __________

Smile smiled

Erase erased

Rule 2 ONE VOWEL + ONE CONSONANT ________________

Stop stopped

Rub rubbed

Rule 3 TWO VOWELS + ONE CONSENANT ______________

Rain rained

Need needed

5-7 SPELLING OF –ED VERBS

Rule 4 TWO CONSONANTS __________________________

Count counted

Help helped

Rule 5 CONSONANT + -y _____________________________

Study studied

Carry carried

Rule 6 VOWEL + -y __________________________________

Play played

Enjoy enjoyed

1. Erase

2. Rub

3. Feed

4. Stay

5. Worry

6. yawn

5-8 SPELLING OF –ED AND –ING: TWO-SYLLABLE VERBS

Visit

VIS-it ______ ______

Open

O-pen ______ ______

Admit

Ad-MIT ______ ______

Occur

Oc-CUR ______ ______

For two-syllable verbs that end in a vowel and a consonant:

The consonant is not doubled if the stress is on the _______ syllable.

The consonant is doubled if the stress is on the _______ syllable.