Simple Past TenseSimple Past TenseSimple Past TenseSimple Past TenseTo express what already To express what already

happened.happened.

What is the simple past?

The simple past expresses an action in the past taking place once, never, several

times.

PAST SIMPLE FORMPAST SIMPLE FORM

REGULAR REGULAR VERBSVERBS

IRREGULAR IRREGULAR VERBSVERBS

AFFIRMATIVEAFFIRMATIVE

We add -ED-EDI workeded

You workededHe workededShe workededIt workeded

We workededYou workededThey workeded

We have to learn the irregular verb list by by

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I wentYou ranHe wentShe ranIt wentWe run

You wentThey run

PAST SIMPLE FORMPAST SIMPLE FORM

REGULAR REGULAR VERBSVERBS

IRREGULAR IRREGULAR VERBSVERBS

NEGATIVENEGATIVE

We need the auxiliary verb DID NOT DID NOT + INFINITIVE + INFINITIVE verb

I didn´t didn´t work/go You didn´tdidn´t work/goHe didn´tdidn´t work/go She didn´tdidn´t work/go It didn´tdidn´t work/go

We didn´tdidn´t work/go You didn´didn´t work/go

They didn´tdidn´t work/go

Didn’t use to means that you never did it.

PAST SIMPLE FORMPAST SIMPLE FORM

REGULAR REGULAR VERBSVERBS

IRREGULAR IRREGULAR VERBSVERBS

INTERROGATIVEINTERROGATIVE

We need the auxiliary verb DID DID + SUBJECT+ INFINITIVE + SUBJECT+ INFINITIVE verb

DIDDID I work /go ?DID DID you work/go ?DID DID he work /go ?DID DID she work/go ?DID DID it work /go ?

DID DID we work /go ?DID DID you work/go ?DID DID they work/go ?

Can you pronounce past endings?

1. After strong consonants, say /d/– /calld/ /livd/

2. After soft consonants, say /t/– /talkt/ /washt/

3. After /t/ and /d/, say /ed/– /waited/ /needed/

Do you use irregular past verbs?

1. Most irregular verbs change vowels.

– Begin/began, come/came, give/gave

2. Some irregular verbs end in “t.”

– Build/built, feel/felt, sweep/swept

3. A few irregular verbs don’t change.

– Cost/cost, fit/fit, let/let

YOU MUST LEARN THE IRREGULAR YOU MUST LEARN THE IRREGULAR VERB LISTVERB LIST

TO BE TO BE • I was/ wasn´twas/ wasn´t• You were/ weren´t were/ weren´t • He was/ wasn´twas/ wasn´t• She was/ wasn´twas/ wasn´t• It waswas / wasn´twasn´t• We were/ weren´twere/ weren´t• You werewere / weren´tweren´t• They were/ weren´twere/ weren´t

• THERE was/ was/ wasn´twasn´t

• THERE were/ were/ weren´tweren´t

THERE … THERE …

Do you know the past verbs?

present past• begin ___• buy ___• drive ___• fail ___• feel ___• go ___• grow ___• hear ___

present past9. know ___10. leave ___11. lose ___12. mean ___13. pay ___14. sell ___15. sit ___16. think ___

Which is the past form?

1. Sylvia blow/blew the odd guy off.2. Alfredo drew/drawn a cool picture.3. Minh kept/keep his place in class.4. The bank lend/lent Foram $5,000.5. The professor tore/tear the paper.6. Krupal stood/stand in the back.7. The girl wear/wore red lipstick.

FIND THE MISTAKES

• I didn't celebrated New Year's Eve• My friends organize a fancy dress party, but they didn't

invited me• So, I were very sad and lonely• My best friends didn't were with me• My cousin visite me in the afternoon • but then she go to a party• Did you danced on New Year's Eve?• I didn't watched TV because there was a horrible

programme• Everybody laughed and sing and was very happy• But I were not happy, I didn't have a good time

Put the sentences in order

• arrive When you did ? • _______________________• wait long for she How did me ? • ________________________• phone night last Why you did me ?• _________________________• meet days two ago Did you her ? • __________________________• party? see the Who did you in• ________________________• concert start When did the ?• _______________________

Can you fill in the test? Last weekend Carmela ____to the cinema to see "The Others". Carmela ______it_____ because it about ghosts and she is afraid of them. When she home_____ with her friend Lola, she _____very strange.

There ____a noise behind them, but they could not see anyone. It ______a lot and there _____any taxis on the street, so they ______to go home walking. The noise_____ still behind them and while they______ to see what or who it ______, the lights on the street _____out and they _____for five minutes. Do you know what happened next?

Can you fill in the test?

Our football ____team all its matches this year. It's very depressing. It ______to me before. When I _____eleven I _____in a team called "the tigers", we ______also many matches, but at least we ______from time to time. Later I _____ a football team in my school. We _____very good and _____ 4 trophies. As you see, I ______for more than ten years now, but I ______this team very recently. We are not too bad, but we _______ the unluckiest team in the World this year.