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Past Tense

Past Tense. Prepared by: Varia V. Virdaus, M.A. (source: Hayden, Rebecca E. , Pilgrim, Dorothy W., and Haggard, Aurora Q. 1998. Mastering American English. Singapore: Tuttle Publishing). The Simple Past Tense is Used: adapted from Betty S. Azar.

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Past Tense

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  1. Past Tense Prepared by: Varia V. Virdaus, M.A. (source: Hayden, Rebecca E. , Pilgrim, Dorothy W., and Haggard, Aurora Q. 1998. Mastering American English. Singapore: Tuttle Publishing)

  2. The Simple Past Tense is Used:adapted from Betty S. Azar • When an activity or situation began and ended at a particular time in the past--in other words, when an activity or situation is completed in the past • To refer to past habits

  3. Examplesadapted from Betty S. Azar • (Completed action in the past) He was late to class yesterday. • (Completed action in the past) We arrived three weeks ago. • (Past habit) She always wrote a letter to her mother on Sunday night.

  4. Indicatorsadapted from Betty S. Azar

  5. Formadapted from Betty S. Azar

  6. Simple Past Tense Pattern: (+) S+ V2+ C (-) S +Did + NOT + V1 + C Using Verb (?) Did + S + V1 + C? (+) S + was/ were + Adj/ N (-) S + was/ were + NOT + Adj/ N Using non-Verb (?) Was/ were + S + Adj/ N

  7. THE SIMPLE PAST TENSE The simple past tense is the same as the past form of a verb. The form is the same for all persons, singular and plural. Be is an exception. WANT: I wanted you wanted we wanted he wanted they wanted SING: I sang you sang we sang she sang they sang BE: I was you were we were he was they were

  8. The past form of all regular verbs is made by adding d ored(occasionally t) to the simple form of the verb. • The ending d is added when the simple form ends in e or ee. hope  hoped free  freed agree  agreed raise  raised

  9. (2) The ending edis added to all other verbs. The following changes in spelling occur: • Final y, preceded by a consonant, is changed to ibefore adding ed. Study  studied try  tried b. A final consonant letter (except h, w, x, y), preceded by a single vowel letter, is doubled in words of one syllable. beg  begged stop  stopped BUT: tax (ends in x)  taxed

  10. c. A final consonant letter (except h, w, x, y), preceded by a single vowel letter, is doubled in words accented on the last syllable. permit  permitted occur  occurred BUT: attempt (ends in three consonant letters)  attempted gather (ends on first syllable)  gathered (3) Occasionally t is added to the simple form. An example is mean  meant.

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