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Simple Past

Simple Past. Form: regular verb-ed ex. Worked Irregular: must be learned ex. Taught http://www.manythings.org/repeat/ Used for a completed action at a known time in the past ex. Yesterday, Steven partied all night!! Sometimes the time word is not included, but is in the speaker’s mind.

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Simple Past

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  1. Simple Past • Form: regular verb-ed ex. Worked • Irregular: must be learned ex. Taught • http://www.manythings.org/repeat/ • Used for a completed action at a known time in the past ex. Yesterday, Steven partied all night!! • Sometimes the time word is not included, but is in the speaker’s mind.

  2. Write the past tense of these verbs • play wish • hike know • need go • run want • take like • fight drive • eat dream

  3. Pronunciation of -ed • Words ending in a voiceless sound -ed - t Ex. Walk Walked (t) • Words ending in a voiced sound –ed = d Ex. Play Played (d) • Words ending in a t or d –ed = a new syllable Id Ex. Need Needed (Id)

  4. Past Tense Pronunciation • How do you say the past tense form of the verbs you wrote?

  5. Simple Past • Can express a repeated past action • Ex. Deepti cut class several times last month. • Used with this year or this weekend if the time is finished in the speaker’s mind • Ex. Stacey didn’t complete her homework this week.

  6. Sentences • Write a past tense sentence for these uses: • Action finished at a known time in the past • Action repeated in the past • Past action used with this weekend

  7. Simple Past • Used for a finished activity of duration • Ex. I worked at Ohlone for too many years! • Used with certain verbs to express the beginning of an action • Ex. Yone joined the Ohlone Singles Club yesterday.

  8. Present Perfect • Used for a past action when the time is unknown or unimportant • Ex. Crystal has passed her driving test. • Used with words such as: • Ever- Have you ever been nice to Vicki? • Never- No, I’ve never been nice to her. • Yet- Has she yelled at you yet? No, she hasn’t yelled at me yet.

  9. Present Perfect • Still- Vicki still hasn’t realized Raman is sleeping. • Already- Has she already seen her sleeping in class before? Yes, she has already seen her sleeping before, but she hasn’t noticed her yet today.

  10. Present Perfect • Used for one action or a repetition of an action that is finished, but the period of time in which it happened isn’t finished. • Ex. Deju has attended ESL 123 several times this semester. • Ex. Qingmei has been engaged twice. (in her life)

  11. Present Perfect • Used for an action happening now when we have some idea of when the action began or how long it has gone on. • Ex. Annie has been a terrible student for years! • Ex. Jia has been a terrible student since she met Annie!

  12. Present Perfect • Used with certain verbs to express the duration or continuation of an activity that was begun in the past. • Ex. Karl has known how to attract girls since he was 13 years old. • Ex. Christina has been popular for 15 years!

  13. Present Perfect • Most often the verb tense chosen for recently completed actions. • Ex. Vicki just gave Stacey an A+ on her test.

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