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SIMPLE PAST TENSE

SIMPLE PAST TENSE. GIMNASIO LOS PINOS ENGLISH CLASS. USES OF THE PAST TENSE. To talk about an activity that finished in the past. To express some ideas that happened in the past. To list some hobbies you did during your free time, besides, you are not doing them anymore.

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SIMPLE PAST TENSE

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  1. SIMPLE PAST TENSE GIMNASIO LOS PINOS ENGLISH CLASS

  2. USES OF THE PAST TENSE • To talk about an activity that finished in the past. • To express some ideas that happened in the past. • To list some hobbies you did during your free time, besides, you are not doing them anymore. Examples: We played tennis last Sunday. I worked in London from 1984 to 1989. John left two minutes ago.

  3. KINDS OF VERBS THERE ARE TWO KINDS OF VERBS WHEN FORMING THE PAST. THEY ARE … NEXT

  4. REGULAR VERBS • These verbs, you just have to add ED at the end of the verb, when you are using the past. • Examples: • Travel – Traveledlive - lived • Play – Playedwant - wanted • Work – Worked walk - walked use - used

  5. LIST OF SOME REGULAR VERBS

  6. IRREGULAR VERBS You have to learn these kind of verbs by heart, because they change totally the Root when changing to the past tense. Examples: Speak Spoke Write Wrote

  7. LIST OF SOME IRREGULAR VERBS SIMPLE FORM PAST TENSE hit - hit eat - ate grow - grew make - made break - broke go - went take - took see - saw be is - was are - were begin - began bring - brought fall - fell

  8. SIMPLE FORM PAST TENSE build - built buy - bought fly - flew find - found drink - drank feel - felt give - gave hurt - hurt leave - left read - read run - ran sing - sang swim - swam teach - taught win - won write - wrote

  9. Last year • Last week • Last month TIME EXPRESSIONS • Yesterday • Two days ago • Three weeks ago • Five years ago

  10. AFFIRMATIVE SENTENCES To form the affirmative sentences, it is necessary to follow the correct grammar structure. Noun or Personal Pronoun Verb in Past Tense Complement EXAMPLE HE IN THE CHAIR SAT NEXT

  11. AUXILIARY DID We use the auxiliary DID when we are talking about the past tense, for the negative or interrogative statements. We use the same auxiliary DID for all the pronouns even if they are singular or plural. Example: you fish last week? We sleep last night DID DIDN´T

  12. N E G A T I V E S E N T E N C E S To form the negative sentences, we use the same structure of the affirmative ones. We just use the short or long form of the auxiliary did in a negative way. Example: He walked. He didn’t walk. I did my homework. I didn’t do my homework. DID NOT SHE FOLLOW ME DIDN´T

  13. QUESTIONS To write questions it is necessary to write first the auxiliary DIDfollowed by the pronoun, main verb, complement and finally the question mark. YOU LOOK AT ME ? DID HE LOOK AT ME DID Did you go to work yesterday? Yes, I did. No, I didn’t When did she arrive? She arrived yesterday

  14. L O N G A N S W E R DID YOU SLEEP IN CLASS LAST WEEK? YES, I SLEPT IN CLASS LAST WEEK. DID YOU DRINK MILKSHAKE LAST MONTH? YES, I DRANK MILKSHAKE LAST MONTH.

  15. GENERAL REVIEW DID YOU READ A BOOK YESTERDAY? YES, I DID NO, I DIDN´T I READ A BOOK YESTERDAY www.manythings.com

  16. http://www.manythings.org/wbg/verbs_past1-mw.html http://www.manythings.org/wbg/

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