The simple past

Universidad Mundial

English 1

The simple Past

Teacher carrazco

Meaning and use

Negative sentence

How do we form it?

Verb to be

Regular verbs

For yes/ no Q.

Irregular verbs

Practice

01

Meaning and use

When do we use the Simple Past tense?

We use the Simple Past to express the idea that an action started and finished at a specific time in the past. What are some common time expressions used with the past tense?

Common expresssions

Examples

• I saw Maria Yesterday / Last Friday

• The students took their spelling and vocabulary tests.

• They got married two years ago.

These actions are over , Finished¡

HOW DO WE FORM THE SIMPLE PAST TENSE . . .?

English has two types or verbs

Regular verbs

Irregular verbs

taught

walked

studied

gave

cried

became

lived

did

Regular verbs are verbs that end with ED

Past tense Walked Studied Cried Lived

Simple form Walk Study Cry Live

Irregular verbs are verbs that DON´T end with ED

Simple form Become Give Drive Forget

Past tense Became Gave Drove Forgot

For regular verbs just add ED at the end of the verbs

Played

When I was a child , I ___________ the piano . ( play)

For regular verbs just add ED at the end of the verbs

Visited

Donna ________Paris . ( Visit)

Walked

Luis________to the school. ( Walk)

For Irregular verbs make sure you are using the correct spelling

Sent

Last week I ________ you a letter . ( send)

Had

The students _______ and english exam. ( have)

Did

They _______ a great job. ( Do)

Did notor Din´t

Yenny played video games yesterday

I went to work yesterday

I didn´t go to work yesterday

She didn´t play video games yesterday

+ info

For Yes / No answer use

DID

Did you come yesterday?

Did you go to work yesterday?

A: Yes I did

A: Yes I did

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