The document provides instruction on forming verbs in the past simple tense in English. It lists regular and irregular verbs and how they are conjugated in the past. Examples are given of using the past simple tense to talk about finished past actions, repeated past actions, and actions that happened in a specific time period in the past. The document then provides exercises for learners to practice conjugating verbs into the past simple tense form and forming sentences using verbs in the past tense.
The document provides instruction on forming verbs in the past simple tense in English. It lists regular and irregular verbs and how they are conjugated in the past. Examples are given of using the past simple tense to talk about finished past actions, repeated past actions, and actions that happened in a specific time period in the past. The document then provides exercises for learners to practice conjugating verbs into the past simple tense form and forming sentences using verbs in the past tense.
The document provides instruction on forming verbs in the past simple tense in English. It lists regular and irregular verbs and how they are conjugated in the past. Examples are given of using the past simple tense to talk about finished past actions, repeated past actions, and actions that happened in a specific time period in the past. The document then provides exercises for learners to practice conjugating verbs into the past simple tense form and forming sentences using verbs in the past tense.
The document provides instruction on forming verbs in the past simple tense in English. It lists regular and irregular verbs and how they are conjugated in the past. Examples are given of using the past simple tense to talk about finished past actions, repeated past actions, and actions that happened in a specific time period in the past. The document then provides exercises for learners to practice conjugating verbs into the past simple tense form and forming sentences using verbs in the past tense.
We use Past Simple Tense for: 1. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form
- finished actions that happened at a specific time in the
a) Harry _______________ (leave) the house in a hurry. past b) My parents _________________ (buy) this house e.g. I watched a movie yesterday. when we _________________ (be) 6 years old. - finished actions that happened in a time period that has c) Yesterday I __________________ (not, take) the bus finished e.g. Christopher Columbus discovered America. to school, I _________________ (walk). - actions that happened several times in the past d) They ________________ (stop) talking to each other a e.g. When I was 5 years old, I played tennis every month ago. weekend. e) Devon ______________ (get) his diploma last Monday. f) We _________________ (not, see) the sign so we We form Past Simple Tense with: _________________ (enter). a) REGULAR VERBS – we add -ED on the base form of the g) I ________________ (have) a wonderful time verb yesterday on the picnic. - The letter „y“ changes to „i“ if there`s a consonant in front of it. If there`s a vowel (-ay, -oy, -ey, uy) the letter 2. Complete the questions with the correct form of the „y“ doesn`t change. verb in brackets e.g. marry + ed > married, try + ed > tried play + ed > played, stay + ed > stayed a) Who __________________ (you, meet) yesterday - With one syllable verb, there is doubling of final evening? consonant before adding -ED b) ___________________ (they, have) Spanish in school? e.g. plan + ed > planned, stop + ed > stopped c) ___________________ (Fred, lock) the door on his - If there is more than one syllable and the stress is on the way out? last one d) Why _____________________ (he, not say) anything e.g. prefer + ed > preferred, occur + ed > occurred about the robbery? e) Where ___________________ (you, take) Anna on a b) IRREGULAR VERBS – some are exactly like the base first date? form and some are completely different f) ______________________ (Tim and Jerry, work) e.g. cut > cut, set > set, hit > hit go > went, do > done, teach > taught together in 2005? g) Why _____________________ (you, not call) last PAST SIMPLE OF AUXILIARY VERBS night? BE > I/he/ she/it > WAS, we/you/they > WERE DO > DID 3. Use cues below to make sentences in Past Simple HAVE > HAD Tense. Put the verb into the correct form!
Negative form a) movie / watch / we / evening / yesterday / a
For making negative form, we use the auxiliary DID + NOT >> ____________________________________________. DIDN`T followed by base form of the verb in all persons. b) lot / semester / study / Tina / a / last ____________________________________________. e .g. I didn`t finish my homework yesterday. c) go / Peru / on / summer / vacation / to / we / last Patrick didn`t forget to water the plants. ____________________________________________. d) year / in / they / meet / June / last Interrogative form ____________________________________________. To form an interrogative sentence, we use DID followed by e) my / steal / new / somebody / purse the subject and the base form of the verb in all persons. ____________________________________________. f) Adam / three / ago / here / return / years e.g. Did they arrive on time? No, they didn`t / Yes, they did. ____________________________________________. Where did we celebrate our 10th anniversary? At home. g) ankle / I / morning / break / my / this Signal words: ____________________________________________. yesterday, last (week, month, year, Friday...), in 2006., this morning, a month ago, 3 weeks ago, a year ago...