ICT and Approach to Teaching

English as Foreign Language

Lecturer : Dr. Anung Haryono M.Sc.

Presented by :
 For Student of
Junior High School 8 Grade
th
 SIMPLE PAST

The simple past expresses an action in the

past taking place once, never, several times.
It can also be used for actions taking place
one after another or in the middle of
another action
 Form of Simple Past
S + Verb 2 + (object) + Adverb of Time

POSITIVE NEGATIVE QUESTION ADVERB OF TIME

I walked I did not walk Did I walk? Yesterday

I spoke I did not speak Did I speak? Yesterday

- I walked in the park yesterday afternoon

- I spoke to my uncle last night
 Exceptions in Spelling
when Adding ed

Exceptions in Spelling when Adding ed Example

After a final e only add d Love - loved

Final consonant after a short, stressed vovel

admit admitted
or I as final consonant after a vowel is
travel travelled
doubled

Final y after consonant becomes i hurry - hurried

 The use of Simple Past

1. Action in the past taking place once,

never or several times

Example : He visited his parents yesterday

 The use of Simple Past

2. Action in the past taking place one after

another

Example : He came in, took off his coat and

sat down
 The use of Simple Past

3. Action in the past taking place in the

middle of another action

Example : When I was having breakfast, the

phone suddenly rang
 The use of Simple Past

4. If sentences

Example : If I had much money, I would buy

anew car
 Signal Words of Simple Past

Yesterday In 1992
Last friday In 2001
Last week One day
Last month Once upon a time
Last year Just now
2 minutes ago A few days ago
3 days ago An hour ago
 Meaning is more than denotation and connotation, depends
in part on its associations with other words, the relational

EXERCISES
aspect.

Part of the relationship is seen in the way word meanings

vary with context.

Sense of Lexeme is lexemes do not merely have meanings;

they contribute meanings to the utterances in which they
occur, and what meanings they contribute depends on what
other lexemes they are associated with in these utterances.
Write positive sentences in simple past.

1. He / the question / answer : _______________________________

2. You / a question / ask : _______________________________
3. The dog / bark : _______________________________
4. They / us / call : _______________________________
5. We / a mountain / climb : _______________________________
6. John / stamps / collect : _______________________________
7. We / in London / live : _______________________________
8. Mary / a novel / read : _______________________________
Rewrite the sentences in the negative

1. They collected postcards : _______________________________

2. You jump high : _______________________________
3. Andy played tennis : _______________________________
4. Tom visited his grandma : _______________________________
5. I washed the car : _______________________________
6. Jane bought bread : _______________________________
7. You saw the house : _______________________________
8. Ahmad watched TV : _______________________________
Grammar Exercise on the Text
Oxford is ea beautiful unversity town
that is famous all over the world. The
unversity of oxford is the oldest
unversity in Great Britain; it already
existed in the 12th century. In the town
centr there are many old buildings.
There is also a museum where you can
learn more about oxford history
 Grammar Exercise on the Text

Write the verbs in the simple past

1. The unversity of Oxford (be) _________________ the first

British unversity.
2. The lecturer of the college (speak) _________________ a very
clear English.
3. Thats why Oxford English (become) _________________
known as the English of educated people.
4. In the 19th century. Lewis Caroll (write) _________________
Alices Adventures in Wonderland in Oxford.
5. Rowan Atkinson (Mr. Bean) (study) _________________
electrical engineering at Oxford.