I WAS A CELEBRITY

MARA WILSON
before
She was an
actress in
Hollywood

today

She is a theatre
student in New

MACAULAY CULKIN

2011

1990
He was a
famous
actor in
Hollywood

He is a
business
man .

ANGHELINA
JOLIE
She was a nice
baby.
She was a
model
.
She
is a

great

DAVID BECKHAM
He was
Manchester
United mascot
when he was 11
years old

He is a famous
soccer player.

SIMPLE PAST
WAS WERE
I

YOU
SHE
WE
WAS
HE
THEY
IT

WERE

WAS WERE

Adolf Hitler

He was a
politician and the
leader of the Nazi
He
was born in
Party.
Germany.
He was a dictator
and a mass
murderer.

WAS WERE

Michael Jackson
He was an
American
artist, dancer,
singer,
songwriter, and
philanthropist.

SIMPLE PAST
WASNT WERENT
I

YOU
SHE
WE
WASNT
HE
THEY
IT

WERENT

SIMPLE PAST

WAS WERE

I
SHE
WAS
HE
IT

YOU
WE
WERE
THEY

Was he a model?
Kurt
Cobain
No, he wasnt.
He wasnt a
model.
He was an
American singersongwriter,
musician, and
artist.

Was he a soloist?
No, he wasnt.
He was lead singer and
guitarist of the grunge band
Nirvana.

Were they successful?

Yes, they were.
Nirvana was considered the
"flagship band" of
Generation X.

That was easy !

SIMPLE PAST
Finished
actions in the
past
Completed
period of time
Habit in the
past

SIMPLE PAST
Regular Irregular Verbs

1.General rule + ed
START STARTED
WORK WORKED
WALK WALKED

Add -ED to the

most regular verbs

2. Verbs ending in -e
+d
DIE
LIVE
LOVE

DIED
LIVED
LOVED

When the word

ends in e, just

3. Verbs ending in
consonant + y
-ied
STUDY STUDIED
CRY
CRIED
TRY
TRIED

... Change Y
and add -IED

4. Verbs with :vowel + Y

-ed
STAY
PLAY
PRAY

STAYED
PLAYED
PRAYED

... Keep Y
and add -ED

5. Verbs with : consonant

+ vowel + consonant

Double cons. + -ed

STOP
PLAN
ROB

STOPPED
PLANNED
ROBBED

... Double the final

consonant and add

How to express the past

Subj + verb + compl.
We studied together.
Subj + didnt +verb + compl.

We didnt study together.

Did + subj + verb + compl.
Did we study together ?

Did they love each other?

Yes, they did.

Did they get married?

Yes, they did.

Did they live happily

forever?
No, they didnt. They died.

How DID they die?

They committed suicide.

HOW ROMANTIC!