Past Tense: Inglés Profesional 1 Marco Antonio Meza Pérez Palma

PAST TENSE
Inglés profesional 1
Marco Antonio Meza Pérez Palma
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8-1 USING BE: PAST TIME
Present vs past
I am in class today.
(This is an action in the present)
I was in class yesterday.

(This is something that has already finished)
Verb changes to the past form

Click to continue
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BE: PAST TENSE
PRESENT TENSE PAST TENSE
(a) I am in class today.
(b) I was in class yesterday.
(c) Jun is here today.
(d) Samantha was here yesterday
(e) We are happy today.
Click to continue (f) We were happy yesterday.
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8-1 USING BE: PAST TIME
SIMPLE PAST TENSE OF BE
Singular Plural
I was we were
you were you were
she was
he was they were
it was
Click to continue
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8-1 Let’s Practice
be
present past
was
am today.
yesterday.
I ___ at work ____________
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be
present past
was
is last
todayweek
She _______ in the pool _________
Click to continue
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be
present past
The moon ____
was
is huge___________
tonight.
last night.
Click to continue
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Write the correct answer
Exercises
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present The water is warm today.
past
The water
Click in the box was warm yesterday
and type
(compare the correct answer)
Click to continue
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present: Jannine is in her class today.
past (click in the

box and type)
Jannine was in her class on Thursday morning.
(click again to advance) (compare the
correct answer)
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Negative sentences ‐ be
Grammar
8-2 PAST OF BE: NEGATIVE
Negative past with be
I was not in class yesterday.
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Negative past – wasn’t
• (a) I was not in class yesterday
• I wasn’t in class yesterday
• (b) She wasn’t in class yesterday
• I wasn’t in class yesterday
was + not = wasn’t

I
she + wasn’t
he
it
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Negative past – weren’t
• (c) You were not home last night.
• (d) You weren’t home last night.
were + not = weren’t

we
you + weren’t
they
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Practice negative past ‐ be
Robert is in class this morning, but
________
he wasn’t in class yesterday morning.
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They are in London tonight, but
___________
they weren’t in London last night.
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I am happy today, but

I wasn’t happy yesterday.
____________
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The weather is nice this week, but
it wasn’t nice last week.
___________
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Interrogative sentences
Verb be
8-3 PAST OF BE: QUESTIONS
Interrogative past ‐ be
Were you in class yesterday?
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YES/NO QUESTIONS
(a) Were you in class yesterday?
be + subject
SHORT ANSWER
Yes, we were.
LONG ANSWER
Yes, We were in class yesterday.
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YES/NO QUESTIONS
(a) Were you in class yesterday?
be + subject
SHORT ANSWER
No, we weren’t.
LONG ANSWER
No, We weren’t in class yesterday.
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YES/NO QUESTIONS
SHORT ANSWER + LONG ANSWER
(b) Was Jean at the library last week?

be + (subject)
Yes, she was. She was at the library last week.
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YES/NO QUESTIONS
( c) Was your sister at the car park?
be + subject
SHORT ANSWER
Yes, she was.
LONG ANSWER
Yes, she was at the car park.
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YES/NO QUESTIONS
(e) Was the dog at the vet yesterday?
be + subject
SHORT ANSWER
Yes, it was. No, it wasn’t.
LONG ANSWER
Yes, it was at the vet Yes, it was at the vet

yesterday. yesterday.
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INFORMATION QUESTIONS
Wh‐questions
Where was Bill last winter?
Where + be + subject
SHORT ANSWER
In Mexico
LONG ANSWER
He was in Mexico last winter.
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Wh‐questions
(d) Where were they last month?
Where + be + subject
SHORT ANSWER
On vacation.
LONG ANSWER
They were on vacation last month.
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Let’s practice
_____
Was Andrea in class on Friday?
No, she wasn’t.
She wasn’t in class on Friday.
(click to watch the answers)
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Let’s practice
_____
Were you and Simi at the lake last week?
Yes, we were . We were at the lake last week.
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Let’s practice
_____
Was Nina with you last week?
No, she wasn’t . She wasn’t with me.
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Past of regular verbs
8-4 THE SIMPLE PAST TENSE: USING -ED
Example
We walked to school.
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Simple present to simple past
SIMPLE PRESENT
(a) We walk to school every day.
SIMPLE PAST
(b) We walked to school yesterday.
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Simple present to simple past
SIMPLE PRESENT
(c) Hakim walks to school every day.
SIMPLE PAST
(d) Hakim walked to school yesterday.
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Regular verbs
verb + -ed = the simple past
I
you
she
he + walked (verb + -ed)
it
we
they
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Regular verb example
Every day I brush my teeth.
Yesterday _______________.
I brushed my teeth
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Every day Julie plays the piano.
Yesterday she _____________.
played the piano
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George cooks every day
He cooked yesterday
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8-5 PAST TIME WORDS: YESTERDAY, LAST, AND AGO
Past tense words/expressions
Bob and Helen were here yesterday.
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YESTERDAY
yesterday.
(a) Bob was here ... yesterday morning.
yesterday afternoon.
yesterday evening.
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LAST
last night.
last week.
(b) Eve was here ... last month.
last year.
last spring.
last summer.
last Monday.
last Friday.
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AGO
five minutes ago.
two hours ago.
(c) Omar was here … six days ago.
a month ago.
a year ago.
ten years ago.
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morning
yesterday with afternoon
evening
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night
long periods of time
last with
seasons
days of the week
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length of time
five minutes
two hours
six days
a month + ago
five months (in the past)
one year
ten years
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Past tense words/expressions‐practice
Monday
We went to the movies ________
afternoon.
Monday last
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I called you ________
last Thursday.
yesterday
last
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last
Her friends lived in South America ______________ year.
• yesterday
• last
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The weather was nice ______

last night.
yesterday
last
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8-6 THE SIMPLE PAST: IRREGULAR VERBS (GROUP 1)
Irregular verbs
eat ate
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Irregular verbs
PRESENT
go
I go home early every afternoon.
PAST
went
I went home early this afternoon
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Irregular verbs
PRESENT PAST
have had
• Those instruments have a • Those instruments had a
security label to be checked security label to be checked
every day. every day.
• The maintenance chief has to • The maintenance chief had to
check the reports every end check the reports every end
of the shift of the shift
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Interrogative sentences
Past tense
YES/NO QUESTIONS
(a) Did you have classes yesterday?
Did + subject + infinitive
SHORT ANSWER
Yes, I did.
LONG ANSWER
Yes, I had classes yesterday.
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YES/NO QUESTIONS
(b) Did Mike go to the pub yesterday?
Did + subject + infinitive + …
SHORT ANSWER
No, he didn’t.
LONG ANSWER
No, he didn’t go to the pub yesterday.
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YES/NO QUESTIONS
YES/NO QUESTIONS
(c) Did the cat caught a mouse last night?
Did + subject + infinitive + …
SHORT ANSWER
Yes, it did.
LONG ANSWER
Yes, it caught a mouse last night

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YES/NO QUESTIONS
(d)Did your sister climb the tree by herself?
Did + subject + infinitive
SHORT ANSWER
Yes, she did.
LONG ANSWER
Yes, she climbed the tree by herself.
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INFORMATION QUESTIONS
Regular and irregular verbs
Wh‐questions
Where did Bill stay last winter?
Question word + aux + subject + infinitive + …
SHORT ANSWER
In Mexico
LONG ANSWER
He stayed in Mexico last winter.
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Wh‐questions
(d) When did the film on TV end yesterday?
Question word + did + subject + infinitive + …
SHORT ANSWER
At midnight.
LONG ANSWER
It finished at midnight.
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Self‐assessment
Complete to make correct sentences in the past
understood
1) Jeannie _________________ everything in the lesson (understand)
was
2) The hospital _________________ crowded the whole day yesterday (be)
didn’t grow
3) Some African countries _________________ potatoes for many years.
(not‐grow)
was
4) When _________________ your first visit to Mexico? (be)
did cook
5) How often _________________ you _________________ spaghetti when
were
you _________________ in your parents’ house? (cook / be)
believed was
6) Nobody _________________ the water _________________ so smelly!
(believe / be)
Self assessment
saw
7) The last time we _________________ him the ship
exploded
_________________ near the shore . (see / explode)
brought
8) My wife _________________ my lunch but she
didn’t find
_________________ me this noon. (bring / not‐find)
9) It’s unbelievable, the thief _________________ from the police by
escaped
using a woman’s costume. (escape)
wasn’t
10) It _________________ possible to hear when the machine
started
_________________ to work yesterday. (not‐be / start)

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PAST TENSE

I was in class yesterday.

Verb changes to the past form

SIMPLE PAST TENSE OF BE

past (click in the

I was not in class yesterday.

was + not = wasn’t

were + not = weren’t

They are in London tonight, but

I am happy today, but

Yes, We were in class yesterday.

No, We weren’t in class yesterday.

SHORT ANSWER + LONG ANSWER

(b) Was Jean at the library last week?

Yes, she was. She was at the library last week.

Yes, she was.

Yes, she was at the car park.

Yes, it was. No, it wasn’t.

Yes, it was at the vet Yes, it was at the vet

He was in Mexico last winter.

They were on vacation last month.

No, she wasn’t.

She wasn’t in class on Friday.

Yes, we were . We were at the lake last week.

No, she wasn’t . She wasn’t with me.

(a) We walk to school every day.

(b) We walked to school yesterday.

(c) Hakim walks to school every day.

(d) Hakim walked to school yesterday.

George cooks every day

(a) Bob was here ... yesterday morning.

The weather was nice ______

Yes, I had classes yesterday.

No, he didn’t go to the pub yesterday.

Yes, it caught a mouse last night

Yes, she did.

Yes, she climbed the tree by herself.

He stayed in Mexico last winter.

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