SIMPLE PAST

TEACHER: NATALY OÑATE G.

They play the guitar every evening.

Simple Present

They played the guitar last night.

Past Simple

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AFFIRMATIVE SENTENCES
There are two groups of verbs: Regular and Irregular verbs.

Regular Verbs
They add an – ed to the end of the verb.
Eg: play - played
watch - watched
cook - cooked

We played basketball yesterday.

TEACHER: NATALY OÑATE G.
There are some exceptions:

Try ► tried -y ending and

preceding vowel
Study ►studied
change to -ied
Copy ►copied

One syllable verb

Stop ►stopped Ending in consonant
Plan ►planned and preceded by a vowel.
Doble the last consonat

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Irregular Verbs
They change their form completetly.
Begin ► Began Find ► Found Leave► Left
Break ► Broke Fly ► Flew Make ► Made
Build ► Built Get ► Got Meet ► Met
Buy ► Bought Give ► Gave Say ► Said
Come ► Came Go ► Went See ► Saw
Do ► Did Have ► Had Sell ► Sold
Drink ► Drank Know ► Knew Sleep ► Slept
Eat ► Ate Speak ► Spoke Take ► Took
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 NEGATIVE SENTENCES
Regular and Irregular Verbs

Subject Auxiliary Verb We use an auxiliary

DIDN’T
I didn’t study Plus the verb to form
the negative.
You didn’t work
He didn’t read
She didn’t sleep
It didn’t cry
You didn’t run
We didn’t drink
They didn’t clean
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INTERROGATIVE SENTENCES
Regular and Irregular Verbs

Wh- words Auxiliary Subject Verb ?

Yes or no questions
Where Did I study? We use the auxiliary
When Verb DID + Subjet+verb
Did you work?
What
Who Did he sleep?
How Did she run? Information questions
We use a wh-word + the
Why Did it rain? auxiliary verb DID + Subjet+
verb
How long Did you travel?
What time
Did we eat?
Did they clean?
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EXERCISES…
1) He didn’t go to the party yesterday. (not go)
2) Did they play soccer last weekend? (play)
3) Lauren and Evan atewaffles. (eat)
4) You had two cats. (have)
5) Tom didn’t read the book. (not read)
6) They studied for the test. (study)
7) Did you swim in the lake? (swim)
8) My family didn’t watch tv last night. (not watch)
9) The students English. (learn)
learnt
TEACHER: NATALY OÑATE G.