THE SIMPLE PAST TENSE

PAST SIMPLE IN MOVIES

 Meaning & Use

 Form
 Exercise
 MEANING & USE
When do we use the Simple Past tense?
to express the idea that an action started and
finished at a specific time in the past.
What are some common time expressions used
with the past tense?
EXAMPLES:

I saw Maria yesterday.

yesterday

Last Friday,
Friday the students took their spelling and
vocabulary tests.

They got married two years ago.

ago
 FORM
- two types of verb
 taught

 Regular verbs
 walked
 Irregular verbs  studied
 gave
 became
 cried
 lived
 did
REGULAR VERBS ARE
VERBS THAT END WITH -ED

Simple Form Past Tense

walk walked

study studied

cry cried

live lived
IRREGULAR VERBS ARE
VERBS THAT DON’T END WITH
- ED
some irregular verbs
Have a vowel change in the past tense:

Simple Form Past Tense

become became
give gave
drive drove
forget forgot
OTHER IRREGULAR VERBS
HAVE A DIFFERENT KIND OF CHANGE:

Simple Past
teach taught
bring brought
leave left
hear heard
buy bought
 AND SOME IRREGULAR VERBS
DON’T CHANGE AT ALL . . .

Simple Past
hit hit
put put
set set

The children set the table for lunch last Sunday.

The children set the table last night.
FOR REGULAR VERBS, SIMPLY USE THE –ED
FORM OF THE VERB IN A POSITIVE SENTENCE.

When I was a child, I ___________ the piano. (play)

Donna ______________ Paris. (visit)

FOR IRREGULAR VERBS, USE THE CORRECT
PAST TENSE FORM IN POSITIVE SENTENCES.
(WE USE THE SAME FORM WITH DIFFERENT SUBJECTS .)

Last week, I ___________ you a letter. (send)

The students __________an English exam. (have)

They _______ a great job! (do)
NEGATIVE SENTENCES

I went to work yesterday.

I didn’t go to work yesterday.
 EXCEPTION =
VERB BE!
WAS/WERE IN MOVIES

The verb be is special.

Never use DID NOT or DIDN’T with it. Instead, just use:
 YES/NO QUESTIONS

Did you go to work yesterday?

Did you have English last week?
 WH-QUESTIONS
Where DID you GO last weekend?

BUT WITH THE VERB ‘TO BE’:

Where WERE you last weekend?

OBJECT QUESTION
Who DID you VISIT yesterday?
SUBJECT QUESTION
Who WENT OUT last weekend?

ENGLISH GRAMMAR IN USE-PAST SIMPLE

 SIMPLE PAST PRACTICE
PUT THE VERBS INTO THE CORRECT FORM.

Last year, I (spend) ________my holiday in

Ireland. It (be) ________great. I
(travel)___________ around the city by car with
two friends and we (visit) ________lots of
interesting places. In the evenings, we usually
(go)_______ to a café.
We (be) ________very lucky with the weather. It
(not / rain)___________ a lot. We(see)
________some beautiful rainbows.
I (have) ______ an amazing holiday!
YOUTUBE-PRACTICE