The Fourth Meeting

Past Tenses
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Simple Past Tense

1. It indicates that an activity or situation began and ended at a particular
time in the past.
 I walked to school yesterday.
 He lived in Paris for ten years.
 I bought a new car three days ago.
 She put her books on the table last week.
2.If a sentence contains when and has the simple past in
both clauses, the action in the “when clause” happens
first.
 I stood under a tree when it began to rain.
 When she heard a strange noise, she got up to investigate.
 When I dropped my cup, the coffee spilled on my lap.
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Some common time expressions used with
the past tense
Yesterday In 1980

Last month Ago

Last year Last week
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How do we form the simple past tense . . .?

English has two types of verbs in the past tense,
namely Regular and Irregular Verbs
Regular Verbs Irregular Verbs
• Walked  Read
• Worked  Wrote
• Played  Spoke
• Cried  Put
• Listened  Hit
• Talked  Came
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Positive Sentence to Negative One

Positive Sentence Negative Sentence

 I walked to school yesterday. I did not walk to school
 He lived in Paris for ten years.
 I bought a new car three days
ago.
 She put her books on the
table last week.
yesterday.
 He did not live in Paris for ten
years.
 I did not buy a new car three
days ago.
 She didn’t put her books on
the table last week.
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Positive Sentence to Interrogative One

Positive Sentence Interrogative Sentence

 I walked to school yesterday.  Did I walk to school
yesterday?
 He lived in Paris for ten years.
 Did he live in Paris for ten
years?
 I bought a new car three days
ago.  Did you buy a new car three
days ago?
 She put her books on the
 Did She put her books on the
table last week. table last week.
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Past Continuous Tense

1. It indicates two actions occurred at the same time, but one action
began earlier and was in progress when the other action occurred.
 I was walking down the street when it began to
rain.
 While I was walking down the street, it began to
rain.
 I was standing under a tree when it began to rain.
2. It indicates an action began in the past and was in progress at that
time, and probably continued.
 At eight o’clock last night, I was studying.
 Last year at this time, my son was attending school.
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EXERCISE
Change the following sentences into negative and interrogative
ones.
. Mary phoned her brother last night.
Marry didn’t phone her brother last night
Did Marry phone her brother last night?
.They put the books on the table yesterday.
They didn’t put the books on the table yesterday
Did they put the books on the table yesterday?
. He wrote a poem last year.
He didn’t write a ..
Did he write a ..
. John watched an American film two weeks ago.
John didn’t watch an..
Did John watch..
. Ann and Isabel listened to rock music an hour ago.
They didn’t listen to..
Did they listen to…
. Linda was late to school yesterday.
Linda wasn’t late to
Was Linda late to..
. They were in the garden two hours ago.
They weren’t in the..
Were they in the..
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Past Continuous Tense

3. Sometimes it is used in both parts of a sentence
when two actions are in progress simultaneously.
 While I was studying in one room of our
apartment, my roommate was having a party in
the other room.
 When the students were listening to music, their
teacher was writing the quiz.
.
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Positive Sentence to Negative One

Positive Sentence Negative Sentence
 I was walking down the I was not walking down the
street when it began to rain.
street when it began to rain.
 He was living in Paris when  He was not living in Paris
his father died. when his father died.
 They were watching film  They were not watching film
when there was an accident. when there was an accident.
 She was putting her books on  She was not putting her books
the table when her father on the table when her father
came. came.
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Exercise.
Answer the following questions correctly.

1. What did you do last night?

:I studied English last night
2. What time did you go to bed last night?
: I went to bed at eleven pm
3. Where did you go yesterday?
: I went to gor susilo
4. When did you do your homework?
: I did my homework yesterday
5. What did you feel when you watched a horror film?
: I felt scaried when i watch a horror film
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THANK YOU
1. Mary phoned her brother last night.
- Marry didn’t phone her brother last night 13
- Did Marry phone her brother last night?
2.They put the books on the table yesterday.
- They didn’t put the books on the table yesterday
-Did they put the books on the table yesterday?
3. He wrote a poem last year.
- He didn’t write a ..
- Did he write a ..
4. John watched an American film two weeks ago.
- John didn’t watch an..
- Did John watch..
5. Ann and Isabel listened to rock music an hour ago.
- They didn’t listen to..
- Did they listen to…
6. Linda was late to school yesterday.
- Linda wasn’t late to
- Was Linda late to..
7. They were in the garden two hours ago.
-They weren’t in the..
- Were they in the..