IDIOMA EXTRANEJERO:ENGLISH

SIMPLE PAST REVIEW

PROFESORA: NADIA CONTRERAS

MARCH, 25 TH

O.A: Identify use and rules in simple past

 MEANING & USE
When do we use the Simple Past tense?
 We use the Simple Past 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 drank a coctel with Maria yesterday.

Last Friday, the students took their spelling and

vocabulary tests.
 HOW DO WE FORM THE SIMPLE PAST
TENSE . . .?

English has two types of  taught

verbs in the past tense:
 talked
 Regular verbs  studied
 Irregular verbs
 forgot

Look at the following  put

list of past tense verbs…  cried
which verbs are regular,  lived
and which are
irregular?  bought
REGULAR VERBS ARE VERBS THAT ….
…end with –ed

Simple Form Past Tense

Walk

Study

Cry

Live
 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)
 FOR NEGATIVE SENTENCES,
USE

I went to work yesterday.

I didn’t go to work yesterday.
 ONLINE GAME

https://wordwall.net/es/resource/3570384/guess-past-make-
sentences

https://wordwall.net/es/resource/2413740/simple-past-