Past

simple
Some vocabulary
He's running late
A candy bar
A soda pop = A soft drink
The track team = The athletics
A couch potato
A corner shop
• Stop being a couch potato! Turn off the TV and go out and do
something with your life.

• Every day I went to the local corner shop to buy some sweets.

• I had to hang up because I was running late.

• Snickers, Twix and Mars are all candy bars.

• Ice Tea was my favourite soda pop.

• I loved running, that's why I was on the track team.

Questions about Oscar
1.What did he love?
He loved his video games.

What does he love now?

He loves running.

2.Where did he live?

He lived in a house with a big garden.
Where does he live now?
He lives in New York.

3.Where did Oscar spend most of his time?

He spent most of his time in the sofa playing video games.

4.So how could you describe Oscar?

He was a real couch potato.
5.Where did he go when his energy dropped?
He went to the corner shop and bought a quick snack.

6.What can he do now what he couldn't do before?

Running half a mile without getting out of breath.

7.What did his mom worry about?

She worried about him eating his vegetables.

8.Why did he hurry every morning?

He hurried to catch the bus.

Does he still have to hurry now?

He’s often running late for practice in the morning.
Are you like Oscar in the
present, or Oscar in the
past?
SPELLING RULES REGULAR VERBS
• Most verbs: inf + ed => to clean - cleaned

• INF in - E : +d => to love - loved

• INF in cons + Y : + ied => to worry - worried

• INF in - IC : + ked => to panic - panicked

• Verbs with 1 syllable OR stressed final syllable with single cons after short vowel :
double cons + ED => drop - dropped
=> prefer – preferred

• INF in - L after vowel: + L => label - labelled

Let’s practice!

• What did Marcel shred? • What did Marcel mark?

• He shredded my homework • He marked a test.
Let’s practice!

• Freddie made something “disappear” : • Freddie says: “I love you!”

• A slice of pizza disappeared. • Freddie said that he loved me.
IRREGULAR VERBS
knew
“You know

you ’re
were in love

when you couldn’t

can’t fall asleep

because realitywas
is finally better than your dreams.”

– Dr. Seuss
IRREGULAR VERBS

“Success usually comes

came to those

who are
were too busy to be looking for it.”

– Henry David Thoreau

IRREGULAR VERBS

“You only live once,

but if you did

do it right,

once was
is enough.”

– Mae West
IRREGULAR VERBS

“For every minute you were

are angry

you
lostlose sixty seconds of happiness.”

– Ralph Waldo Emerson

What did you
do yesterday?