Teacher Guessing Game “Tell Me What You Did Yesterday” Objectives:
• Use Simple Past Tense correctly:
• Rewrite the sentence using simple past tense; and • Explain and discuss the importance of the simple past. “ Fox and Grapes” A fox was very hungry and came into a vineyard where lots of love ripe grapes were hanging on the vines. The fox jumped up and up again until he was tired but he did not get one grape. So he said to himself, “ Let somebody else have the stupid grapes. They are so green and probably sour, I don’t want them”. Simple Past • Is a verb tense that is used to talk about something that happened or existed before. Simple Past Form 1st Column 2nd Column 3rd Colum
talk-talked try-tried bring-brought
paint-painted cry-cried come-came
Rules on Regular verbs: Rule 1. Most Regular Verbs add –ed or d. • Example: change
• Rule 2- ending in y: Erase –y and add ied:
• Example: cry Irregular Verbs: • are verbs that form their simple past and past participles in some way other than by adding the suffix “-ed” •Examples: go- went, bring- brought, etc. “Chalkboard Relay” Present Tense 1. Bring 11. Forget 2. Break 12. Catch 3. Try 13. Carry 4. Buy 14. Play 5. Walk 15. Change 6. Choose 16. Look 7. Apply 17. Come 8. Drive 18. Study 9. Fight 19. Close 10. Stay 20. Write “Simple Past Crossword” Assignment: Assignment: Write a simple past tense sentence using the following: