Presentation related to the simple past tense, in affirmative and negative cases.

1. How embarrassing!
Lesson 5A
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2. Have you ever had
any embarrassing
experiences?
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3. Simple Past
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4. Simple Past
We use the Simple Past to talk
about things that happened in the
past.
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PAST FUTUREPRESENT

5. 2 Different Options
Verbs
Regular Irregular
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6. Regular verbs
For regular verbs, we only add
“ed” at the end of the verb.
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Play  Played
Talk  Talked
Stay  Stayed
Jump  Jumped

7. Exceptions
1. Verbs ending in –e, only add a –d at the end
2. Verbs ending in a consonant + -y, add –ied
3. Verbs with one syllable ending in CVC form, double
the last consonant.
4. Verbs with 2 or more syllables ending in the CVC
form and with the last stressed syllable
5. Verbs ending in one vowel + -L, double the –L before
the –ed
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8. Verbs ending in –e, only add a –d
at the end
Dance  Danced
Agree  Agreed
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9. Verbs ending in a consonant
+ -y, add –ied
Try- Tried
Carry - Carried

10. Be Careful!
Play  Played
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11. Verbs with one syllable ending in
CVC FORM, double the last
consonant.
Stop  Stopped
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C V C

12. Be Careful!
IF THE VERB ENDS IN X OR W, DON´T
DOUBLE THE LAST CONSONANT
FIX  FIXED
MIX  MIXED
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13. Verbs with more than one syllable,
you only double the consonant if it
has the CVC and it is stressed
Prefer  Preferred
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14. Be Careful!
Answer Answered
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15. Verbs ending in one vowel + -L,
double the –L before the –ed
Travel  Travelled
Cancel  Cancelled
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16. Be Careful!
Sail Sailed
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17. Irregular Vebs
There is no specific rule for the Irregular verbs.

18. Irregular Verbs
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Irregular verbs are different
from each other, so, you need
to learn one by one the cases.
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Look at the list on page 137

19. Some examples
 HAVE  HAD
 GET  GOT
 BUY  BOUGHT
 MAKE  MADE
 COME  CAME
 EAT  ATE
 LEAVE  LEFT
 DO  DID
 GO  WENT
 SEE  SAW
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20. Time expressions
 Yesterday
 Last Night
 Last Day
 Last Summer
 Two days ago
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21. affirmative sentences
I
You
He
She
It
We
They
Verb in
past
Comp.

22. examples
• I played soccer last week.
• Demian danced salsa yesterday.
• The kids ate broccoli last
morning.
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23. Speaking activity
Form groups of 3 people. Talk about the things you did
last weekend.
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EXAMPLE
• Last weekend, I went with some
friends to a party, it was incredible.
We drank some beer and also we
ate some tacos.

24. negative sentences
I
You
He
She
It
We
They
Didn´t Comp.Verb in
simple
form

25. examples
• I didn´t play soccer last week.
• Demian didn´t dance salsa
yesterday.
• The kids didn´t eat broccoli last
morning.
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26. Mariel went to a party last Sunday.
Mariel didn´t go to a party last Sunday
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affirmative
negative