2. The
simple past tense is used to talk about
actions that happened at a specific time in the
past.
You
form the simple past of a verb by adding
-ed , the end of a regular verb but,
irregular verb forms have to be learned
3. I was at home yesterday.
My parents were at the supermarket
Maradona was a good football player.
Michel Jackson was a famous singer
You were excellent student last year
4. Was Michel Jackson a bad singer?
No, he wasn´t a bad singer.
Were you a tennis player?
No, I weren´t a tennis player.
Was Lina Marulanda an ugly woman?
No, she wasn´t an ugly woman
5. Sharon
studied Japanese for five years.
We talked on the phone for thirty
minutes.
We waited for one hour.
You played basketball last weekend
She watched a horror film last night
6. The auxiliary of the past tense is
Did you enjoy the film?
Yes, I enjoyed the film
No, I didn´t enjoy the film.
7. Did
Michel Jackson Sing Pop songs?
Yes, he sang pop songs.
Did Maradona write a history book?
No, he didn´t write a history book.
Did García Márquez write One hundred years of
solitude?
Yes, he wrote One hundred years of solitude.
8. Group A
Voiceless sound: – p – k – s – ch – sh – f – x – hpronounce ED as “T”
Example: Ask, asked = ask(T)
Ed as “T”
Asked
baked
brushed
cooked
cracked crashed danced (da:ns) + t dressed
dropped
escaped
finished
fixed
guessed helped hoped jumped kissed
9. Voiced sound : – l – v – n – m – r – b – v – g – w
– y – z – and vowel sounds (diphthongs)
pronounce ED as “D”
Example: Allow, allowed = allow(D)
Ed as “D”
advised (ad’vaiz) + d
agreed allowed answered appeared arrived
Believed belonged burned called carried changed
closed covered cried damaged described died
10. T or D pronounce ED as “ID”
Example: Need, needed = need(id)
Ed as “ID”
Accepted afforded attended
arrested collected contacted counted decided
defended demanded divided ended expanded
expected exported flooded graduated hated
hunted included invited invented landed needed
painted