presentation about Past Simple with examples to the teacher Cesar Velasquez

1. Linda El Smaili
C.I 26.586.918
Republica Bolivariana de Venezuela
Ministerio del Poder Popular para la Educación
I. U. P. Santiago Mariño
Extensión Porlamar- Edo Nueva Esparta
Profesor: Cesar velàsquez

2. DEFINITION
• Past simple :the form of a verb used
to describe an action that happened before
the present time and is no longer happening. It
is usually made by adding -ed

3. CHARACTERISTICS/TYPES
REGULAR
•All regular past tense verbs end in ED
Example:
•Study-studied
•Live-lived
•Stay-stayed
IRREGULAR
•Some verbs have irregular past tense
forms
Example:
•Go-went
•Be-was/were
•do-did
AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE INTERROGATIVE
REGULAR I walked I didn't walk Did I walk?
IRREGULAR He went to a club
last night
He didn't go to
bed early last
night.
Did he go to the
cinema last night?

4. EXAMPLES
• Move:We moved here in 1991.
• Work:I worked for Microsoft.
• Travel:I traveled around your country last
summer.
• Save:He was the man who saved my life.
• Buy: I bought this car in January.
• Rain:It rained all night

5. EXERCISES
• Q:Did you eat Yesterday?
A.P:Yes i ate yesterday
A.N:No i did not eat yesterday
• Q:Did they lose the keys?
A.P:They lost the keys.
A.N:They didn't lose the keys