The document provides examples of regular verbs, irregular verbs, and their past tense forms. It also gives examples of affirmative and negative constructions using the past tense auxiliary verb "did". Additionally, it discusses using past tense verbs to talk about completed actions in the past versus present tense verbs to describe habitual or repeated actions.
2. Study examples below:
• Some nuns help the poor children outside.
• Many doctors give free medicine.
•A few people like walking.
•A lot of students join the dance club.
•Joseph kicks the ball.
•Mary prays every day.
3. Study examples below:
• Some nuns help the poor children outside.
• Many doctors give free medicine.
•A few people like walking.
•A lot of students join the dance club.
•Joseph kicks the ball.
•Mary prays.
Past Tense
• Some nuns helped the poor children outside.
• Many doctors gave free medicine.
•A few people liked walking.
•A lot of students joined the dance club.
•Joseph kicked the ball.
•Mary prayed .
Singular / Plural subject – the same PAST form of VERB
4. Past Tense
• Some nuns helped the poor children outside.
• Many doctors gave free medicine.
• A few people liked walking.
• A lot of students joined the dance club.
• Joseph kicked the ball.
• Mary prayed .
• Some nuns didn’t help the poor children outside.
• Many doctors didn’t give free medicine.
• A few people didn’t like walking.
• A lot of students didn’t join the dance club.
• Joseph didn’t kick the ball.
• Mary didn’t pray .
AFFIRMATIVE
DID + BASE FORM ( verb)
NEGATIVE
5. • Did some nuns help the poor children outside?
• Did many doctors give free medicine?
• Did a few people like walking?
• Did a lot of students join the dance club?
• Did Joseph kick the ball?
• Did Mary pray?
• Didn’t some nuns help the poor children outside?
• Didn’t many doctors give free medicine?
• Didn’t a few people like walking?
• Didn’t a lot of students join the dance club?
• Didn’t Joseph kick the ball?
• Didn’t Mary pray?
DID + BASE FORM ( verb)
Yes, I / we / you / they / he / she / it did.
No, I / we / you / they / he / she / it didn’t.
6. Yesterday
Last night
Last week
Last month
Last year
Two years ago
The other day
…
PAST TENSE
Finished
ACTIONS
Things to remember:
Every day
Always
Often
…
PRESENT
TENSE
General, habitual,
regular, factual
ACTIONS
7. EXERCISE: Write the correct form of verb.
1.I ____________________ (go) to the cinema last night.
2.She ____________________ (buy) a present for her husband, but he
____________________ (like) it.
3.Jane ____________________ (write) a letter to George last week.
4.Ellie ____________________ (brush) her long hair every day.
5.Peter ____________________ (visit) Sarah every Friday.
6.We ____________________ (participate) in the event five years ago.
7.Do they ____________________ (fix) houses?
went
didn’t like
bought
wrote
brushes
visits
participated
fix
8. EXERCISE: Correct the mistake if necessary.
1.Martin don’t like animals.
2.Harry, Anna and John doesn’t likes drinking many waters.
3.The Philippines are an Asian country.
4.I have a new pairs of shoes.
5.Don’t you likes it?
Martin doesn’t like animals.
Harry, Anna and John don’t like drinking much water.
The Philippines is an Asian country.
I have a new pair of shoes. / I have new pairs of shoes.
Don’t you like it?
9. 6. Doesn’t they climbed the mountain yesterday?
7. It didn’t flew.
8. Didn’t he throw the garbage outside this morning.
9. I buys much things last week because I have many money.
10. The residents doesn’t know the man.
Didn’t they climb the mountain yesterday?
It didn’t fly.
Didn’t he throw the garbage outside this morning?
I bought so many things last week because I had so much money.
The residents don’t know the man.
10. 6. Doesn’t they climbed the mountain yesterday?
7. It didn’t flew.
8. Didn’t he throw the garbage outside this morning.
9. I buys much things last week because I have many money.
10. The residents doesn’t know the man.
Didn’t they climb the mountain yesterday?
It didn’t fly.
Didn’t he throw the garbage outside this morning?
I bought so many things last week because I had so much money.
The residents don’t know the man.