ppt for english report

1. Simple Past Tense
-Used to show actions completed or done in the
past

2. When transforming verbs into their
past tense, there are twotypes of
verbs
1.)Regular Verbs- whentransformedto
its past tense, we add –ed/-dtothe
endof the verb.
Ex.
play-played lift-lifted
smile-smiled blink-blinked
search-searched dance-danced

3. Formula:
Verb + ed
Laugh+ ed= laughed
My friend and I laughedso hard
afterwe saw somethingfunny.

4. Verb + d
bake + d = baked
I baked pastries for my
favorite teacher.

5. Changey to i + ed
Marry – marri + ed = married
My brother married his long-
term girlfriend last week.

6. Special Notes:
- If a regular verb ends with a singleconsonant and single
vowel, double the consonant before adding–ed. (ex. Clap-
clapped)
- If a regular verb ends with a vowel and y, thereis no need to
change y toi (ex. Pray-prayed)

7. Irregular Verbs- when transformedtoits past
tense,itdoesnot followtheadd-d/-edrule.
Ex.
go-went sing-sang
eat-ate build-built
sit-sat do-did
rise-rose draw-drew
-To behas twopast tenseforms:was(singular),
were (plural)

8. I senta letter to a friend yesterday.
I arrived late for class because I slept very late last night.

9. Time Expressions used to
signal thatactions were done
in thepast (time adverbials):
Yesterday a / one minute ago
last night an / one hour ago
last week Theday before yesterday
last month the night before last
last year
last Tuesday
last summer

10. SimplePresent Tense
-Usedtoshow actions doneatpresent timeor
regularly (habitualactions)

11. Thepresent tenseofthe verb
Can eitherbetheBase form or
the“S Form”
S Form (he/she/it)-when
transformedtotheir present
tenseisaddedwith–s/-es.
like-likes water-waters
brush-brushes meet-meets
read-reads teach-teaches

12. Formula:
verb + s
Order + s = orders
Every morning,she orders a
cup of brewed coffeein
Layla’s CoffeeShop.

13. verb + es
Go + es = goes
Lucas goes to thelibrary
whenever he feels bored.

14. Changey to i + es
Cry– cri + es
Mandy cries whenever she misses her mother.

15. Special Note:
Thecommonverb have doesn't
followtheusual rules:
I /you / we/ They--have
he / she/it--has
Ex.)
Youhavethe answerto the
question.
She hasthe potential to become
a good singer.

16. Special Note:
Be verb uses am, are, is
Ex.)
I am a doctor.
They are going to church.
He is studying for the exams.

17. Base Form (I/you/we/they)-
whentransformed to thepast
tense, it retains its base form.

18. I jogfor an hour every
morning, before I go to work.
Teenagers surf the internet
for almost the whole day.

19. Presenttensehabitual
activities are frequently
signaled by time expressions
such as thefollowing:
-allthetime -sometimes
-always -usually
-every semester -everyclass
-every week -every day
-every year -every holiday
-mostofthetime -everyhour
-Never -every month
-Often -rarely

20. References
http://www.eslcafe.com/grammar/simple_present_ten
se02.html
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/tenses/si
mple_present.htm
http://www.grammar.cl/english/past-tense.htm
http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/simplepast.ht
ml