Simple past explanation

1. SIMPLE PAST
JENIFFER POSADA VASQUEZ
TUTOR

2. THINK OF YOUR LAST
VACATION
TUTORA JENIFFER POSADASIMPLE PAST

3. WHAT DID CARMEN DO ON
HER LAST VACATION?
TUTORA JENIFFER POSADASIMPLE PAST

4. SHE WENT TO ITALY
TUTORA JENIFFER POSADASIMPLE PAST
TUTORA JENIFFER POSADASIMPLE PAST

5. SHE STAYED IN A VERY GOOD
HOTEL
TUTORA JENIFFER POSADASIMPLE PAST

6. SHE ATE DELICIOUS PASTA
TUTORA JENIFFER POSADASIMPLE PAST

7. SHE VISITED THE PISA TOWER
TUTORA JENIFFER POSADASIMPLE PAST

8. SHE MET THE POPE
TUTORA JENIFFER POSADASIMPLE PAST
TUTORA JENIFFER POSADASIMPLE PAST

9. SHE RENTED A MOTORCYCLE
TUTORA JENIFFER POSADASIMPLE PAST
TUTORA JENIFFER POSADASIMPLE PAST

10. SHE TOOK A GONDOLA RIDE
TUTORA JENIFFER POSADASIMPLE PAST

11. WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE
VERBS?
TUTORA JENIFFER POSADASIMPLE PAST

12. ARE THEY IN PRESENT OR IN
PAST?
TUTORA JENIFFER POSADASIMPLE PAST

13. THEY ARE IN PAST!
PRESENT
GO
STAY
EAT
VISIT
MEET
RENT
TAKE
TUTORA JENIFFER POSADASIMPLE PAST
PAST
WENT
STAYED
ATE
VISITED
MET
RENTED
TOOK

14. SIMPLE PAST: DEFINITION
AND CONSTRUCTION
Let’s remember something first…
SIMPLE PAST:
•It is used to describe
past events.
TUTORA JENIFFER POSADASIMPLE PAST

15. SIMPLE PAST:
CONSTRUCTION
VERB
IN
PAST
SUBJE
CT
COMPLE
MENT
EXAMPLE:
CARMEN WENT TO ITALY
REMEMBER:
REGULAR VERBS: ENDING IN –ED
IRREGULAR VERBS: ARE DIFFERENT
TUTORA JENIFFER POSADASIMPLE PAST

16. REGULAR
VERBS
Verbs ending in ED
RULES
VERBS ENDING IN –
E,
ADD +D
VERBS ENDING IN
CONSONANT ADD –
ED.
EXAMPLE: DANCEDANCED
EXAMPLE: PAINTPAINTED
VERBS FOLLOWING
SANDWICH
CONSONANT-VOWELCONSONANT,
DUPLICATE
CONSONANT AND ADD ED
EXAMPLE: SHOPSHOPPED
TUTORA JENIFFER POSADASIMPLE PAST
VERBS ENDING IN –Y
PRECEEDED BY
CONSONANT,
ELIMINATE THE –Y
AND ADD –IED
EXAMPLE:
STUDYSTUDIED,
CRY- CRIED

17. IRREGULAR VERBS
Verbs that do NOT end
in -ED
NO RULES
EXAMPLES: TAKE- TOOK,
WRITE-WROTE, EAT-ATE,
TUTORA JENIFFER POSADASIMPLE PAST

18. SIMPLE PAST
is used to describe PAST EVENTS.
TUTORA JENIFFER POSADASIMPLE PAST

19. PAST: LAST
VACATION
TUTORA JENIFFER POSADASIMPLE PAST
PRESENT:
RIGHT NOW

20. LET’S SUMMARIZE…
SIMPLE
PAST
TO DESCRIBE PAST
EVENTS
REGULAR
VERBS
TUTORA JENIFFER POSADASIMPLE PAST
IRREGULAR
VERBS

21. LET’S REVIEW!
TUTORA JENIFFER POSADASIMPLE PAST

22. …IN AFFIRMATIVE
SUBJECT
FOR EXAMPLE:
VERB IN PAST
COMPLEMENT
MARISSA WENT TO MEXICO LAST
YEAR.
TUTORA JENIFFER POSADASIMPLE PAST

23. TUTORA JENIFFER POSADASIMPLE PAST
… IN NEGATIVE
SUBJECT
DID
NOT
VERB
(BASE
FORM)
FOR EXAMPLE:
COMPLE
MENT
YESTERDAY, THEY
DID NOT VISIT
THEIR
GRANDMOTHER.

24. … IN NEGATIVE
DID
SUBJECT
?
TUTORA JENIFFER POSADASIMPLE PAST
VERB
(BASE
FORM)
COMPLE
MENT
FOR EXAMPLE:
DID THEY TAKE PICTURES
OF THE EIFFEL TOWER?

25. … IN INFORMATION
QUESTIONS
WH
DID
FOR EXAMPLE:
SUBJECT
VERB
(BASE
FORM)
COMPLEMENT
WHAT DID YOU DO ON YOUR
LAST VACATION?
TUTORA JENIFFER POSADASIMPLE PAST

26. CONVERSATION:
SO, BETTY, WHAT
DID YOU DO LAST
SUMMER?
TUTORA JENIFFER POSADASIMPLE PAST

27. CONVERSATION:
SO, BETTY, WHAT
DID YOU DO LAST
SUMMER?
TUTORA JENIFFER POSADASIMPLE PAST
WELL, I WENT TO
CARTAGENA.

28. CONVERSATION:
SO, BETTY, WHAT
DID YOU DO LAST
SUMMER?
WHAT DID YOU
DO IN
CARTAGENA?
TUTORA JENIFFER POSADASIMPLE PAST
WELL, I WENT TO
CARTAGENA.

29. CONVERSATION:
SO, BETTY, WHAT
DID YOU DO LAST
SUMMER?
WHAT DID YOU
DO IN
CARTAGENA?
TUTORA JENIFFER POSADASIMPLE PAST
WELL, I WENT TO
CARTAGENA.
I DID MANY
THINGS,
MARITZA.

30. TUTORA JENIFFER POSADASIMPLE PAST
CONVERSATION:
I TOOK PICTURES
OF THE INDIA
CATALINA. I ATE
A LOT OF FISH. I
TOOK A CARRIAGE
RIDE, I TOOK A
CHIVA, I VISITED
LA POPA, I TOOK A
TOUR OF SAN
FELIPE CASTLE,
AND I VISITED
THE WALLED
CITY,.

31. CONVERSATION:
DESCRIPTION
OF PAST
EVENTS
TUTORA JENIFFER POSADASIMPLE PAST
I TOOK PICTURES
OF THE INDIA
CATALINA. I ATE
A LOT OF FISH. I
TOOK A CARRIAGE
RIDE, I TOOK A
CHIVA, I VISITED
LA POPA, I TOOK A
TOUR OF SAN
FELIPE CASTLE,
AND I VISITED
THE WALLED
CITY,.