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The document provides information about the simple past tense in English, including its definition, form, uses, and examples. It defines the simple past as referring to completed actions in a time before now. It discusses the affirmative, negative, and interrogative forms of regular and irregular verbs in the past tense. Examples are given of using the simple past to talk about finished events in the past and events with a specific finished time. Common time expressions used with the past tense are also listed.
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- 1. Simple past tense DoneBY: Moza Eman Majeda Moza AE
- 2. index • 1-Objectives • 2-Definition •3-Form • 4-Uses • 5-Examples
- 3. Objectives • Enable studentto : • understand the definition of the simple past tense • understand the uses of the simple past tense • use the irregular and the regular verb in a correct form
- 4. Definition • The simplepast is used to talk about a completed action in a time before now. Duration is not important. The time of the action can be in the recent past or the distant past
- 5. The form ofsimple past • Affirmative • Subject + verb (in the past) • Negative • Subject + did not + infinitive without to • They didn't go. • Interrogative • Did + subject+ infinitive without to • Did she arrive? • Interrogative negative • Did not + subject+ infinitive without to • Didn't you play? •
- 6. what is theuse of simple past tense • Finished events in the past with no connection to the present: • Leonardo painted the Mona Lisa. • The Vikings invaded Britain. • 2 With a finished time word (yesterday, last week, at 2 o'clock, in 2003): • I went to the cinema yesterday. • We visited Japan in 2007. • 3 For stories / lists of events: • He went to a café, sat down and lit a cigarette. • Yesterday I went to the library, met a friend for lunch, and played tennis.
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- 8. REGULAR VERBS Spelling rules Toform the affirmative past tense of most regular verbs: • Add –ed to the base form of the verb (wash- washed). • If the verb ends in –e, add –d (live-lived) • If the verb ends in a consonant preceded by a vowel, double the final consonant (stop-stopped) • If the verb ends in –y preceded by a consonant, omit the “y” and add –ied ( copy-copied)
- 9. 1. Write the pasttense form. 1. Dance _________ 2. listen_________ 3. Study_________ 4. jump_________ 5. Look_________ 6. Play_________ 7. walk_________ 8. Stop_________
- 10. SIMPLE PRESENT POSITIVE STATEMENTNEGATIVE STATEMENT I work in Mushrooms Company. I don’t work in The Coke Company. He lives in that small house. He doesn’t live in the big one. We study in the CETis We don´t study in the CBTis Maria knows how to cook. Maria doesn’t know how to make tortillas Today I have a party. Today I don´t have classes. My mom has my wallet My mom doesn’t have her purse
- 11. SIMPLE PAST POSITIVE STATEMENTNEGATIVE STATEMENT I worked in Mushrooms Company in May. I didn’t work in The Coke Company. He lived in that small house 2 years ago. He didn’t live in the big one. We studied in the CETis last year. We didn’t study in the CBTis Maria knew how to cook. Maria didn’t know how to make tortillas Yesterday I had a party. Today I didn’t have classes. My mom had my wallet last night. My mom didn’t have her purse
- 12. Expressions for PastTense last ago yesterday last night 10 minutes ago yesterday last Sunday an hour ago yesterday morning last week three days ago yesterday afternoon last weekend a week ago yesterday evening last year a month ago the day before yesterday last month a year ago
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- 15. Write the correctform of the verb on the lines. Use the Simple Past Tense. • John Lennon (be) _________ born in 1940 in Liverpool, England, where he (grow up) ___________. As a teenager, he (meet) _________Paul McCartney, and they (begin) _________ to write songs together. After several years, they (form) _________ a new group called the Beatles, with George Harrison and Pete Best. However, Best (NO-stay) _______________ in the group. Bingo Starr (join) _________ the group in place of Best. In 1964 the group (perform) _________ its first hit son “Love Me Do”. ….. Next Page….
- 16. Write the correctform of the verb on the lines. Use the Simple Past Tense. • Between the years 1962 and 1968 the Beatles (be) _________ the most famous group in the world. In 1969, Lennon (decide) _________ to perform alone. He (write) _________ the song “Give Peace a Chance” and (make) several albums alone. He also (act) _________ in films. From that time on, he (have) _________ many problems. For example, he (leave) _________ his wife, Yoko Ono, for a time. Finally, in 1983, Mark David Chapman (kill) _________ Lennon. Lennon’s life (end) _________, but his music lives on today.
- 17. WH- ANDDIDQUESTIONS QUESTION ANSWER Whatdid you do last Sundays? I played soccer with my friends. Where did you play soccer? I played soccer in the park. How long did you stay there? We stayed there for about 2 hours. Did you enjoy the match? Yes, I did. I got so exhausted but I liked it. Did you do something else that day? No, I didn’t. Well, I just called my girlfriend and went out with her.
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