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Simple past unit 1
The document discusses the simple past tense in English. It explains that the simple past is used to talk about actions that started and finished at a specific time in the past. It provides examples of common time expressions used with the past tense, such as "last Friday" and "two years ago." It also describes how regular verbs are formed in the past tense with "-ed" and irregular verbs do not follow a set pattern, providing some common irregular verbs like "become/became" and "teach/taught." The document provides exercises for students to practice forming sentences in the simple past with regular and irregular verbs.
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Simple past unit 1
- 1. Unit: 1 The simplepast tense Estudiante: Diana Viteri Exercise Form (structure) Meaning and use
- 2. Meaning & Use Whendo we use the Simple Past tense? • We use the Simple Past to express the idea that an action started and finished at a specific time in the past. What are some common time expressions used with the past tense?
- 3. Examples: Last Friday, thestudents took their spelling and vocabulary tests. They got married two years ago. I saw Maria yesterday.
- 4. How do weform the simple past tense . . .? English has two types of verbs in the past tense: • taught • walked • studie d • gave • becam e • cried • lived • did Look at the following list of past tense verbs… which verbs are regular, and which are irregular? Regular verbs Irregular verbs
- 5. Regular verbs areverbs that …. Simple Form Past Tense Walk Study Cry Live …end with –ed
- 6. Irregular verbs areverbs that . . . .…DON’T end with –ed some irregular verbs Have a vowel change in the past tense: Simple Form Past Tense become became give gave drive drove forget forgot
- 7. other irregular verbs Havea different kind of change: Simple Past teach taught bring brought Leave left Hear heard Buy bought
- 8. And some irregularverbs don’t change at all . . . Simple Past hit hit put put set set The children set the table every Sunday. The children set the table last night.
- 9. For regular verbs,simply use the –ed form of the verb in a positive sentence. When I was a child, I ___________ the piano. (play) Donna ______________ Paris. (visit)
- 10. For irregular verbs,use the correct past tense form in positive sentences. (We use the same form with different subjects .) Last week, I ___________ you a letter. (send) The students __________an English exam. (have) They _______ a great job! (do)
- 11. For negative sentences,USE I went to work yesterday. I didn’t go to work yesterday.
- 12. Exception = VERB BE! Theverb be is special. Never use DID NOT or DIDN’T with the verb BE. Instead, just use:
- 13. For Yes/No questions,USE Did you go to work yesterday? Did you come yesterday?
- 14. Put the verbs(between brackets) into the correct form (simple past).Last year, I (spend) ________my holiday in Ireland.It (be) ________great. I (travel)___________ around the city by car with two friends and we (visit) ________lots of interesting places. In the evenings, we usually (go)_______ to a café. We (be) ________very lucky with the weather. It (not / rain)___________ a lot. We(see) ________some beautiful rainbows. I (have) ______ an amazing holiday!
- 15. Student Practice: Go tothis website with a classmate to practice what you have learned or reviewed today: http://www.quia.com/quiz/664418.html