This document provides information about simple past tense in English. It discusses the simple past form of to be, was/were, and regular and irregular past tense verbs. Examples are given of affirmative and negative sentences using simple past verbs. Exercises are included to practice forming sentences in the simple past tense.

1. Simple Past Presentation

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Contents
Introduction
Simple past of to be
Simple past of verbs
Exercises

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Introduction: simple past tense
Last night
I watched TV last night.
now
past

4. Simple past of to be
Pronouns Simple present Simple past
I am
was
He
is
She
It
You
are were
We
They

5. Simple past of to be
Was
I
he
she
it
Were
you
we
they
Yes,
I/he/she/it was.
you/we/they were.
No,
I/he/she/it wasn’t.
you/we/they
weren’t.

6. Simple past of verbs
I
worked.
He
She
It
We
You
They
I
did not
(didn’t) work.
He
She
It
We
You
They

7. Simple past of verbs
Did
I
work?
He
She
It
We
You
They
Yes,
I/he/she/it
you/we/they did.
No,
I/he/she/it
you/we/they didn’t.

8. 构成规则 例词
look looked
play played
start started
2. 结尾是 e 的动词加 -d live lived
hope hoped
use used
3. 末尾只有一个辅音字母的重读
闭音节词，先双写这个辅音字
母，再加-ed
stop stopped
plan planned
trip tripped
4. 结尾是“辅音字母+y”的动词，
先变“y”为“i”再加-ed
study studied
carry carried
规则动词过去式的构成

9. 清念 /t/ ,元浊/d/ ;
/t/ /d/ 之后念/id/
规则动词-ed的读音
说明：
1、清念 /t/ ，即 ed 在清辅音后面念 /t/ ,例：finished helped
passed cooked
2、元浊 /d/ ,即 ed 在元音，浊辅音后面念 /d/ ,
例：borrowed enjoyed
called moved
3、/t/ /d/ 之后念 /id/ , 即 ed 在 /t/ /d/ 音后面念 /id/
例：wanted shouted
needed counted

10. 说明：
1、清念 /t/ ，即 ed 在清辅音后面念 /t/
例：finished helped
passed cooked

11. 元浊 /d/ ,即 ed 在元音，浊辅音后
面念 /d/
例：borrowed enjoyed
called moved

12. /t/ /d/ 之后念 /id/ , 即 ed 在 /t/ /d/
音后面念 /id/
例：wanted shouted
needed counted

13. 不规则动词表
Infinitive Past tense
am is was
are were
begin began
break broke
bring brought
build built
buy bought
can could
Infinitive Past tense
catch caught
come came
do did
draw drew
drink drank
drive drove
eat ate
fall fell

14. 用 法
1.表示过去某个时间发生的动作或存在的状态。
He was here yesterday.
I got up at six thirty yesterday morning.
My father was at work yesterday afternoon.
Did you have a good time last summer?
2.表示过去经常或反复发生的动作。
My father often went to work by bus last year.
When I was a child, I often listened to music.

15. 常用时
间
常与一般过去时态连用的时间有：
yesterday
yesterday morning (afternoon, evening…)
last night (week, month, year…)
two days ago, a week ago, three years
ago…
in 1990, (in 1998…)

16. Make affirmative sentences 1: We/school bus
We were on a school bus.

17. Make affirmative sentences 2:
there/bee/ beehive
There was a bee behind the beehive.

18. Make affirmative sentences 3:
Shakespeare/ English
Shakespeare was English.

19. Make affirmative sentences 4:
there/apples/tree
There were a lot of apples in the tree.

20. Make negative sentences 1: they/ sad
They weren’t sad.

21. Make negative sentences 2: there/8 candles
There weren’t eight candles.

22. Your Turn now 3
Use was/were in the correct form:
1. It …………… Christmas yesterday.
2. There ............. 25 students in class.
3. My sisters ………….. ill last week.
4. It ………… sunny yesterday morning.
5. I …………. born in 1999.
6. Math class ………… on Monday at 10:35.
7. There ……… a school trip last month.
8. His parents ………… angry yesterday.
was
were
was
was
was
was
were
were

23. Was Mom at the café?
No, she wasn’t.
She was at home.

24. Was there a tiger in the zoo?
No, there wasn’t, but…
There was a lion, a giraffe and an elephant.

25. Were they hot?
No, they weren’t.
They were cold.

26. Exercises
 用所给动词的适当形式填空:
 1、I (do) my homework yesterday morning.
 2、My brother (go) to study in America last year.
 3、Did you (visit) your uncle yesterday?
 4、We (take) the train to Shanghai yesterday.
 5、I (study) for today’s math test last night.
 6、We (have) fun at your birthday party last night.
 7、He (not eat) breakfast this morning.
 8、Last Sunday afternoon we (play) tennis
and (clean) the room.
did
went
visit
took
studied
had
didn’t eat
played
cleaned