3. Objectives
• Enable student to :
• 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 simple past 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 of simple 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?
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6. what is the use 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.
8. REGULAR VERBS
Spelling rules
To form 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)
10. SIMPLE PRESENT
POSITIVE STATEMENT NEGATIVE 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 STATEMENT NEGATIVE 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 Past Tense
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
15. Write the correct form 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 correct form 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
What did 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.
