8-4 THE SIMPLE PAST TENSE: USING -ED

We walked to school.

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SIMPLE PRESENT

(a) We walk to school every day.

SIMPLE PAST

(b) We walked to school yesterday.

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SIMPLE PRESENT

(c) Hakim walks to school every day.

SIMPLE PAST

(d) Hakim walked to school yesterday.

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verb + -ed = the simple past

I
you
she
he + walked (verb + -ed)
it
we
they
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Every day I brush my teeth.

Yesterday I_______________.
brushed my teeth

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Every day Julie plays the piano.

Yesterday she played
_____________.
the piano

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Every day Edgar cooks.

Yesterday _________.
he cooked

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 8-5 PAST TIME WORDS: YESTERDAY, LAST, AND AGO

Bob and Helen were here yesterday.

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 8-5 PAST TIME WORDS: YESTERDAY, LAST, AND AGO

YESTERDAY
(a) Bob was here ... yesterday.

yesterday morning.

yesterday afternoon.

yesterday evening.

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LAST
(b) Eve was here ... last night.
last week.
last month.
last year.
last spring.
last summer.
last Monday.
last Friday.

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AGO
(c) Omar was here … five minutes ago.
two hours ago.
six days ago.
a month ago.
a year ago.
ten years ago.

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morning
yesterday with afternoon
evening

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night
long periods of time
last with
seasons
days of the week

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length of time
five minutes
two hours
six days
a month + ago
five months (in the past)
one year
ten years
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yesterday last

We went to the movies ________

yesterday
afternoon.

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I called you ________

last week.

yesterday
last

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Janice left for South America

________
yesterday morning.

yesterday
last

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The sky was beautiful ______

last night.

yesterday
last

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8-6 THE SIMPLE PAST: IRREGULAR VERBS (GROUP 1)

eat ate

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PRESENT PAST

come came
I come home I came home
every afternoon. this afternoon.

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PRESENT PAST

go went
I go swimming I went swimming
every Tuesday. last Tuesday.

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PRESENT PAST

write wrote
I write a letter to I wrote a letter
my grandmother to her last week.
every week.

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I have ice cream every Sunday. I

had ice cream last Sunday.

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What did I have

do last You had
___
had
Sunday? ice cream.

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She sits at her desk to study

every night. She sat at her desk
last night.

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What did she

She ___
sat at sit
do last night?
her desk. sat

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She sees her best friend every

weekend. She saw her last
weekend.

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What did she

do last
She ____
saw her
weekend?
best friend.
see
saw

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 8-7 THE SIMPLE PAST: NEGATIVE

I did not walk to school yesterday.

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SUBJECT + DID + NOT + MAIN VERB

(a) I did not drive to work yesterday.

(b) You did not drive to work yesterday.

(c) Mike did not cook dinner yesterday.

(d) They did not drive to work yesterday.

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I
you
she
he + did not + main verb
it
we
they
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(e) I didn’t watch a movie last night.

(f) Ade didn’t play soccer yesterday.

NEGATIVE CONTRACTION
did + not = didn’t

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We don’t eat breakfast every day.

We ate breakfast Monday, but we
didn’t eat ________ breakfast
Tuesday.

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I don’t sleep well every night. I slept

didn’t sleep well
well last night, but I __________
on Thursday night.

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8-8 THE SIMPLE PAST: YES/NO QUESTIONS

Did Laurie walk to work?

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 8-8 THE SIMPLE PAST: YES/NO QUESTIONS

DID + SUBJECT + MAIN VERB

(a) Did Laurie walk to work?

Yes, she did. She walked to work.

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DID + SUBJECT + MAIN VERB

(a) Did Laurie walk to school?

No, she didn’t. She didn’t walk to school.

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DID + SUBJECT + MAIN VERB

(b) Did you practice the violin?

Yes, I did. I practiced the violin.

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DID + SUBJECT + MAIN VERB

(b) Did you practice the violin?

No, I didn’t. I didn’t practice the violin.

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Did you see your Yes, I did.

dad today? I saw my
_________
________.
dad today

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Did
_____________
you see your Yes, I did.
brother
____________?
today I saw my
brother today.

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___________
What did you We went to a
do
__________?
last night party last night.

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Did
___________
Andrea go Yes, she did.
on
__________?
vacation Andrea went on
vacation.

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8-9 IRREGULAR VERBS (GROUP 2)

bring brought

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PRESENT PAST
bring brought
I always bring I brought a gift
gifts to birthday to your party
parties. yesterday.

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PRESENT PAST

drive drove

She drives to She drove to

school. school today.

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PRESENT PAST

run ran

He runs to He ran to school

school. this morning.

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PRESENT PAST
buy bought
catch caught
drink drank
read read
ride rode
shut shut
teach taught
think thought
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ride my horse every Sunday

I ____
Irode
____ him last Sunday.

ride
rode

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What did I do ____________

You rode your
last Sunday? horse
___________.

ride
rode

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teach a class every

I _____
taught a
Monday night. I ______
class last Monday night.

teach
taught

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What did I do ___________

You taught a
last Monday? class
______.

teach
taught

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Someone broke the window.

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PRESENT PAST

break broke

That child breaks She broke my

everything. coffee cup.

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PRESENT PAST

meet met

I can meet you They met in their

after school. English class.

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PRESENT PAST

sing sang

I like to sing I sang a new song

new songs. last night.

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PRESENT PAST

wake up woke up

Sometimes I wake Today I woke

up very early. up late.

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PRESENT PAST
fly flew
hear heard
leave left
pay paid
ring rang
send sent
speak spoke
take took
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I _____
send email every day. I
_____
sent email today.

send
sent

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What did I _______

You sent send
do today? email
______. sent

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I ____
sing in my car every
day. Yesterday I sang
____
a new song.

sing
sang

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What did I You sang a

_________ sing
do yesterday? ________.
new song sang

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begin began

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PRESENT PAST

begin began

People usually She began college

begin college at at age 25.
age 18.

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PRESENT PAST

wear wore
I wear a uniform I wore regular
at my new job. clothes at my
old job.

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PRESENT PAST
find found
lose lost
hang hung
say said
sell sold
steal stole
tell told
tear tore
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sell things I don’t

I like to ____
use any more. Yesterday I
sold my old baseball.
____

sell
sold

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What did I do
yesterday?

___________
You sold your
__________.
old baseball

sell
sold

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hang my tools on
I always _____
my garage wall. Last
hung the rake
weekend I _____
on the garage wall.

hang
hung

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What did I do
yesterday?
hang
hung

You hung your

____________
rake on the
____________
garage
___________.
wall

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