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    The document discusses the simple past tense in English. It explains that the simple past tense 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 "yesterday" and "two years ago." It also describes how regular verbs are formed in the past tense by adding "-ed" and irregular verbs have varying forms not following this pattern. Examples of forming positive and negative sentences as well as yes/no questions in the past tense are provided. Students are given a practice activity to reinforce these concepts.

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    Unit: 8

    The simple past tense


    Meaning & Use
    Form (structure)
    Exercise

    Meaning & Use


    When do 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?

    Examples:
    I saw Maria yesterday.
    yesterday
    Last Friday,
    Friday the students took their
    spelling and vocabulary tests.
    They got married two years ago.
    ago

    How do we form the simple past tense . . .?

    English has two types of


    verbs in the past tense:

    Regular verbs
    Irregular verbs

    Look at the
    following list of
    past tense verbs
    which verbs are
    regular, and
    which are

    taught
    walked
    studied
    gave
    became
    cried
    lived
    did

    Regular verbs are verbs that


    .
    end with
    ed
    Simple Form
    Walk
    Study
    Cry
    Live

    Past Tense

    Irregular verbs are verbs


    that . . . .
    DONT end with ed
    some irregular verbs

    Have a vowel change in the past


    tense:

    Simple Form
    Tense
    become
    give
    drive
    drove

    Past

    became
    gave

    other irregular verbs

    Have a different kind of change:

    Simple Past
    teach taught
    bring
    brought
    Leave
    left
    Hear
    heard
    Buy
    bought

    And some irregular verbs

    dont 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.

    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)

    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)

    For negative sentences, USE

    I went to work yesterday.


    I didnt go to work
    yesterday.

    Exception =

    VERB BE!
    The verb be is special.
    Never use DID NOT or DIDNT
    with the verb BE. Instead, just
    use:

    For Yes/No questions, USE

    Did you go to work


    yesterday?
    Did you come yesterday?

    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 caf.
    We (be) ________very lucky with the
    weather. It (not / rain)___________ a lot.
    We(see) ________some beautiful rainbows.
    I (have) ______ an amazing holiday!

    Student Practice:
    Go to this website with a
    classmate to practice what you
    have learned or reviewed today:
    http://www.quia.com/quiz/664
    418.html

    Sources:
    http://www.authorstream.com/Presentat

    ion/bbogage-11679-simple-past-tense-e
    ducation-ppt-powerpoint/
    http://www.slideshare.net/LALA28/thepast-simple-ppt-presentation

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