1. Simple past tense

2. today yesterday 18 ℃ 15 ℃ It is warm today, but it was cold yesterday.

3. I am happy today, but I was unhappy yesterday. It is warm today, but it was cold yesterday. We are in Grade Seven now, but we were in Grade Six last year. We use the simple past tense to refer to things that happened in the past. am, is are was were

4. Complete the sentences using “was” or “were”. 1.I __________ at the zoo yesterday. 2. Alice ______ in the park last Sunday. 3. Kitty and Ben ________ at the beach yesterday afternoon. 4. They _________ at home last night. 5. We __________ in the library yesterday morning. 6. _______ you born in summer? was were Were I, he, she, it you, we, they was were

5. I was at school yesterday morning. I was not at school yesterday afternoon. Was I at school yesterday afternoon? No, you weren’t. Were you in the library? Yes, I was. No, I wasn’t. was were was not were not =wasn’t =weren’t 一般疑问句中：把 was, were 提到主语的前面 。

6. 1.All the students were very excited. 否定句： ________________________________ 一般疑问句： ____________________________ 肯定回答： ____________ 否定回答： ________ 2.He was very happy. 否定句： ________________________________ 一般疑问句： _____________________________ 肯定回答： _________ 否定回答： _______ 3. We were in the library just now. 否定句： _________________________________ 一般疑问句： ______________________________ 肯定回答： ________ 否定回答： ________ All the students weren’t very excited. Were all the students very excited? He wasn’t very happy. Was he very happy? We weren’t in the library just now. Were you in the library just now? Yes, they were.No, they weren’t. Yes, he was.No, he wasn’t. Yes, we were.No, we weren’t.

7. I was busy yesterday afternoon. I went to Situan Middle School. I didn’t go to the cinema. I did a lot of things. go ------ went Pair work: S1: I went to ________ yesterday. S2: Did you ____________? S1: Yes, I did. / No, I didn’t. 动词过去式是行为动词，改一般疑问句借 did, 否定句借 didn’t. 动词过去式还原。 the park/Shanghai/ Beijing/Yu Garden have a picnic/ see/ go there by …

8. Play a guessing game: S1: You were not at school yesterday afternoon. Were you in/ at___________? S2: Yes, I was./ No, I wasn’t. S1: Did you _________________? S2: Yes, I did. / No, I didn’t. 一般过去时的时间状语： yesterday, last …, …. ago, in 2000, just now, in the past.

9. 1.He went to the cinema yesterday. 否定句： _______________________. 一般疑问句： ____________________. 肯定回答： __________ 否定回答 : ____________ 2.We had a picnic in the park last week. 否定句 : ________________________. 一般疑问句 : _______________________. 肯定回答 : __________ 否定回答 : ____________ He didn’t go to the cinema yesterday. Did he go to the cinema yesterday? Yes, he did. No, he didn’t. We didn’t have a picnic in the park last week. Did you have a picnic in the park last week? Yes, we did. No, we didn’t

10. 写出下列动词的过去式 go _______ fly ________ are ________ stop ________ take ________ watch ______ think _______ buy _______ study _______ see _______ come ________ have _______ put _______ eat ________ drink _______ get __________ fight _______ am, is _____ say _______ carry _______ sing _______ dance _____ play _______ swim _______ went flewwere stoppedtookwatched thoughtboughtstudied saw camehad putatedrank gotfoughtwas saidcarriedsang dancedplayedswam

11. 不规则动词要特殊来记忆

12. 1. John exercised for an hour this morning. ( 改否定句 ) 2. Firemen fought the fire for 8 hours. ( 划线提问 ) 3. I was busy yesterday. ( 划线提问 ) 4. I had a stomach ache because I had too many rice dumplings. ( 划线提问） 5. We went swimming last weekend. ( 划线提问） John didn’t exercise for an hour this morning. How long did firemen fight the fire? How were you yesterday? Why did you have a stomach ache? What did you do last weekend?

13. Summary: ● be (was, were) wasn’t, weren’t ●行为动词：规则变化 1. 直接加 ed, 2. 以 e 结尾的动词加 d; 3. 双写最后一个辅音字母加 ed; 4. 辅音字母 +y 结尾，把 y 变成 i, 再加 ed. ●动词是 be 动词（ was, were), 疑问句中 was/ were 提前；否定 句中用 wasn’t, weren’t. 动词是行为动词，疑问句中借 did, 放在主语的前面；否定句中 借 didn’t, 放在动词的前面；原来的动词过去式都要还原。 ●时间状语： yesterday, last night, two years ago, in 2000, just now, in the past. 疑问句：一般疑问句，特殊疑问句

14. 1.Peter ________ me to his party yesterday. (invite) 2. He _______ the tennis club last year. (join) 3. They _________ the sick dog and her puppies from the street yesterday. (rescue) 4. The car ________ and an old man in black came out. (stop) 5. We _______ a basketball match with Class 7B yesterday afternoon. (have) 6. We ____________ into a large flat this coming Saturday. (move) 7. Many, many years ago, people _________ in caves. (live) 8. In the past, there ________ no trains. (be) 9. I ________ a pupil in 2008. (be) invited joined rescued stopped had will move lived were was HomeworkHomework Homework: Fill in the blanks