1. SIMPLE PAST TENSE
GIMNASIO LOS PINOS
ENGLISH CLASS

2. USES OF THE
PAST TENSE
To talk about an activity that finished in the past.
To express some ideas that happened in the past.
To list some hobbies you did during your free time,
besides, you are not doing them anymore.
Examples:
We played tennis last Sunday.
I worked in London from 1984 to John left two minutes ago.

3. KINDS OF VERBS THERE ARE TWO KINDS OF VERBS WHEN FORMING THE PAST.
THEY ARE …
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4. REGULAR VERBS
These verbs, you just have to add ED at the end of the verb, when you are using the past.
Examples:
Travel – Traveled live - lived
Play – Played want - wanted
Work – Worked walk - walked
use - used

5. LIST OF SOME REGULAR VERBS PRESENT TENSE PAST TENSE SHOW WORK SHOWED
WORKED
LISTEN
PARTICIPATE
LISTENED
PARTICIPATED
PAINT
PLAY
PAINTED
PLAYED

6. IRREGULAR
VERBS
You have to learn these kind of verbs by heart, because they change totally the
Root when changing to the past tense.
Examples:
Speak Spoke
Write Wrote

7. In the fourth group, verbs in simple past end in ew
In the first group the verbs in simple past end in ought.
bring brought
Verbs like bring: buy bought
catch caught
think thought
In the second group: The verbs are the same in the simple form and the simple past.
cut cut
Verbs like cut: hurt hurt
put put
read read
In the third group substitute the vowel in simple form for an a to get verbs in simple past .
drink drank
Verbs like drink: sing sang
sit sat
swim swam
In the fourth group, verbs in simple past end in ew
grow grew
Verbs like grow: draw drew
know knew
throw threw

8. LIST OF SOME IRREGULAR VERBS SIMPLE FORM PAST TENSE hit - hit
eat ate
grow grew
make made
break broke
go went
take took
see saw
be is was
are were
begin began
bring brought
fall fell

9. buy - bought fly - flew find - found drink - drank feel - felt
SIMPLE FORM PAST TENSE
build built
buy bought
fly flew
find found
drink drank
feel felt
give gave
hurt hurt
leave left
read read
run ran
sing sang
swim swam
teach taught
win - won
write wrote

10. TIME EXPRESSIONS Last year Last week Last month Yesterday Two days ago
Three weeks ago
Five years ago

11. AFFIRMATIVE SENTENCES
To form the affirmative sentences, it is necessary to follow the correct grammar structure.
Noun or
Personal
Pronoun
Verb in
Past Tense
Complement
EXAMPLE
HE IN THE CHAIR
SAT
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12. AUXILIARY
DID
We use the auxiliary DID when we are talking about the past tense, for the negative or interrogative statements. We use the same auxiliary DID for all the pronouns even if they are singular or plural. Example:
you fish last week?
We sleep last night
DID
DIDN´T

13. N E G A T I V E
S E N T E N C E S
To form the negative sentences, we use the same structure of the affirmative ones. We just use the short or long form of the auxiliary did in a negative way.
Example:
He walked.
He didn’t walk.
I did my homework.
I didn’t do my homework.
DID NOT
SHE FOLLOW ME
DIDN´T

14. QUESTIONS ? Did you go to work yesterday? Yes, I did. No, I didn’t
To write questions it is necessary to write first the auxiliary DID followed by the pronoun, main verb, complement and finally the question mark.
YOU LOOK AT ME ?
DID
HE LOOK AT ME
DID
Did you go to work yesterday?
Yes, I did.
No, I didn’t
When did she arrive?
She arrived yesterday

15. L O N G A N S W E R DID YOU SLEEP IN CLASS LAST WEEK?
YES, I SLEPT IN CLASS LAST WEEK.
DID YOU DRINK MILKSHAKE LAST MONTH?
YES, I DRANK MILKSHAKE LAST MONTH.

16. GENERAL REVIEW DID YOU READ A BOOK YESTERDAY? YES, I DID NO, I DIDN´T
I READ A BOOK YESTERDAY