1. What did you do yesterday?
Simple Past Tense
Regular Verbs
Irregular verbs
Wh- and Yes / No questions in Past Tense
Be in Past Tense
Teacher: Nerio Burga Sagástegui

2. REGULAR VERBS

3. Talk
Spill
Pinch
Want

4. Listen
Jump
Walk
Play

5. Open
Close
Count
Laugh

6. Play TV games
Dance
Cry
Watch TV

7. Wait
Use a computer
Clean
Climb

8. Play football
Play the piano
Call
Cook

9. Turn on
Turn off
Study
Share

10. Push
Fix
Pull
Look at

11. Wash
Ask
Colour
Look for

12. 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)

13. Write the past tense form.
Dance_________
Plan_________
Clean_________
Type_________
Study_________
Shop_________
Look_________
Play_________
Empty_________
Stop_________
Wash_________
Work_________
Shave_________
Carry_________
Listen________
Turn ________
Ask ________
Answer ________
Push ________
Wait ________

14. 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

15. 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

16. PRONUNCIATION. Practice with a partner and locate the regular verbs according to their pronunciation. (See the verb list in the appendix).
/ d /
/ t /
/ id /
Play played
Walk walked
Need needed
Mail mailed
Stop stopped
Wait waited
Try tried
Look looked
Visit visited

17. Expressions for Past Tense
Last….
…..ago
yesterday
last night
10 minutes ago
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

18. IRREGULAR VERBS

19. Win
Break
Find
Give

20. Cut
Think
Take a picture
Throw away

21. Hold
Buy
Hurt
Hit

22. Write
Read
Sleep
Run

23. Take a bath
Win
Fly
Put on

24. Catch
Throw
Draw
Lose

25. Swim
Speak
Fight
Make a sandcastle

26. Come Go
Sing
Ride

27. Eat
Drink

28. Look for the Past Form of the following verbs in your list.
1. Drive
________
7.- get
13.- buy
2. Take
8.- eat
14.- ring
3.- run
9.- see
15.- sing
4.- do
10.-forget
16.- bring
5.- leave
11.- make
17.- read
6. -go
12.- write
18.- hear

29. Write the correct form of the verb on the lines
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….

30. Write the correct form of the verb on the lines
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.

31. WH- AND DID QUESTIONS 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.

32. Ask the following Questions to your partener and answer back too
Where did you go on vacation?
What did you do?
Who did you see?
Which movie did you watch on vacation?
Did you like it?
Did you meet someone special?
Did you study anything?
Did you read a magazine?

33. FIND SOMEONE WHO... Name 1. watched the news. ____________________
2. listened to the radio. ____________________
3. ate at a restaurant. ____________________
visited grandparents. ____________________
studied for an exam. ____________________
went to the movies. ____________________
cleaned your room. ____________________
took a shower. ____________________
9. played an instrument. ____________________
10. worked in the computer ____________________

34. Now, It´s time for practicing in class!