1. Unit 3: Telling tales PAST TENSES Past perfect Simple past
Past continuous
Dec 9th, 2009

2. Past simple

3. S + DID NOT + V1 ( bare-infi ) + o
Form:
S + Ved/v2 + O
(positive)
S + DID NOT + V1 ( bare-infi ) + o
(negative)

4. Usage: simple past is used to expresses
a finished action in the past
actions that follow each other in a story
a past situation or habit

5. Note: spelling of verb + ED
most verb add –ed to the base form of the Verb
worked, wanted, watched
when the V ends in –e, add –d
liked, used, hated
V has only one syllable (1vowel+ 1consonant), double consonant before adding –ed
stopped, planned, robbed
Consonant is not doubled if it is “-Y”, “-W”
played, showed
In 2-syllable V, the end consonant is doubled if the stress is on the second syllable
pre’ferred, ad’mitted
V that ends in a consonant +-y, change –y to -ied
Carried, burried, hurried

6. Ex:
They were a doctor.
My father was a carpenter.
I visited my friend yesterday.
Mary bought a new novel 2 days ago.
Peter played a football yesterday.

7. Complete these sentences
1. The apartment was hot when I got home, so I (turn) on the air conditioner.
2. Dr. Brown (spend) ten hours in the operating room performing the delicate surgery.
3. The children (play) in the garden.
4. He ( hate) the dog.
5. The students (stop) talking when the teacher came.
6. They (be) a foreigner.
7. we still (carry) on our picnic although the weather was bad.

8. Fill in the blank by using verb in simple past.
Last week Mary (go) ……..to the cinema to see the “Others”. Mary (like) ……it because it (be)………about ghosts and she was afraid of them. When she (get)……home with her friend Lisa, she (be) ……….very strange.
There (be)……..a noise behind them, but they could not see anyone. There (be, not)…….any taxis on the street, so they (have)….to go home walking. The noise (be)…..still behind them, the lights on street (turn)……….off. Do you know what happened next?

9. Work in pairs:
talk about your unforgettable memory

10. Past continuous

11. Form:
was/were + v-ING
(positive)
was/were + NOT + v-ING
(negative)

12. Usage:
to express activities in progress

13. Ex:
I was reading book at 8 o’clock last night.
When he entered the home, his parents were watching film.
Dr Baker and his wife were buying their house.
The children were playing in front of the gate.

14. Nov 22nd,2009
What was she doing?

15. What were they doing?

16. Work in group:
look at pictures (given by the teacher) and ask your friends by using Past continuous.

17. Past perfect

18. Form:
had + pp

19. Usage: to express an activity that was complete before another activity or time in the past

20. Ex:
When I came, he had left
The patient had died before the doctor arrived.
By the time we arrived, the party had finished.
After we had discussed it on the phone, I wrote him a letter about it.
When she had already gone out the office this morning, Jim rang.

21. Complete the sentence by using words in the box
get, finish, leave, lock, have, leave ,go, come
After I ___ work, I ___ home.
When he ___ the station, the train ___.
They ___ the gate be
fore I ___ there.
We ___ a good rest when our guest ___.

22. Thanks for your attention