Simple Past Tense Chapters 6 & 7, Book 5A New Welcome to English (Second Edition)

Simple Past Tense We use this tense: to talk about things that happened in the past. e.g. People rode in sedan chairs a hundred years ago. People used lamps in the evenings fifty years ago.

Simple Past Tense If there is no action in the sentence, we use ‘was’ or ‘were’ as the verb. am / is / are  was / were e.g. I was short.

Simple Past Tense This tense has only one word. There are two kinds of past tense verbs: Regular verbs Irregular verbs

Simple Past Tense Regular verbs Spelling rules Examples base form + ed walk  walked play  played verbs ending in -e + d like  liked move  moved carry  carried study  studied verbs ending in a consonant + y  change y  i + ed Some verbs ending in a single consonant + the second last letter is a vowel  double the last letter + ed plan  planned stop  stopped

Simple Past Tense Irregular verbs Spelling rules Examples no change in base form put  put cut  cut different spelling from the base form go  went eat  ate dig  dug come  came

Base Form Simple Past Tense Practice Base Form Simple Past Tense get ride use travel listen try stop enjoy light got rode used travelled listened tried stopped enjoyed lit

Simple Past Tense Hint words: yesterday last night last Sunday last year ago Now yesterday last night last year last Sunday 50 years ago

Practice 1 I _______ (sleep) late last night. 2 He _______ (go) to school by bus yesterday. 3 I _______ (have) a dancing lesson last Tuesday. 4 She _______ (watch) a film yesterday. 5 They _______ (learn) to play the piano five years ago. 6 We ________ (make) a big pizza last Sunday. slept went had watched learnt learned made

Simple Past Tense Negative sentences We add did not to make the sentence negative. Don’t change the verb after did not. e.g. He had a computer lesson last week.  + not He did not have a computer lesson last week.

Practice 1 I __________ (not go) to school by bus yesterday. 2 She ___________ (not have) a dancing lesson last week. 3 Peter ____________ (not give) any flowers to his mum last Mother’s Day. 4 He ____________ (not watch) the dragon boat races last year. did not go did not have did not give did not watch

Simple Past Tense Questions We use did to make questions. Don’t change the verb after did. e.g. Did people watch TV a hundred years ago? No, they didn’t. What did Billy drink last night? He drank a cup of milk last night.

Simple Past Tense Questions We can also use was or were to make questions. e.g. Were they at home last night? Yes, they were. Was he happy? No, he wasn’t.

Practice 1 _____ (be) there any computers a hundred years ago? No, there ______. 2 _____ you ______ (come) to school by MTR yesterday? Yes, I ____. 3 When ____ Grandpa ____ (get) married? He __________ when he was fifteen. Were weren’t Did come did did get got married

Practice 4 How ______ you _________ (travel) when you were young? I _________ (travel) by bus. 5 _____ you _______ (listen) to the radio last night? No, I _______. 6 ______ (be) there an MTR eighty years ago? No, there ________. did travel travelled Did listen didn’t Was wasn’t

Revision 1 Sam always _____ (ride) his bike in the park. 2 It _____ (be) Mother’s Day last Sunday. 3 _____ you ______ (eat) a pizza last night? No, I ______. 4 The children _______ (play) football every weekend. rides was Did eat didn’t play

Revision 5 My parents _____ (get) married twenty years ago. got 6 ______ (be) Sam and Susan in the office yesterday? Yes, they ______. 7 Ken ___________ (not do) his homework last night. 8 It ______ (be, not) cold last month. got Were were did not do wasn’t