1. Chapter 3 – Simple Past Tense & Habitual Past with “Used To”
Grammar in Context 2
Chapter 3 – Simple Past Tense & Habitual Past with “Used To”

2. Past Tense – Verb “To Be”
I/He/She/It - was
You/We/They - were
Use “to be” with born – I was born in 19…..
Never use “to be” with die – She died in 2005.
Use “to be” with adjectives that end in ed (past participles) – She was tired. They were worried. He wasn’t bored yesterday.

3. Past Tense – Regular Verbs
Add – ed
I waited. He jumped. She worked every day.

4. Past Tense – Irregular Verbs 4 Main Types
Type 1 – No Change between past tense and present tense form.
Bet Fit Put Split
Beat Hit Quit Spread
Burst Hurt Set
Cost Knit Shut
Cut Let Spit

5. Irregular Verbs Type 2 – Verbs Ending in “d”
Verbs ending in “d” switch to “t” for the past tense:
Bend – Bent
Build – Built
Lend – Lent
Send – Sent
Spend - Spent

6. Irregular Verbs Type 3 – Verbs with Vowel Changes
The vowel changes or the sound of the vowel changes – see page 64 for the list of verbs or page 370 and 371 for the list of verbs to memorize.
feel – felt awake – awoke bring – brought
arise – arose tell – told sell – sold
bite – bit fall – fell forgive – forgave
do – did make – made throw - threw

7. Past Tense – Negatives & Questions
Use “did” and the base form for negative statements and for question statements.
He went for lunch.
She didn’t eat lunch.
Where did you go for lunch?
Why didn’t you bring lunch?

8. Habitual Past – “Used To”
Don’t use Habitual Past for something that only happened one time or just a few times.
I used to walk to school every day (happened maybe 800 times).
I drove to school 8 times in grade (it only happened a few times thus simple past).
The /d/ sound is silent in “used to”

9. Grammar Exercises Exercise #1 – answers only, all
Exercise #6 – complete sentences – questions and answer
Exercise #7 – complete sentences – questions and answer
Exercise #9 -- #1 – 6
Exercise #11 – rewrite the verbs that can be switched to habitual past (used to)