1. Past simple Unit 5
---by May, Maxine
Oct. 20, 2017

2. Past simple
WHEN
HOW
TEST
WAENING
WHAT

3. WHAT
---We use the past simple to talk about actions and states which we see as completed in the past.

4. WHEN
PAST
NOW
FUTURE
PAST SIMPLE

5. HOW
Use with : yesterday , last night , two days ago , before , the age of …

6. HOW The past form of regular verbs
Below are some examples of past forms of regular verbs:
Base form
Past form
Comment
help
helped
-ed added
dance
danced
-d added
tally
tallied
-ed added but spelling rule applied (change y to i)
allot
allotted
-ed added but spelling rule applied (double the last consonant if the verb ends [consonant-vowel-consonant] and is end stressed )

7. HOW The past form of irregular verbs
Below are some examples of past forms of irregular verbs:
Base form
Past form
Comment
set
Past form same as the base form
dig
dug
Past form has a vowel change from the base form
seek
sought
Past form is completely different from the base form

8. TEST Write the past forms of the irregular verbs. Infinitive
Simple past
meet
drive
speak
put
write
sing do
sit
stand
run
met
drove
spoke
put
wrote
sang
did
sat
stood
ran

9. Positive sentences Who? Form of verb Examples I
 regular verb:  verb + ed irregular verb:  past form of the verb
I worked in Italy last year. I drank some juice yesterday.
He/She/It
He worked in Italy last year. He drank some juice yesterday. She worked in Italy last year. She drank some juice yesterday. It worked in Italy last year. It drank some juice yesterday.
You
You worked in Italy last year. You drank some juice yesterday. We
We worked in Italy last year. We drank some juice yesterday.
They
They worked in Italy last year. They drank some juice yesterday.

10. Negative sentences Who? Form of verb Examples I did not + verb
I did not work in Italy last year. I didn't work in Italy last year.
He/She/It
He did not work in Italy last year. He didn't work in Italy last year. She did not work in Italy last year. She didn't work in Italy last year. It did not work in Italy last year. It didn't work in Italy last year.
You
You did not work in Italy last year. You didn't work in Italy last year. We
We did not work in Italy last year. We didn't work in Italy last year.
They
They did not work in Italy last year. They didn't work in Italy last year.

11. Question sentences Who? Form of verb Examples Did I verb
Did I work in Italy last year?
he/she/it
Did he work in Italy last year?
you
Did you work in Italy last year? we
Did we work in Italy last year?
they
Did they work in Italy last year?

12. TEST Complete the table in simple past.
Put the sentences into simple past.
We move to a new house. →  
They bring a sandwich. → 
He doesn't do the homework. → 
They sell cars. → 
Does he visit his friends? → 
Affirmative
Negative
Interrogative
He wrote a book.
He did not sing
She was pretty.
She was not pretty
He did not write a book
Did he write a book?
He sang
Did he sing?
Was she pretty?
 We moved to a new house
  They brought a sandwich
  He did not do the homework.
 They sold cars.
 Did he visit his friends?

13. TEST Choose "Was“ or "Were“: The teacher ______ nice.
The students  ______  very clever.
But one student  ______in trouble.
We______ sorry for him.
He ______nice though.
 was
 were
 was
 were
 was

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