1. UNIT 2 Grammar
Simple Past Tense

2. 1 Definition & Use Jay Chou ( come ) to our school yesterday. came
※ 是表達一個過去及已經結束的動作，
而這個動作必須給予一個清楚的時間。
talk about events that happened in the past
and are now finished.
PAST NOW FUTURE
( yesterday )
Jay Chou ( come ) to our school yesterday.
came

3. Time expressions yesterday last night a month ago yesterday afternoon
last week
ten years ago
in 1996

4. 2. Regular Verbs--- V+ed
walked
walk
live
lived
try
tried
stopped
stop

5. Irregular Verbs
went go
sang
sing
fall
fell do
did
was / were be

6. Fill in the blanks with correct form of the verb.
I______(go) to see my grandma yesterday.
The winter vacation _______(start) a month ago.
Susan________(watch) TV last night.
Last night, my mother _______(be) ill in bed, so I must look after her.
went
started
watched
was

7. Forming Negative: did not / didn’t + V
Mary went ( go ) shopping yesterday.
Mary didn’t go shopping yesterday.
did not / didn’t prepare
They (not prepare)
any food for the picnic last night.

8. Forming Negative: was not / were not
was not /wasn’t
He (not be) at home last night.
They were / weren’t busy yesterday.

9. watch Making questions: Did Mary go shopping yesterday?
Mary went ( go ) shopping yesterday.
Did
Subject
Base form of a verb
Rest of sentence
I/you/we/they/ he/she/it
watch TV
last night.

10. Verb to be Was Were Was/Were Subject Rest of sentence I/he/she/it
very busy yesterday?
Were
you/we/they

11. He was at home last night. They enjoyed the fashion show last Friday.
1. Positive
He was at home last night.
They enjoyed the fashion show last Friday.
2. Negative
He wasn’t at home last night.
They didn't enjoy the fashion show last Friday.

12. Question Was he at home last night? ---Yes, he was. ---No, he wasn’t.
Did they enjoy the fashion show last Friday?
---Yes,they did.
---No,they didn't.

13. Change these following sentences into Question.
1.Sammi read English last night.
2.He was at home yesterday.
Did Sammi read English last night?
Was he at home yesterday?

14. Change these following sentences into negative.
1. They did their homework last night.
2. There was a tsunami in 2004.
They didn’t do their homework last night.
There wasn’t a tsunami in 2004.

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