Part 1 - Simple Past Tense
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PART 1
SIMPLE PAST TENSE
NGURAH AGUS SANJAYA ER, S.KOM, M.KOM
E-mail: [email protected]
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The Simple Past Tense (I DID)
Use the simple past tense to talk about
things that happened in the past (finished)
The simple past tense is also used to talk
about things that happened in stories
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The Simple Past Tense (I DID)
The wicked queen gaveSnow
Queen a poisoned apple
Pinocchios nose grewlonger
every time he tolda lie
Dinosaurs livedmillions of
years ago
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Examples
1. I boughta new camera last week
2. We droveto Safari Park last weekend
3. The plane landeda few minutes ago
4. The students visiteda farm during the holidays5. Little Red Riding Hood decidedto visit her
grandmother
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Regular forms
The simple past tense of most verbs
ends with ed. These verbs are called
regular verbs. For example:
land + ed = landed, push + ed = pushed
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Rules
The simple past tense is usually form by
adding ed to the verb. For example:jump + ed = jumped, walk + ed = walked
If the verb ends with e then just add d. For
example:
agree + d = agreed, die + d = died
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Rules (continued)
You must double the last letter of some verbs (short
verbs with one syllable; end with a consonant suchas b, d, m, n, p, t; and have only a single vowel
before the consonant) before adding
ed. For
example:
fan + ed = fanned, grab + ed = grabbed
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Irregular forms
The simple past form of some verbs
does not end in ed, such verbs are
called irregular verbs
The simple past tense of some irregular
verbs does not change at all
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Examples
David hurthis foot when he
jumped over the drain
The worker cutdown
the trees this morning
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Was
The verbs was and were are also forms of the
verb be
Was is the simple past tense of is and am
Use waswith the pronouns I, she, heand it,
and with singular nouns
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Example
Edison wasa famous inventor
It wasvery wet yesterday
Ten years ago she wasonly a baby
The newspaper was on the table this
morning
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Were
Wereis the simple past tense of are
Use werewith the pronouns you, we, and they
and plural nouns
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Example
The Romans werebrave soldiers
They werethird in the wheelbarrow race
We were on the same school team
Those were my best jeans
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Negatives and questions
We use did
in questions anddidnt
for negatives
Negative Questions
I/he/she/it/we/they did not stop Did I/he/she/it/we/they stop?
(didnt)
We do not use a past form in negatives and questions
NOT The car didnt stoppedor NOT did you rang?
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Negatives and questions (continued)
We also use wasand werenegatives and questions
Negative Questions
I/he/she/it was not OR wasnt WasI/he/she/it ?
You/we/they wereOR werent Wereyou/we/they ?
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Exercise 1
Fill in the blanks with the correct simple past tense of the verbs in
parentheses
1. She ______home alone (go)
2. He ______his old car and ______a new one (sell/buy)
3. We ______them to the party but they ______ not to come
(invite/decide)
4. It was cold so I ______ the window (shut)
5. ______the weather good when you ______ in holiday? (is/are)
6. They ______ able to come because they ______ very busy (are
not/are)
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Exercise 2
Read what Sharon says about a
typical working day:
I usually get up at 7 oclock and
have a big breakfast. I walk to work,
which takes me about half an hour.
I start work at 8.45. I never have
lunch. I finish work at 5 oclock. Im
always tired when I get home. Iusually cook a meal in the evening. I
dont usually go out. I go to bed at
11 oclock. I always sleep well.
Yesterday was a typical working day
for Sharon. Write what she did or
didnt do yesterday
1. She ______ a big breakfast.
2. She ______ .
3. It ______to get to work.
4. ______ at 8.45.
5. ______ lunch.
6. ______ at 5 oclock.
7. ______tired when ______home.
8. ______a meal yesterday evening.
9. ______out yesterday evening.
10. ______ at 11 oclock.
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Exercise 3
1. (where/go?) where did you go?2. (go alone?) ______
3. (food/good?) ______
4. (how long/stay there?) ______
5. (stay at a hotel?)
6. (how/travel?) ______7. (the weather/fine?) ______
8. (what/do in the evenings?)
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9. (meet anybody interesting?)
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A friend has just came back from holiday. You ask him about it.
Write your questions.