What did you do yesterday?

Simple Past

• Simple Past Tense• Regular Verbs• Irregular verbs• Wh- and Yes / No questions in Past Tense• Be in Past Tense

Adapted

by Miguel

Villegas

REGULAR VERBS

Spill

Pinch Want

Talk

Walk Play

Listen Jump

Count Laugh

CloseOpen

Watch TV

Play TV games Dance

Cry

Wait

Climb

Use a computer

Clean

Play football Play the piano

Cook Call

Turn on Turn off

Share Study

Push

Pull Look at

Fix

Colour Look for

Wash Ask

REGULAR VERBSSpelling rules

To form the affirmative past tense of most regular verbs:• Add –ed to the base form of the verb (wash-washed).

• If the verb ends in –e, add –d (live-lived)

• If the verb ends in a consonant preceded by a vowel, double the final consonant (stop-stopped)

• If the verb ends in –y preceded by a consonant, omit the “y” and add –ied ( copy-copied)

Write the past tense form.1. Dance_________2. Plan_________3. Clean_________4. Type_________5. Study_________6. Shop_________7. Look_________8. Play_________9. Empty_________10. Stop_________

1. Wash_________2. Work_________3. Shave_________4. Carry_________5. Listen________6. Turn ________7. Ask ________8. Answer ________9. Push ________10. Wait ________

SIMPLE PRESENT

POSITIVE STATEMENT NEGATIVE STATEMENTI work in Mushrooms Company. I don’t work in The Coke Company.He lives in that small house. He doesn’t live in the big one.

We study in the CETis We don´t study in the CBTisMaria knows how to cook. Maria doesn’t know how to make

tortillasToday I have a party. Today I don´t have classes.

My mom has my wallet My mom doesn’t have her purse

SIMPLE PAST USE

• Actions that started and finished in the past

– I went to the beach last Sunday – I bought a new car yesterday.

SIMPLE PAST USE

• Actions that happened one after the other in the past (like in a story)

– He came in, took off his coat and sat down.

– I went into the disco and I saw my favourite girl, then I asked her to dance,...

NEGATIVE SENTENCES

DID NOT + VERB (base form)

Example: I did not work yesterday

or

I didn’t work yesterday

INCORRECT: I didn’t worked

NEGATIVE VERB TO BE

WAS / WERE + NOT

Examples: I was not at school yesterday afternoon

or I wasn’t at school yesterday afternoon

They were not at home last weekendor

They weren’t at home last weekend

EXAMPLES

POSITIVE STATEMENT NEGATIVE STATEMENT

I worked in Mushrooms Company in May.

I didn’t work in The Coke Company.

He lived in that small house 2 years ago.

He didn’t live in the big one.

We studied in the CETis last year. We didn’t study in the CBTisMaria knew how to cook. Maria didn’t know how to make

tortillasYesterday I had a party. Today I didn’t have classes.

My mom had my wallet last night. My mom didn’t have her purse

/ d / / t / / id /Play played Walk walked Need needed

Mail mailed Stop stopped Wait waited

Try tried Look looked Visit visited

PRONUNCIATION. Practice with a partner and locate the regular verbs according to their pronunciation. (See the verb list in the appendix).

Expressions for Past Tenselast ago yesterday

last night 10 minutes ago yesterday

last Sunday an hour ago yesterday morning

last week three days ago yesterday afternoon

last weekend a week ago yesterday evening

last year a month ago the day before yesterday

last month a year ago

IRREGULAR VERBS

Win

Give Find

Break

Throw away

Take a picture

Think Cut

Hit

Hold

Hurt

Buy

Read Write

Sleep Run

Put on Fly

Take a bath Win

Catch Throw

Draw Lose

Swim

Make a sandcastle Fight

Speak

Ride Sing

Go Come

Eat

Drink

1. Drive ________ 7.- get ________ 13.- buy ________

2. Take ________ 8.- eat ________ 14.- ring ________

3.- run ________ 9.- see ________ 15.- sing ________

4.- do ________ 10.-forget ________ 16.- bring ________

5.- leave ________ 11.- make ________ 17.- read ________

6. -go ________ 12.- write ________ 18.- hear ________

Look for the Past Form of the following verbs in your list.

Write the correct form of the verb on the lines. Use the Simple Past Tense.

• John Lennon (be) _________ born in 1940 in Liverpool, England, where he (grow up) ___________. As a teenager, he (meet) _________Paul McCartney, and they (begin) _________ to write songs together. After several years, they (form) _________ a new group called the Beatles, with George Harrison and Pete Best. However, Best (NO-stay) _______________ in the group. Bingo Starr (join) _________ the group in place of Best. In 1964 the group (perform) _________ its first hit son “Love Me Do”. ….. Next Page….

Write the correct form of the verb on the lines. Use the Simple Past Tense.

• Between the years 1962 and 1968 the Beatles (be) _________ the most famous group in the world. In 1969, Lennon (decide) _________ to perform alone. He (write) _________ the song “Give Peace a Chance” and (make) several albums alone. He also (act) _________ in films. From that time on, he (have) _________ many problems. For example, he (leave) _________ his wife, Yoko Ono, for a time. Finally, in 1983, Mark David Chapman (kill) _________ Lennon. Lennon’s life (end) _________, but his music lives on today.

YES / NO QUESTIONS

DID + subject + main verb + rest of sentence + ?

Example:

Did you work yesterday?

INCORRECT: Did you worked yesterday?

- Yes, I worked yesterday.- No, I didn’t work yesterday.

EXAMPLES

Did they give her a lot of presents?Yes, they gave her a lot of presents.No, they didn’t give her a lot of presents.

-Did she live in Peru for two years?Yes, she lived in Peru for two years.No, she didn’t live in Peru for two years.

Short Answers:

Yes, she did.No, she didn’t.

YES / NO QUESTIONSVERB TO BE

WAS / WERE + subject + rest of sentence + ?

Example:

Were you at home last weekend?- Yes, I was.- No, I wasn’t.

WH- AND DID QUESTIONS

QUESTION ANSWER

What did you do last Sundays?

I played soccer with my friends.

Where did you play soccer? I played soccer in the park.

How long did you stay there? We stayed there for about 2 hours.

Did you enjoy the match? Yes, I did. I got so exhausted but I liked it.

Did you do something else that day?

No, I didn’t. Well, I just called my girlfriend and went out with her.

Ask the following Questions to your partner and answer back too

1. Where did you go last vacation?2. What did you do?3. Who did you see?4. Which movie did you watch on vacation?5. Did you like it?6. Did you meet someone special?7. Did you study anything?8. Did you read a magazine?

FIND SOMEONE WHO...

Name1. watched the news. ____________________2. listened to the radio. ____________________3. ate at a restaurant. ____________________4. visited grandparents. ____________________5. studied for an exam. ____________________6. went to the movies. ____________________ 7. cleaned your room. ____________________8. took a shower. ____________________9. played an instrument. ____________________10. worked in the computer. ____________________

Now, It´s time for practicing in class!