English Language for IT ELIT 06 DEMONSTRATE UNDERSTANDING

English Language for IT ELIT 06 - DEMONSTRATE UNDERSTANDING OF THE SIMPLE PAST TENSE.

Let’s start with a test. ▶ ▶ ▶ ▶ break work help play eat run go speak

Answers ▶ ▶ ▶ ▶ break work help play eat run go speak broke worked helped played ate ran went spoke

Understanding the Simple Past Tense Try to place the words in the past tense in this timeline. Past Now Future

Understanding the Simple Past Tense Why do we use the simple past tense? “The simple past tense, sometimes called the preterite, is used to talk about a completed action in a time before now. ” https: //www. ef. com/english-resources/english-grammar/simple-past-tense/

Understanding the Simple Past Tense We use the simple past tense ▶ In a positive sentence Ex: I helped ▶ In a negative sentence Ex: I did not help ▶ To ask a question Ex: Did I help? ▶ To ask a negative question Ex: Did I not help?

Understanding the Simple Past Tense We use the simple past tense ▶ To describe an activity that started in the past and was completed in the past. Ex: I went to the cinema last week. ▶ To describe an event that happened time and time again Ex: When I was a child a played with my sister. ▶ To describe something that was true for some time in the past Ex: I lived in England for 10 years

Understanding the Simple Past Tense http: //www. grammar-monster. com/glossary/simple_past_tense. htm

Understanding the Simple Past Tense What are Regular verbs and Irregular verbs ▶ Regular verb “A verb that follows standard patterns in its inflection. The past tense of a regular verb is formed by adding an -ed ending” http: //www. dictionary. com/browse/regular-verb? s=t ▶ Irregular verb “A verb that does not follow the general rules of inflection” http: //www. dictionary. com/browse/regular-verb? s=t

Understanding the Simple Past Tense ▶ Regular verb The simple past tense is formed by adding d or ed. started jumped liked

Understanding the Simple Past Tense Examples of regular verbs in simple past tense in a sentence. ▶ I walked to school - walk ▶ She played the piano - play ▶ They developed Java- develop walked played developed

Understanding the Simple Past Tense How do you form the simple past tense for regular verbs? ▶ If a verb ends in -e, you add -d liked escaped smiled

Understanding the Simple Past Tense How do you form the simple past tense for regular verbs? ▶ If a verb ends in consonant and -y, you change the y to i and add ed. apply applied try tried cry cried

Understanding the Simple Past Tense How do you form the simple past tense for regular verbs? ▶ If the word ends in a vowel and -y, you add -ed. played enjoyed destroyed

Understanding the Simple Past Tense How do you form the simple past tense for regular verbs? ▶ If a verb ends in a vowel and a consonant, the consonant is usually doubled before -ed. dropped jogged

Understanding the Simple Past Tense ▶ Irregular verb The simple past tense is not formed by adding d or ed. drink drank break broke write wrote

Understanding the Simple Past Tense Examples of irregular verbs in simple past tense in a sentence. ▶ Sam broke the computer - break ▶ I bought a laptop - buy ▶ I won an award - win bought won broke

Understanding the Simple Past Tense The most frequently used verbs are irregular verbs. Irregular verbs make different changes from the present tense structure of the verb. There are no rules when forming the past tense of an irregular verb. Here are some irregular verbs in the present and past tense.

Understanding the Simple Past Tense Base verb be Past Simple Base verb Past Simple was / were begin began catch caught break broke bring brought choose chose build buy bought come came built

Understanding the Simple Past Tense Base verb Past Simple come came cost cut do did draw drew drink drank drive drove eat ate fall fell

Understanding the Simple Past Tense Base verb Past Simple feel felt fight fought find found fly flew forget forgot freeze froze get got give gave go went

Understanding the Simple Past Tense Base verb Past Simple have had heard hold held hit keep kept know knew learnt leave left lead led

Understanding the Simple Past Tense Base verb Past Simple let lie lay lose lost make made meant meet met pay paid put read

Understanding the Simple Past Tense Base verb Past Simple ride road run ran say said see saw sell sold sent set shut sing sang

Understanding the Simple Past Tense Base verb Past Simple sit sat sleep slept speak spoke spend spent stand stood steal stole swim swam take took teach taught

Understanding the Simple Past Tense Base verb Past Simple tell told think thought understand understood wake woke wear wore win won write wrote

Understanding the Simple Past Tense Here. are a few tips to learn irregular verbs ▶ Make cards to test yourself – put the present on one side and the past on the other. ▶ Write sentences with different verbs in them. Include some negatives. ▶ Make up stories and record yourself. The story could just be about what you did last weekend. ▶ Do practice activities online. http: //learnenglishteens. britishcouncil. org/grammar-vocabulary/grammar-videos/past-simple-irregular-verbs

Understanding the Simple Past Tense Let’s try a few examples. Write the simple past form of these irregular verbs. ▶ go ▶ come ▶ bring ▶ buy ▶ fly ▶ understand

Understanding the Simple Past Tense Let’s try a few examples. Write the simple past form of these irregular verbs. ▶ go went ▶ come came ▶ bring brought ▶ buy bought ▶ fly flew ▶ understand understood

English Language for IT ELIT 06 - DEMONSTRATE UNDERSTANDING OF THE SIMPLE PAST TENSE.