Simple Past Tense Part 2 Seventh English Class

Simple Past Tense, Part 2 Seventh English Class – First Grade

Simple Past Tense As explained last week, simple past tense is used to express something that happened or existed before now. There are different expressions that can help us tell things in past: • yesterday • a week (month, year) ago • last (month, year, weekend, Monday) night • the day before yesterday, • two days (months, years) ago • The time expression appears either at the beginning or at the end of the sentence – never in the middle of the sentence.

Negative sentences in Simple Past Tense. For sentences with the verb To Be, it’s just like negative sentences in present. Present Tense Past Tense Positive Sentence Negative Sentence Contraction I am a teacher. I am not a teacher. I’m not a teacher. You are a student. You are not a student. You aren’t a student. I was a teacher. I was not a teacher. I wasn’t a teacher. You were a student. You were not a student. You weren’t a student.

Negative sentences in Simple Past Tense. For sentences with any other verb, use the auxiliar do, in past, did: Present tense Positive Sentence Negative Sentence Contraction I watch TV. I do not watch TV. I don’t watch TV. She likes fruits. She does not like fruits. She doesn’t like fruits. We go to the park. We do not go to the park. We don’t go to the park. I did not watch TV. I didn’t watch TV. She did not like fruits. She didn’t like fruits. I watched TV. Past Tense She liked fruits. We went to the park. We did not go to the park We didn’t go to the park.

Yes/No questions in Simple Past Tense. For sentences with the verb To Be, it’s just like questions in present. Present Tense Past Tense Positive Sentence Question Answer I am a teacher. Am I a teacher? No, you’re not. You are a student. Are you a student? Yes, I am. I was a teacher. Was I a teacher? No, you were not. You were a student. Were you a student? Yes, I was.

Yes/No questions in Simple Past Tense. For sentences with any other verb, use the auxiliar do, in past, did: Present tense Positive Sentence Question Answer I watch TV. Do I watch TV? Yes, I do. She likes fruits. Does she like fruits? No, she doesn’t. We go to the park. Do we go to the park? No, we don’t. Did I watch TV? Yes, I did. She liked fruits. Did she like fruits? No, she didn’t. We went to the park. Did we go to the park? No, we didn’t. I watched TV. Past Tense

Exercises

1. Fill in the gaps with the correct forms of the verbs in past. 1. I ____ ( not read) a book last week. 2. The photo ______ (be) very beautiful. 3. Last year I ______ (not go) to England. 4. I ____ (walk) every morning. 5. We ______ (see) a lot of rainbows. 6. He _____ (not write) a book. 7. You ______ (do) the homework. 8. She _______ (drink) some juice. 9. We _______ (not make) a mistake. 10. Laura _______ (brush) her teeth.

2. Change the following sentences to past tense. 1. She works in a cafeteria. 2. I love chocolate. 3. We don’t go to the park. 4. They listen to the teacher. 5. He doesn’t like broccoli. 6. You run in the yard. 7. She does the homework. 8. We don’t read the text. 9. I don’t have a car. 10. They eat lunch in the school.

3. Complete the table in Simple Past Tense. Affirmative Negative You were friends. You weren’t friends. Amelia walked yesterday. We ate fried chicken for lunch. Questions Did Amelia walk yesterday? They didn’t play baseball. We didn’t eat fried chicken for lunch. I didn’t live in Tenares. Did they play baseball? Did you live in Tenares?