THE SIMPLE PAST TENSE PAST SIMPLE IN MOVIES
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THE SIMPLE PAST TENSE PAST SIMPLE IN MOVIES n Meaning & Use n Form n Exercise
MEANING & USE When do we use the Simple Past tense? to express the idea that an action started and finished at a specific time in the past. What are some common time expressions used with the past tense?
EXAMPLES: I saw Maria yesterday Last Friday, Friday the students took their spelling and vocabulary tests. They got married two years ago
- two types of verb FORM taught Regular verbs n Irregular verbs n walked studied gave became cried lived did
REGULAR VERBS ARE VERBS THAT END WITH -ED Simple Form Past Tense walked study studied cry cried lived
IRREGULAR VERBS ARE VERBS THAT DON’T END WITH ED some irregular verbs Have a vowel change in the past tense: Simple Form become give drive forget Past Tense became gave drove forgot
OTHER IRREGULAR VERBS HAVE A DIFFERENT KIND OF CHANGE: Simple Past teach taught bring brought leave left heard buy bought
AND SOME IRREGULAR VERBS DON’T CHANGE AT ALL. . . Simple hit put set Past hit put set The children set the table for lunch last Sunday. The children set the table last night.
FOR REGULAR VERBS, SIMPLY USE THE –ED FORM OF THE VERB IN A POSITIVE SENTENCE. When I was a child, I ______ the piano. (play) Donna _______ Paris. (visit)
FOR IRREGULAR VERBS, USE THE CORRECT PAST TENSE FORM IN POSITIVE SENTENCES. (WE USE THE SAME FORM WITH DIFFERENT SUBJECTS. ) Last week, I ______ you a letter. (send) The students _____an English exam. (have) They _______ a great job! (do)
NEGATIVE SENTENCES I went to work yesterday. I didn’t go to work yesterday.
EXCEPTION = VERB BE! WAS/WERE IN MOVIES The verb be is special. Never use DID NOT or DIDN’T with it. Instead, just use:
YES/NO QUESTIONS Did you go to work yesterday? Did you have English last week?
WH-QUESTIONS Where DID you GO last weekend? BUT WITH THE VERB ‘TO BE’: Where WERE you last weekend? OBJECT QUESTION Who DID you VISIT yesterday? SUBJECT QUESTION Who WENT OUT last weekend? ENGLISH GRAMMAR IN USE-PAST SIMPLE
SIMPLE PAST PRACTICE PUT THE VERBS INTO THE CORRECT FORM. Last year, I (spend) ____my holiday in Ireland. It (be) ____great. I (travel)______ around the city by car with two friends and we (visit) ____lots of interesting places. In the evenings, we usually (go)_______ to a café. We (be) ____very lucky with the weather. It (not / rain)______ a lot. We(see) ____some beautiful rainbows. I (have) ______ an amazing holiday!
YOUTUBE-PRACTICE
- Swing past participle
- Past continuous tense primeri
- Simple past tense vs past continuous tense
- Non continuous verbs
- Simple future tense
- When do we use simple past
- Present of slept
- Present perfect
- Sentences with do and does
- Forma past continuous
- Past simple past continuous past perfect
- Past porfect
- Past perfect past progressive
- Simple present vs past progressive
- Modal verbs past present future
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- Past continuous two actions at the same time
- Past tense dan present tense