Unit 2 Country Life vs City Life Grammar

Unit 2 Country Life vs. City Life Grammar: Simple Past Tense Prepared by: Laila al-Hasan 1

Unit 2: Country life vs. City Life Part 7: Grammar Simple Past Tense Exercises Prepared by: Laila al-Hasan 2

Part 7: Grammar Simple Past Tense Introduction We use the past simple to talk about actions and states which we see as completed in the past. We can use it to talk about a specific point in time. q She came back last Friday. q I saw her in the street. q They didn't agree to the deal. Prepared by: Laila al-Hasan 3

Part 7: Grammar Simple Past Tense Introduction It can also be used to talk about a period of time. q She lived in Tokyo for seven years. q They were in London from Monday to Thursday of last week. q When I was living in New York, I went to all the art exhibitions I could. Prepared by: Laila al-Hasan 4

Part 7: Grammar Simple Past Tense Introduction You will often find the past simple used with time expressions such as these: Yesterday three weeks ago last year in 2002 from March to June for a long time for 6 weeks in the 1980 s in the last century in the past Prepared by: Laila al-Hasan 5

Part 7: Grammar Simple Past Tense Book P. 34 1. When we talk about things that happened in the past, we use the simple past tense - Last summer, I worked on a farm. - I went shopping yesterday. 2. To form the simple past tense for regular verbs , add – ed to the base form of the verb. wanted talked q. If the verb ends in e, add only –d. lived arrived Prepared by: Laila al-Hasan 6

Part 7: Grammar Simple Past Tense Book P. 34 q If the verb ends in consonant + y , change the y to i then add – ed. study studied try tried 3. Many verbs have irregular past tense forms. Here are some of these irregular verbs. Be was/were get got do did go went have had make made eat ate say said Prepared by: Laila al-Hasan 7

Part 7: Grammar Simple Past Tense Book P. 34 4. In negative statements use didn't (did not) + base form of the verb, except with the verb be. need didn't need want didn't want be wasn't/ weren't Prepared by: Laila al-Hasan 8

Part 7: Grammar Simple Past Tense Exercises - Book P. 34 -35 Read Toby’s letter. Complete it with the simple past tense forms of the verbs. Some of the verbs are regular and some are irregular. Dear Ayla, I just (get) _______back from the fifth- grade class trip to the farm. It (be) _______ great. I’m so tired. You wouldn’t believe what we did in just three days. On the first day, the teachers (show)_______us all over the farm and we each (get) ______ a chance to milk the cow, Daisy. After we (eat) _____ lunch, I (go) ______ with the other students to the barn. There we (brush) ______ the horses. After dinner, the teachers (play) ______ music and we (dance)_____ for hours. Prepared by: Laila al-Hasan 9

Part 7: Grammar Simple Past Tense Exercises - Book P. 34 -35 We (wake up) ______ really early the second day and (plant)______ tomatoes all morning. After lunch, we (carry) ______ stones from the field. That (be) ____ hard! After dinner the second night, everyone (be) ______ too tired to dance. We just (talk) _______ around the fire before bed. I miss you and hope to hear from you soon. Toby Prepared by: Laila al-Hasan 10

Part 7: Grammar Simple Past Tense Exercises / Answers got- was- showed- got- ate- went- brushed- played- danced- woke up- planted- carried- was- talked Prepared by: Laila al-Hasan 11

Part 7: Grammar Simple Past Tense Online Sources To watch the You. Tube videos below, copy the URL and paste it in your browser’s search box. http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=J 5 E 9 SWg 6_fw http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=ttj. AMb 3 II_Q&feature=relmfu Prepared by: Laila al-Hasan 12