What did you do yesterday Simple Past Tense

What did you do yesterday? • • • Simple Past Tense Regular Verbs Irregular verbs Wh- and Yes / No questions in Past Tense Be in Past Tense

REGULAR VERBS Spelling rules To form the affirmative past tense of most regular verbs: • Add –ed to the base form of the verb (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)

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Write the past tense form. Dance_____ Plan_____ Clean_____ Type_____ Study_____ Shop_____ Look_____ Play_____ Empty_____ Stop_____ 1. Wash_____ 2. Work_____ 3. Shave_____ 4. Carry_____ 5. Listen____ 6. Turn ____ 7. Ask ____ 8. Answer ____ 9. Push ____ 10. Wait ____

PRONUNCIATION. Practice with a partner and locate the regular verbs according to their pronunciation. (See the verb list in the appendix). /d/ /t/ / id / Play played Walk walked Need needed Mail mailed Stop stopped Wait waited Try tried Look looked Visit visited

Expressions for Past Tense last 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

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

Write the correct form of the verb on the lines. Use the Simple Past Tense. O John Lennon (be) _____ born in 1940 in Liverpool, England, where he (grow up) ______. As a teenager, he (meet) _____Paul Mc. Cartney, 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. O 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’s life (end) _____, but his music lives on today.

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

Now, It´s time for practicing in class!

REGULAR VERBS

Talk Pinch Spill Want

Listen Jump Walk Play

Open Close Laugh Count

Play TV games Dance Cry Watch TV

Wait Clean Use a computer Climb

Play football Call Play the piano Cook

Turn on Share Turn off Study

Push Pull Fix Look at

Wash Colour Ask Look for

IRREGULAR VERBS

Win Find Break Give

Cut Take a picture Think Throw away

Hold Hurt Buy Hit

Write Sleep Read Run

Take a bath Fly Win Put on

Catch Draw Throw

Swim Make a sandcastle Speak Fight

Come Go Ride Sing

Eat Drink

FIND SOMEONE WHO. . . 1. 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. __________ Name

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