SIMPLE PAST TENSE

E.g.: I was at home last night. She got up at ten last Sunday. They watched a soccer game yesterday. The Simple Past Tense is used to talk about events and actions that happened at a definite time in the past. SIMPLE PAST TENSE * Some signal words of the Simple Past are: last night / month / week, yesterday, two weeks ago...

AFFIRMATIVE FORM Look at the chart. PERSONAL PRONOUNVERBS I YOU HE SHE IT WE YOU THEY played

E.g.: WATCH – WATCHED PLAY – PLAYED WORK – WORKED There are some verbs which are called REGULAR VERBS. SIMPLE PAST TENSE All of them end in “ED” in the past form.

Verbs ending in “Y” preceeded by a consonant -Y + IED E.g. John studied hard yesterday. SIMPLE PAST TENSE * Depending on the verb, it’s added “IED”.

SIMPLE PAST TENSE There are other verbs which are called IRREGULAR VERBS, because they don’t follow any rules. Each one is different from the other. E.g. go – went eat – ate

This is Annie. NOW, YOU! This is what she did last weekend:

She walked her dog. NOW, YOU!

She played soccer. NOW, YOU!

She rode a bike. NOW, YOU!

NEGATIVE FORM Look at the chart. PERSONAL PRONOUNAUXILIARY + VERB I YOU HE SHE IT WE YOU THEY didn’t work

E.g.: John didn’t have a pet when he was a kid. We didn’t watch TV yesterday. I didn’t see my friend at school this morning. SIMPLE PAST TENSE * When DIDN’T is used in the sentence, the verb remains in its base form. * DIDN’T is used with all Personal Pronouns. The auxiliary always comes before the verb. In the negative form, it’s necessary to use the auxiliary DIDN’T.

NOW, YOU! Think of three things you DIDN’T do last Sunday. Share your sentences with a classmate.

INTERROGATIVE FORM Look at the chart. PERSONAL PRONOUNVERB I YOU HE SHE IT WE YOU THEY play? AUXILIARY DID

E.g.: Did you meet your cousin yesterday? What did they do on the weekend? Where did she go on her last vacation? SIMPLE PAST TENSE * In the interrogative form, it’s necessary to use the auxiliary DID. * When DID is used, the verb remains in its base form. * DID is used with all Personal Pronouns. * The auxiliary always comes before the subject.

NOW, YOU! I ……………………………..……….. to music last night. I ………………………….. to the beach on Saturday. I …………………………… hot-dogs for dinner last week. We ……………….…………... a book this morning. READ – LISTEN – HAVE – GO

NOW, YOU! I ……………………………..……….. to music last night. I ………………………….. to the beach on Saturday. I …………………………… hot-dogs for dinner last week. We ……………….…………... a book this morning. READ – LISTEN – HAVE – GO LISTENED / DIDN’T LISTEN WENT / DIDN’T GO HAD / DIDN’T HAVE READ / DIDN’T READ