PAST SIMPLE SWOOSH 7 Cidália Sousa  Cláudia Regina Abreu

We use this tense to talk about a specific time in the PAST PAST SIMPLE We use this tense to talk about a specific time in the PAST

PAST SIMPLE We use some time expressions: - yesterday - last night / year - two weeks ago - in 2012

PAST SIMPLE Rules: - same form - Regular: +ed - Irregular: memorise - Negative: didn’t + infinitive (without ‘to’)

PAST SIMPLE Regular verb + ed work look stay move study dance stop worked looked stayed moved studied danced stopped Careful! consonant + y  ied C + V+ C  double C Negative: didn’t + infinitive (didn’t dance) (without ‘to’)

PAST SIMPLE Irregular memorise go went gone Infinitive Past simple Past participle go went gone Negative: didn’t + infinitive (didn’t go) (without ‘to’)

PAST SIMPLE This list of verbs is to know or to memorise by heart…

Irregular verbs sleep, slept, slept

Memorising them may be difficult

Let’s divide them in groups… Listen and repeat.

All equal cost cost cost cut cut cut fit fit fit hit hit hit hurt hurt hurt let let let put put put shut shut shut read read read

Two equal (sound ‘ot’) bring brought brought buy bought bought catch caught caught fight fought fought get got got teach taught taught think thought thought

Two equal (t) build built built burn burnt burnt learn learnt learnt dream dreamt dreamt

Two equal (sound ‘i’ – ‘e’) sit sat sat leave left left feel felt felt keep kept kept sleep slept slept meet met met

Two equal (ent) lend lent lent send sent sent spend spent spent

Two equal (.-.) become became become come came come run ran run

Two equal (sound ‘ed’) feed fed fed have had had say said said

Two equal find found found hear heard heard lose lost lost make made made pay paid paid sell sold sold tell told told shine shone shone stand stood stood swing swung swung win won won

Three different (i, a, u) begin began begun drink drank drunk ring rang rung sing sang sung swim swam swum

Three different (‘iten’) bite bit bitten eat ate eaten write wrote written

Three different (-o -en) break broke broken speak spoke spoken wake woke woken choose chose chosen freeze froze frozen steal stole stolen drive drove driven ride rode ridden rise rose risen forget forgot forgotten

Three different (-ew -wn) draw drew drawn fly flew flown grow grew grown know knew known throw threw thrown

Three different be was been see saw seen do did done fall fell fallen give gave given go went gone take took taken shake shook shaken wear wore worn

Read it several times like a song! sleep, slept, slept like a song!

Repeat the list 7 times That’s the best way to memorise

Complete to meet to work to study to find to buy to have to come to go Infinitive Past Simple Past Participle Meaning to meet to work to study to find to buy to have to come to go to see met worked studied found bought had came went saw met worked studied found bought had come gone seen encontrar-se trabalhar estudar encontrar comprar ter vir ir ver

Let’s talk about the PAST

I don’t know about you, but my weekend was fabulous !

How was your weekend?

Well, my weekend was fantastic! Hi, I’m Sophie. How was my weekend? Well, my weekend was fantastic!

Sophie is talking about her weekend. Complete the sentences with the Past Simple. I _____________ (go) to the cinema. The film __________ (be) very good. I ______________ (buy) popcorn and I ________ (drink) an orange juice. My friend Julia_______ (go) to the beach, but it __________ (start) to rain. went was bought drank went started

Weekend I went to the cinema and saw the film “Romeo and Juliet”. A story from Shakespeare. It was great!

Do you know anything about Shakespeare? Biography Do you know anything about Shakespeare? Born (where /when) Jobs Plays School Career Died (Where/when) Read the text and fill in this table.

Biography Born Born in________________________ In _____ Jobs (where /when?) Born in________________________ In _____ Jobs Actor and _____ Plays Wrote __ plays School Started in ________when he was ___ Left school when he was ________ Career In ____ moved to _______ Worked as _______ Started to write _____ Became _________ Died (Where/when?) Died in ________ on ______________________ Stratford-upon-Avon, England 1564 writer 37 Stratford 7 about 13 1582 London an actor plays successful Stratford his birthday, 23rd April 1616

Write the Past Simple be can make do say want tell have need come sit feed turn guess call dance know stand look turn miss end meet hear was needed knew could came stood made sat looked did fed turned said turned missed wanted guessed ended told called met had danced heard

Change the Present Simple into the Past Simple We are in the classroom. I eat a big sandwich. Richard wins nearly every tennis match. The train stops in Oxford. I make my bed before breakfast. I have breakfast at home. She drinks milk with sugar. I go to school by bus. We were in the classroom. I ate a big sandwich. Richard won nearly every tennis match. The train stopped in Oxford. I made my bed before breakfast. I had breakfast at home. She drank milk with sugar. I went to school by bus.

Present Simple or Past Simple? Infinitive 1. to have 2. to come 3. to go 4. to see 5. to meet 6. to work 7. to study 8. to find 9. to buy 1. Sarah _____ breakfast at home every day. 2. Yesterday I _____ to school by car. 3. Last week her mother _______ to Brazil. 4. Jack _______ a film yesterday. 5. He ______ his friends every day. 6. His father __________ in a hospital. 7. I ________ Maths last weekend. 8. Yesterday he ________ a dog in the street. 9. My uncle _________ a car last month. has came went saw meets works studied found bought

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