SIMPLE PAST TENSE yesterday last year in 1476 5 years ago in 1995 last week 5 years ago

Why do we use Simple Past Tense? USE 1: Express Completed Action in the Past       Use the Simple Past to express the idea that an action started and finished at a specific time in the past. Sometimes the speaker may not actually mention the specific time, but they do have one specific time in mind. Examples: My mom made some pancake for us yesterday I saw a movie yesterday. I didn't see a movie yesterday. She washed her car. She didn't wash her car.

USE 2: A Series of Completed Actions     We use the Simple Past to list a series of completed actions in the past. These actions happen 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th... Examples: I finished work, walked to the beach, and found a nice place to swim. He arrived from the airport at 8:00, checked into the hotel at 9:00, and met the others at 10:00.

USE 3: Single Duration     The Simple Past can be used with a duration which starts and stops in the past. A duration is a long action often used with expressions like "for two years," "for five minutes," "all day" or "all year." Examples: I lived in Brazil for two years. Shauna studied Japanese for five years. They sat at the beach all day. We talked on the phone for thirty minutes. How long did you wait for them? We waited for one hour.

USE 4: Habit in the Past     The Simple Past can also be used to describe a habit which stopped in the past. It can have the same meaning as "used to". To make it clear that we are talking about a habit we often use expressions such as "always," "often," "usually," "never," "...when I was a child" or "...when I was younger" in the sentence. Examples: I studied French when I was a child. He played the violin. She worked at the movie theater after school. They never went to school, they always skipped.

(Verb to be FORM) WAS / WERE AFFIRMATIVE & NEGATIVE FORM Subject + was / were + (not) I He She It We You They was/wasn’t at school yesterday. were/weren’t at the beach last week.

I He She It We You They QUESTION FORM hungry? Was Was / Were + Subject Yes-No + Sub.+ Was/Were (not) I He She It We You They Yes, she was hungry. Yes, she was. No, she wasn’t hungry. No,she wasn’t. hungry? Was Yes, we were. No,we weren’t. at the theatre last weekend? Were

REGULAR/IRREGULAR VERBS(FORM) AFFIRMATIVE FORM Subject + Verb in simple past tense form I You He She It We They worked in the garden yesterday. danced at the party last night. carried the heavy box. bought new shoes.

I You He She It We They NEGATIVE FORM Subject + didn’t + Verb in base form I You He She It We They didn’t play tennis last weekend. didn’t clean the windows. didn’t go the dentist.

I You He She It We They QUESTION FORM Did+ Subject + Verb in base form find your umbrella? Did Yes, I found my umbrella. Yes, I did. No, I didn’t find my umbrella. No, I didn’t.

(+) (-) (?) (+) (-) (?) She is at the park now. Transform the sentences into Past Simple Tense. She is at the park now. (+) - She was at the park yesterday. (-) - She wasn’t at the park yesterday. (?) - Was she at the park yesterday? She goes to the hospital to visit her friend. (+) - She went to the hospital to visit her friend last week. (-) - She didn’t go to the hospital to visit her friend last week. (?) - Did she go to the hospital to visit her friend last week?

Fill in the blanks with the correct form of verbs. 1)Minnie________(bake) a huge cake for Mickey’s birthday party.(+) baked 2)John________(break) a window while he was playing football.(+) broke 3)____ you____(ask) a question during the lesson(?) Did ask 4)They __________(have) a picnic at the weekend(-) didn’t have 5)____ they at the party last night(?) Were

6)My mother________(make) a sandwich for me.(+) made 7)He ____ ill so he ___________(go) to school yesterday.(+,-) was didn’t go 8)He _______(buy) an expensive car last year.(+) bought 9) ____she _____ (clean) the house at the weekend(?) Did clean 10)Students _________(listen) to the teacher(-) didn’t listen

Past simple form – Spelling Rules REGULAR VERBS : Add ed Example: Walk – Walked Regular Verbs ending in a silent –e : Add d Example: Close - Closed Regular Verbs ending in a consonant and –y : Change the “y” to “I” and Add ed Example: Carry – Carried Regular Verbs ending in a vowel and –y : Add ed Example: Stay – Stayed Regular Verbs with one syllable ends in consonant + vowel + consonant : Double the consonant and Add ed Example: Plan – planned Stop – Stopped Example: Prefer – preferred Transfer – Transfered Regular Verbs with more than one syllable and ends in consonant + vowel + consonant : Double the final consonant only if it is stressed and Add ed Example: Cancel – Cancelled Travel – Travelled Verbs ends in “l” : Always double the “l” and Add ed