Business: Succcessful Business People Copyright © 2007 by Thomson Heinle, a part of The Thomson Corporation.  All rights reserved.  Lesson Plan The Simple Past Tense and The Negative Simple Past Tense of Regular Verbs Spelling of The Simple Past Tense Verbs Pronunciation of The Simple Past Tense Verbs

Grammar in Content Read about Arthur and Karen. Hey! How was your summer? It was great! I was at a business seminar in Florida. Bill Gates was there! I talked to him for a few minutes. I also dropped in on a friend for lunch. We didn’t cook anything. Instead, we walked to a café near his house.

The Simple Past Tense Complete the chart with positive and negative statements. What about Contractions? Subject verb I in Tokyo last night. He She It hard yesterday. You* We They Denise last week. arrived did not arrive didn’t worked did not work didn’t called did not call didn’t *You is either singular or plural.

Notes We use the simple past to talk about events that happened and are now finished. I worked. I studied. I called. last week yesterday last night today

Exercise A Raise your hand if the statement is false. Answers: False True Arthur’s summer wasn’t good. Bill Gates was there. Arthur didn’t drop in on his friend. Arthur and his friend cooked lunch. Arthur’s friend drove them to lunch.

Spelling Verbs in the –ed Form Look at the chart. Base form -ing form Rules work walk worked walked For most verbs: add ed. live dance lived danced For verbs ending in a consonant + e: add d only. study cry studied cried For verbs that end in a consonant +y: change y to i and add ed. play enjoy played enjoyed For verbs that end in a vowel +y: add ed. Continued on next slide.

Spelling Verbs in the –ed Form Look at the chart. Base form -ing form Rules drop hug dropped hugged For one-syllable verbs that end in a consonant + vowel + consonant: double the final consonant and add ed. show relax showed relaxed For verbs ending w or x: do not double the final consonant. Just add ed. happen open distract happened opened distracted For two-syllable verbs that end in a consonant + vowel + consonant: if the first syllable is stressed, add ed. Do not double the consonant. prefer admit commit preferred admitted committed For two-syllable verbs that end in a consonant + vowel + consonant: if the second syllable is stressed, double the consonant and add ed.

Exercise B Raise your hand if the statement is in the present progressive tense. Answers: walked cried Correct 4. played I walkt 12 miles yesterday. He cryed at the end of the movie. She danced when she was younger. They plaid with the children.

Grammar in Content Read about Arthur and Karen. Hey! How was your summer? This time, try saying these verbs: It was great! I was at a business seminar in Florida. Bill Gates was there! I talked to him for a few minutes. I also dropped in on a friend for lunch. We didn’t cook anything. Instead, we walked to a café near his house.

Pronunciation Notes Complete the chart. Verbs that end in Pronounce the third person -s the sounds f, k, p, s, ch, or sh the sounds b, g, j, l, m, n, ng, r, th, v, z, or zh d or t /t/ as in “cooked” and “helped” /d/ as in “played” and “used” /id/ as in “wanted” and “needed”

Exercise C Practice aloud with a partner. Use these verbs in a past tense sentence. Help and correct each other. walk cook admit work cry play

Grammar in Content Read about Alison. Let’s see… what did I do yesterday? I took a test in English. I ate dinner. I bought a new computer. I needed toothpaste, so I went to the convenience store. I called my house, but I didn’t speak to my sister.

Irregular Verbs Complete the chart with positive and negative statements. Subject verb I in a restaurant last night. He She It You* We They ate did not eat didn’t eat *You is either singular or plural.

Notes Irregular verbs do not have the –ed ending in the past tense. Here are some common irregular verbs and their past tense forms. be / was, were buy / bought come / came do / did get / got give / gave go / went have / had leave / left make / made sell / sold speak / spoke meet / made pay / paid put / put see / saw take / took write / wrote See appendix 4 on page 232 for more irregular verbs and their simple past forms.

? Exercise D Ask a partner the question. Next, answer for yourself. What did you do When did you last night? last Thursday? this morning? yesterday? last Summer? eat breakfast? study? write a letter? shop? meet your friend? ? last week yesterday last night today

Review Subject verb I in Tokyo last night. He She It hard yesterday. You* We They Denise last week. arrived did not arrive worked did not work called did not call *You is either singular or plural.