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1 Simple Past tense

2 Use: The past simple is used to express a finished action in the past. Examples: We played tennis last Sunday. I worked in London from 1984 to 1989. John left two minutes ago. The past tense is often used with time past expressions like: last year, last month, five years ago, yesterday morning, in 1945.

3 Form. The form of the past simple is the same for all persons. Positive: Positive: The positive of regular verbs end in ed. Examples: live- lived live- lived want - wanted walk - walked use- used

4 There are many common irregular verbs: Examples: hit - hit eat - ate grow - grew make - made break - broke go - went take - took see - saw beis - was are - were begin - began bring - brought fall - fell

5 build - built buy - bought fly - flew find - found drink - drank feel - felt give - gave hurt - hurt leave - left read - read run - ran sing - sang swim - swam teach - taught win - won write - wrote

6 Negative: The negative of the Past Simple is formed with didn’t. Example: He walked. He didn’t walk. I did my homework. I didn’t do my homework.

7 Questions: The question in the Past Simple is formed with did. Example: Example: Did you go to work yesterday? Yes, I did. No, I didn’t When did she arrive? She arrived yesterday

8 Exercises Complete the sentences. Use the past tense of the verbs. Complete the sentences. Use the past tense of the verbs. Dinosaurs ________ (walk) the earth for over 165 million years during the Mesozoic Era. Dinosaurs ________ (walk) the earth for over 165 million years during the Mesozoic Era. There were lots of different kind of dinosaurs that ________ (live) at different times. Most dinosaurs were plant eaters. They _______ (eat) plants. Most dinosaurs were plant eaters. They _______ (eat) plants. Some dinosaurs _______ (have) horns, crests or spikes. Some dinosaurs _______ (have) horns, crests or spikes. The dinosaurs ______ (go) extinct about 65 million years ago.

9 Write negative sentences. Write negative sentences. Some dinosaurs ate plants. Some dinosaurs ate plants.________________________________ Triceratops walked on two legs. Triceratops walked on two legs.________________________________ Dinosaurs lived during the Cenozoic Era. Dinosaurs lived during the Cenozoic Era.________________________________ Apatosaurus had a big head. Apatosaurus had a big head.________________________________ Tyrannosaurus rex used its long teeth to eat plants. Tyrannosaurus rex used its long teeth to eat plants.________________________________ Some dinosaurs grew to be bigger than houses. Some dinosaurs grew to be bigger than houses.________________________________

10 Finish the story. Finish the story. Some people say that Loch Ness, a lake in Scotland, has dinosaurs living in it. One man ______ a walk by the lake. Suddenly, a large brown animal appeared in the water. As it ______ under the water, he ______ a hump on its back. Other people also saw the monster in the lake. It ______ like a dinosaur with big fins. Some people ______ the monster was a plesiosaurus. Plesiosauruses last ______ on Earth 150 million years ago! Nobody really knows what is in the lake. But people wonder, could it be a dinosaur? go take see take say look live

11 Read. (comp) Read. (comp) 1.Tyrannosaurus rex used its long, sharp teeth to ate other dinosaurs. T Rex was big, but Apatosaurus grew even bigger. (15 meters long; died out 64 million years ago). 2.Apatosaurus was longer and taller than most other dinosaurs. Its huge size protected it as it ate plants and tree leaves. (21 meters long; died out 138 million years ago) 3.The stegosaurus protected itself with spikes on its tail and large bony plates on its back. Stegosaurus had small teeth and ate only plants. (6 meters long; died out 140 million years ago) 4.Triceratops protected itself with three sharp horns o its head. Like the Apatosaurus, it ate plants. It was smaller than T-rex but bigger than Stegosaurus. (9 meters long; died out 64 million years ago)

12 List the dinosaurs in order of size, from smallest to tallest. 1.______________________ 2.______________________ 3.______________________ 4.______________________ Listen. Fill in the blanks. Bill and Dean just saw the movie Dinosaur Park. Write about the dinosaur. Dinosaur How long it was What it ate When it died out How it protected itself

13 Question words WherewhenwhatWhy WherewhenwhatWhy Where: Is used to ask a question about a place Where: Is used to ask a question about a place When Is used to ask a question about time When Is used to ask a question about time What Is used to ask a question about a thing What Is used to ask a question about a thing How long helps you ask about the legth of something. How long helps you ask about the legth of something. How much helps us about the weight of something How much helps us about the weight of something Why is used to ask about a reason Why is used to ask about a reason

14 Examples: Examples: What does the panda eat? What does the panda eat? The panda eats bamboo. When did dinosaurs live? When did dinosaurs live? Dinosaurs lived more than 65 million years ago Where does the panda live? Where does the panda live? The panda lives in China How long is a blue whale? How long is a blue whale? A blue whale is longer than any dinosaur

15 Write questions _________________________________ _________________________________ Leatherback turtles come on land to lay their eggs _________________________________ _________________________________ Today Przewalski’s horses live only in zoos. _________________________________ _________________________________ The giant armadillo grows up to 5 feet (1.5 m) in lenght and weighs up to 121 pounds (55 kg)

16 Examples: Examples: Why did Pyrenean ibex die out? Why did Pyrenean ibex die out? They died out because people hunted them too much Why are Asian lions endangered? Why are Asian lions endangered? They’re endangered because people are moving into their habitat.

17 Write answers Write answers Why did dinosaurs die out? Why did dinosaurs die out?__________________________________ Why are Komodo dragons endangered? Why are Komodo dragons endangered?__________________________________ Why are giant pandas endangered? Why are giant pandas endangered?__________________________________


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