1. Primary Longman Elect
3B Chapter 4
Simple past tense (1)

2. Simple past tense: regular verbs
Last Sat
Last Sun
Mon / Yesterday
Tue / Today
3 p.m.
What did you do yesterday?
I painted a picture.

3. Simple past tense: regular verbs
Last Sat
Last Sun
Mon / Yesterday
Tue / Today
9 p.m.
What did you do last night?
I studied for the English test.

4. Simple past tense: regular verbs
Last Sat
Last Sun
Mon / Yesterday
Tue / Today
What did you do at the weekend?
I chatted with my friends.

5. Simple past tense: regular verbs
We use the simple past tense to talk about actions in the past.
e.g. I painted a picture yesterday.
I studied for the English test last night.
I chatted with my friends at the weekend.
We usually add ed to the action words.
e.g.
listened
listen
looked
look
painted
paint
played
play

6. Simple past tense: regular verbs
We double the last letter when the action words are one syllable and end in 1 vowel + 1 consonant.
e.g.
chatted
chat
clapped
clap
skipped
skip
We change the letter y into ied when the action words end in 1 consonant + y.
e.g.
dry
dried
tidied
tidy
studied
study

7. Key structure yesterday? What did you do last night? at the weekend?
This means yesterday night.
What did you do
last night?
Don’t change the action words in did questions.
at the weekend?
This means last weekend.
Use the simple past tense when you see these words.
I played games with my parents.

8. Practice Choose the correct past tense ending. paint  painted painted
paintted
paintied
paint
 painted

9. Practice Choose the correct past tense ending. study  studied studyed
studded
studied
study
 studied

10. Practice Choose the correct past tense ending. tidy  tidied tidyed
tidded
tidy
 tidied

11. Practice Put the words in the correct order to make a question.do
did
What he
yesterday?
What did he do yesterday?

12. Practice Put the words in the correct order to make a question.at do
weekend?
What
did
she
What did she do at the weekend?

13. Practice Give the correct answer. What did you do at the weekend?
I painted a picture.

14. Practice Give the correct answer. What did you do yesterday?
I chatted with my friend.

15. Practice Give the correct answer. What did you do yesterday?
I tidied my room.

16. The End