1. Simple Past Tense
by Kristi Reyes

2. Simple Past
Any event, activity, or state that started and finished in the past
Key words: yesterday …
last …
… ago
Regular verbs
work talk stay study
Irregular verbs
see have go drive

3. Spelling Rules for Regular Verbs
Most regular verbs, add –ed to change to past tense: walk listen need 1. close live die continue 2. try study hurry play?
Rule 1:
Final e, add d
Rule 2:
Final consonant + y, change y to i, + ed

4. Spelling Rules for Regular Verbs
3. shop jog chat rain? fax? 4. prefer permit happen? listen?
Remember:
Don’t double letters
w, x, or y
Rule 3:
One-syllable verb with a consonant + vowel + consonant as final three letters, double the final consonant + ed
Rule 4:
Two syllable verb with final consonant + vowel + consonant and the last syllable is stressed, double final consonant + ed

5. Online Practice
Which spelling is correct?

6. Pronunciation of -ed Three different pronunciations of -ed
Which is the correct pronunciation of the –ed in these regular verbs?
Three different pronunciations of -ed
1. /t/ 2. /d/ 3. /id/
liked
rained
wanted
stayed
assisted
called
helped
closed
decided
looked
watched
painted
Pronunciaton rule:
Final /t/ or /d/ before –ed, pronounce –ed as /id/

7. Pronunciation of -ed Three different pronunciations of -ed
Which is the correct pronunciation of the –ed in these regular verbs?
Three different pronunciations of -ed
1. /t/ /d/ /id/
worked
surprised
wanted
lived
assisted
returned
laughed
changed
decided
watched
looked
needed
Pronunciaton rule:
Final /t/ or /d/ before –ed, pronounce –ed as /id/

8. Pronunciation practice

9. Irregular Verbs
Need to memorize See handout Practice every day! HOMEWORK FOR MONDAY!

10. To be I You He She It We They People Everyone
PAST
PRESENT I
You He
She It We
They
People
Everyone
I am You are He is She is It is We are They are People Everyone

11. Tell your partner – use past tense verbs!
How did you celebrate your last birthday?
When did you move to the U.S.?
When did you learn to drive?
Why did you start taking classes at MiraCosta College?
How did you learn to speak English so well?
What did you do yesterday after school?
What did you do this morning?
What did you do last Saturday night?
Where were you last Sunday morning?

12. Online Practice
Practice 1
Unit 6
and now, writing practice …

13. Questions and negatives in simple past tense
Make these affirmative sentences into questions and negatives
Sentence Question Negative
I studied English.
She worked yesterday.
They took a vacation.
He had a day off.
I was absent last week.
They were on break.
It was a holiday.

14. Questions and negatives in simple past tense
Question formation:
Did + subject + verb + ?
Was / Were + subject + verb + ?
Negation:
Subject + did not (didn’t) + verb
Subject + was / were not (wasn’t / weren’t) + …

15. Practice Online Practice (optional):
type in the questions and negatives
Partner speaking practice

16. Questions about past tense
More practice to come …
Inform the instructor if you would like additional practice!

17. Simple Past Tense
Actions, events, states that started and finished in the past (…ago, last …, yesterday… )
Regular verbs: -ed
Irregular verbs: change spelling, memorize

18. Tell your partner – use past tense verbs!
What did you do yesterday?
What did you do last Saturday night?
Where were you last Sunday morning?
What did you do to celebrate your last birthday?
When did you move to the U.S.?
When did you learn to drive?
Why did you start taking classes at MiraCosta College?
How did you learn to speak English so well?

19. Past Continuous: Three Uses
Use 1: Past actions that were in progress at a particular time in the past; actions that were not yet finished at a past time
Erika’s Schedule
8 – 9: had breakfast
9 – 10: finished her homework
10 – 11: exercised
11 – 12: cooked lunch
12 – 2: shopped
2 – 5: talked to a friend on the phone
At 8:30, Erika _________________ breakfast.
At 9:15, she ___________________ her homework.
At 10:30, she _____________________.
At 11:30, she ___________________ lunch.
At 12:30, she ___________________.
At 3, she ______________ to a friend.

20. Tell a classmate – use past continuous verbs: I was _______ing
Where were you last Thursday at 8 p.m.? What were you doing?
What were you doing Friday at 5 p.m.? Where were you? Who were you with?
What were you doing Sunday morning at 7 a.m.?
What were you doing last night at this time?
What were you doing last week at this time?
What were you doing last year at this time?

21. Past Continuous, continued
Use 2: Two (or more) actions that were in progress in the past at the same time
Use while
Examples:
Sorry, I wasn’t listening to you while you were talking.
While I was reading, he was writing.

22. Past Continuous, continued
Use 3: Describe and set the scene; tell what was happening or in progress when something else happened or interrupted a past in-progress action
Examples:
Car accident
Broken bone
A Crime

23. Form: Using past and past continuous together
Use past continuous to say what was in progress
I was crossing the street …
Use simple past for the interrupting action
when the driver ran the red light.

24. Other examples:
I was sleeping when the telephone rang and woke me up. He was driving too fast when he crashed the car.

25. More Examples:
We were watching the news when the announcer made a special live report. I was trying to study when you called. Student examples:

26. Form of Past Continuous
Subject + was / were + verb+ing Negation: Subject + was / were + not + verb+ing Yes/ No Question: Was / Were + subject + + verb+ing ? Information Question: (WH) + Was / Were + subject + + verb+ing ?

27. Remember –ing spelling rules?
Verb ending in...
How to make the -ING form
Examples
(Most verbs)
Add -ING
say - saying go - going walk - walking
1 vowel + 1 consonant
Double the consonant, then add -ING
swim - swimming hit - hitting get - getting
1 vowel + 1 consonant + E
Final –ie
Remove E, then add –ING
Change –ie to y, then add -ING
come - coming lose - losing live – living
die – dying
tie -- tying

28. A little practice
He (break) ________________ his finger when he (play) _____________basketball.
He (golf) ______________ when he (start) _____ to have chest pains.
She (walk) _____________ when she (slip) __________ and (fall) ________ down the stairs.
She (eat) ______________ dinner at the restaurant when she (choke) __________ on a fish bone.
When I (chop) ______________ onions, I (cut) my finger.
They (race) _________________ their cars when they (cause) ______________ an accident.
He (burn) _______________________ his hand when he (cook) ___________ the eggs.
He (have) ____________________ an accident because she (no pay) ________________ attention while she (drive) _____________________.
The campers (hike) _____________________ in the forest when they (become) __________________ lost.
Benjamin Franklin (fly) ____________________ a kite when he (prove) that lightening contains electricity because he (get) ________________ an electric shock.

29. Review
Simple past = action or state finished in the past (yesterday, last…, … ago, etc.)
Past continuous = was/were + verb+ing, an action that was in progress/not finished when another action happened (interrupted)

30. Writing: Which is correct?
I (sleep) well last night.
I (sleep) when the first started.
When I got up this morning, it (rain).
It (rain) hard last night.
Susie fell when she (play) in the park.
We (have) dinner when you called.
I (write) an when you called me.
He (paint) the walls yesterday.
She (drive) to Los Angeles in her new car.

31. Final Tips …
Use while for two actions in progress at the same time in the past:
She was talking while he was driving.
Use when when telling about sequence of events (one action that was in progress that was interrupted by another event in the past):
I was just leaving when you called.
(first action in progress) (interrupting event)

32. Punctuation with When and While
When and while at the front of a sentence, use a comma:
When you called, I was watching TV.
While he was washing the clothes, I was doing the dishes.
When and while in the middle of a sentence, no comma
I was watching TV when you called.
I was doing the dishes while he was washing the clothes.

33. Questions? Practice on textbook pages 42 - 43 For more practice:
Forming and Using the Past Continuous
Quiz Yourself