2. Simple Past Tense

3. Simple Past Tense When?

4. When should we use past tense? 1. A past action e.g. I went to school yesterday.. 2. A past truth e.g. They were very rich a year ago.

5. Adverbs that usually use in past tense.: YesterdayA year ago Last night Two days ago Last Sunday The day before yesterday

6. Structure of simple past tense with verb ‘to be’: Question: Were you/we/they (P) in Japan yesterday? Was I/he/she/it (S) happy two days ago? Statement: You/We/They(P) were in Japan yesterday. You/We/They weren’t in Japan yesterday. I/He/She/It(S) was happy two days ago. I/He/She/It wasn’t happy two days ago.

7. Structure of past tense with other verbs: Question: Did I/you/we/they go to school yesterday? she/he it(S/P) Statement: I/You/We/They went to school yesterday. He/She/It (S/P) didn’t go

8. 1) A past truth I was a football player in 1992.wasin 1992.

9. 1) A past truth They were in an office yesterday..were

10. 2) A past action I played with my good friend yesterday.played

11. 2) A past action We closed the door three minutes ago.closed

12. 2) A past action You cried this morning..cried

13. 2) A past action He cutcut his finger last night..

14. Exercises Try your best!!.

15. Exercise 1 1. I _____(be) a baby in 1991. 2. John _____(be) at home yesterday. was

16. 3. The children ______ (be) happy last night. 4. You ______(be) hot four hours ago. Exercise 1 (Continued) were

17. Exercise 2 1. I ________(walk) to school this morning. 2. Helen _______(read) three books last week.. walked read

18. Exercise 2(Continued) 3. They _______(phone) to their friends yesterday. 4. It_________(climb) up the tree ten minutes ago. phoned climbed

19. The End

20. Hints * yesterday * last _________ * ______ ______ ago * this morning * in (1994)

21. was I She It He bewas

22. were You We They bewere

23. +ed climb climbed play played talk talked walk walked wash washed watch watched

24. +d close closed like liked live lived phone phoned

25. +ied carry carried cry cried study studied try tried

26. no change cost cut hit read shut put