1. Simple Past Tense To express what already happened.

2. What is the simple past? To create the simple past, add –ed to most simple present verbs. Verbs: watch, start, live, move, study, stay. 1.Yesterday Kahn __ English for two hours. 2.Mayra __ a video on elephants last night. 3.Last year Ana __ in Chicago for a week. 4.Roberto __ in the library all day yesterday. 5.Kim __ in China before she __ here. 6.Jo __ to learn French when he __ in France. 7.Alan __ to our community at age fifteen.

3. Why use the simple past? Use the simple past for activities and situations already started and ended. Example: Last week, the ISA went camping. Example: Our class took a quiz yesterday.

4. What is the past of be? Were matches you we, and they. Was is for I and he. 1.Where __ you last night? 2.I __ at home! 3.__ you up or in bed? 4.I __ up until late. 5.I __ on the phone to call you many times. 6.Sorry, I __ not near my cell phone. Is Bob still on a low-cost diet?

5. Can you pronounce past endings? 1.After strong consonants, say /d/ –/calld/ /livd/ 2.After soft consonants, say /t/ –/talkt/ /washt/ 3.After /t/ and /d/, say /ed/ –/waited/ /needed/ Did the man hear the woman clearly?

6. Do you use irregular past verbs? 1.Most irregular verbs change vowels. –Begin/began, come/came, give/gave 2.Some irregular verbs end in “t.” –Build/built, feel/felt, sweep/swept 3.A few irregular verbs don’t change. –Cost/cost, fit/fit, let/let Is the past form of ‘understand’ irregular?

7. Which is the past form? 1.Sylvia blow/blew the odd guy off. 2.Alfredo drew/drawn a cool picture. 3.Minh kept/keep his place in class. 4.The bank lend/lent Foram $5,000. 5.The professor tore/tear the paper. 6.Krupal stood/stand in the back. 7.The girl wear/wore red lipstick.

8. Can you fill in the verbs? Verbs: finish, get, put, want, use, forget, find, talk, be, lose, call, do, and remember. 1.Poor Carmen __ her cell phone inside her own car. 2.She __ that it __ in her car just the day before. 3.She __ her friend Abdul to talk about their date. 4.When she __ speaking, she __ the phone down. 5.She __ out of the car, leaving the phone in there. 6.She __ busy in her house and __ think about it. 7.Then she __ to call someone, and __ it again.

9. Do you know the past verbs? presentpast begin___ buy___ drive___ fail___ feel___ go___ grow___ hear___ presentpast 9.know___ 10.leave___ 11.lose___ 12.mean___ 13.pay___ 14.sell___ 15.sit___ 16.think___