What did you do yesterday? • • • • •
Simple Past Tense Regular Verbs Irregular verbs Wh- and Yes / No questions in Past Tense Be in Past Tense
REGULAR VERBS
Talk
Pinch
Spill
Want
Listen
Jump
Walk
Play
Open
Close
Laugh
Count
Play TV games
Dance
Cry
Watch TV
Wait
Clean
Use a computer
Climb
Play football
Call
Play the piano
Cook
Turn on
Share
Turn off
Study
Push
Pull
Fix
Look at
Wash
Colour
Ask
Look for
REGULAR VERBS Spelling rules To form the affirmative past tense of most regular verbs: • Add –ed to the base form of the verb (washwashed). •
If the verb ends in –e, add –d (live-lived)
• If the verb ends in a consonant preceded by a vowel, double the final consonant (stop-stopped) • If the verb ends in –y preceded by a consonant, omit the “y” and add –ied ( copy-copied)
Write the past tense form. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Dance_________ Plan_________ Clean_________ Type_________ Study_________ Shop_________ Look_________ Play_________ Empty_________ Stop_________
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Wash_________ Work_________ Shave_________ Carry_________ Listen________ Turn ________ Ask ________ Answer ________ Push ________ Wait ________
SIMPLE PAST POSITIVE STATEMENT
NEGATIVE STATEMENT
I worked in Mushrooms Company in May.
I didn’t work in The Coke Company.
He lived in that small house 2 years ago.
He didn’t live in the big one.
We studied in the CETis last year.
We didn’t study in the CBTis
Maria knew how to cook.
Maria didn’t know how to make tortillas
Yesterday I had a party.
Today I didn’t have classes.
My mom had my wallet last night.
My mom didn’t have her purse
PRONUNCIATION. Practice with a partner and locate the regular verbs according to their pronunciation. (See the verb list in the appendix).
/d/
/t/
/ id /
Play
played
Walk
walked
Need
needed
Mail
mailed
Stop
stopped
Wait
waited
Try
tried
Look
looked
Visit
visited
Expressions for Past Tense last
ago
yesterday
last night
10 minutes ago
yesterday
last Sunday
an hour ago
yesterday morning
last week
three days ago
yesterday afternoon
last weekend
a week ago
yesterday evening
last year
a month ago
the day before yesterday
last month
a year ago
IRREGULAR VERBS
Win
Find
Break
Give
Cut
Take a picture
Think
Throw away
Hold
Hurt
Buy
Hit
Write
Sleep
Read
Run
Take a bath
Fly
Win
Put on
Catch
Draw
Throw
Swim
Make a sandcastle
Speak
Fight
Come
Go
Ride
Sing
Eat
Drink
Look for the Past Form of the following verbs in your list. 1. Drive
________
7.- get
________ 13.- buy
________
2. Take
________
8.- eat
________ 14.- ring
________
3.- run
________
9.- see
________ 15.- sing
________
4.- do
________
10.-forget
________ 16.- bring ________
5.- leave
________
11.- make
________ 17.- read
________
6. -go
________
12.- write
________ 18.- hear
________
Ask the following Questions to your partener and answer back too
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.
Where did you go on vacation? What did you do? Who did you see? Which movie did you watch on vacation? Did you like it? Did you meet someone special? Did you study anything? Did you read a magazine?
FIND SOMEONE WHO... 1. watched the news. 2. listened to the radio. 3. ate at a restaurant. 4. visited grandparents. 5. studied for an exam. 6. went to the movies. 7. cleaned your room. 8. took a shower. 9. played an instrument. 10. worked in the computer.
Name ____________________ ____________________ ____________________ ____________________ ____________________ ____________________ ____________________ ____________________ ____________________ ____________________
Now, It´s time for practicing in class!