What did you do yesterday?
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Simple Past Tense
Regular Verbs
Irregular verbs
Wh- and Yes / No questions in
Past Tense
Be in Past Tense
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REGULAR VERBS
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Talk
Pinch
Spill
Want
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Listen
Jump
Walk
Play
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Open
Close
Laugh
Count
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Play TV games
Dance
Cry
Watch TV
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Wait
Clean
Use a computer
Climb
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Play football
Call
Play the piano
Cook
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Turn on
Share
Turn off
Study
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Push
Pull
Fix
Look at
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Wash
Colour
Ask
Look for
REGULAR VERBS
To form the affirmative past tense of most regular
verbs:
• Add –ed to the base form of the verb (washwashed).
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If the verb ends in –e, add –d (live-lived)
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• 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.
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Dance_________
Plan_________
Clean_________
Type_________
Study_________
Shop_________
Look_________
Play_________
Empty_________
Stop_________
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Wash_________
Work_________
Shave_________
Carry_________
Listen________
Turn ________
Ask ________
Answer ________
Push ________
Wait ________
Past tense forms.
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Danced
Planned
Cleaned
Typed
Studied
Shopped
Looked
Played
Emptied
Stopped
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Washed
Worked
Shaved
Carried
Listened
Turned
Asked
Answered
Pushed
Waited
SIMPLE PRESENT
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POSITIVE STATEMENT
NEGATIVE STATEMENT
I work in Mushrooms Company.
I don’t work in The Coke Company.
He lives in that small house.
He doesn’t live in the big one.
We study in the CETis
We don´t study in the CBTis
Maria knows how to cook.
Maria doesn’t know how to make
tortillas
Today I have a party.
Today I don´t have classes.
My mom has my wallet
My mom doesn’t have her purse
SIMPLE PAST
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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).
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/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
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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
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IRREGULAR VERBS
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Win
Find
Break
Give
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Cut
Take a picture
Think
Throw away
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Hold
Hurt
Buy
Hit
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Write
Sleep
Read
Run
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Take a bath
Fly
Win
Put on
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Catch
Draw
Throw
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Swim
Make a sandcastle
Speak
Fight
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Come
Go
Ride
Sing
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Eat
Drink
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Look for the Past Form of the following
verbs in your list.
1. Drive
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7.- get
________ 13.- buy
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2. Take
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8.- eat
________ 14.- ring
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3.- run
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9.- see
________ 15.- sing
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4.- do
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10.-forget
________ 16.- bring ________
5.- leave
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11.- make
________ 17.- read
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6. go
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12.- write
________ 18.- hear
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Write the correct form of the verb on the lines.
Use the Simple Past Tense.
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• John Lennon (be) _________ born in 1940 in
Liverpool, England, where he (grow up)
___________. As a teenager, he (meet)
_________Paul McCartney, and they (begin)
_________ to write songs together. After several
years, they (form) _________ a new group
called the Beatles, with George Harrison and
Pete Best. However, Best (neg-stay)
_______________ in the group. Ringo Starr
(join) _________ the group in place of Best. In
1964 the group (perform) _________ its first hit
song “Love Me Do”. ….. Next Page….
Write the correct form of the verb on the lines.
Use the Simple Past Tense.
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• Between the years 1962 and 1968 the Beatles
(be) _________ the most famous group in the
world. In 1969, Lennon (decide) _________ to
perform alone. He (write) _________ the song
“Give Peace a Chance” and (make) several
albums alone. He also (act) _________ in films.
From that time on, he (have) _________ many
problems. For example, he (leave) _________
his wife, Yoko Ono, for a time. Finally, in 1983,
Mark David Chapman (kill) _________ Lennon.
Lennon’s life (end) _________, but his music
lives on today.
WH- AND DID QUESTIONS
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QUESTION
ANSWER
What did you do last
Sundays?
I played soccer with my friends.
Where did you play soccer?
I played soccer in the park.
How long did you stay there?
We stayed there for about 2 hours.
Did you enjoy the match?
Yes, I did. I got so exhausted but I
liked it.
Did you do something else that
day?
No, I didn’t. Well, I just called my
girlfriend and went out with her.
Ask the following Questions to your
partener and answer back too.
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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...
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Name
1. watch the news.
____________________
2. listen the radio.
____________________
3. eat at a restaurant.
____________________
4. visit your grandparents. ____________________
5. study for an exam.
____________________
6. go to the movies.
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7. clean your room.
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8. take a shower.
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9. play an instrument.
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10. work in the computer. ____________________
Be in Past Tense
Present Past
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BE
am
is
are
Negative
was
+ not
were
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SIMPLE PRESENT
BE IN PAST TENSE
I’m from Apodaca.
I was from USA.
I’m not a liar.
I wasn’t a liar.
You’re 17 years old.
You were 17 years old last
year.
Manolo is in the cafeteria.
Manolo was in the cafeteria.
Sonia isn’t tall and thin.
Sonia was not tall and thin.
We are best friends.
We were best friends.
They aren’t crazy.
They weren’t crazy.
WH- and Yes / No QUESTIONS WITH BE IN
PAST TENSE
QUESTION
When
were
you born?
Were you born in Nuevo Leon?
Where
were
you born?
Was your brother born there,
too?
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What city was he born in?
Were your parents born in
N.L.?
ANSWER
I was born in 1975.
Yes, I was.
I was born in Montemorelos.
No, he wasn’t.
He was born in Monterrey.
No, they weren’t.
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PRACTICE: Betty is talking about her family.
Choose the correct verb form.
• My family and I ___________ (was / were) all
born in Nuevo Leon, we ___________ (wasn´t /
weren´t) born in Tamaulipas. I
_______________ (was / were) in
Montemorelos, and my brother ___________
(was / were) there, too. My parents
___________ (wasn´t / weren´t) in Linares..
They ___________ (was / were) in the capital,
Monterrey. My sister ____________(was /
were) 3 years old when we moved to Linares
and my brothers, the twins, __________ (was /
were) in the elementary school. We
____________ (was / were) younger.
Complete the following questions with WAS or WERE.
Then ask and answer the questions with a partner.
____________ you born in this city?
When ____________ you born?
Where ____________ your parents born?
When ____________ your mother born?
When ____________ your father born?
____________ you and your family in this city last
year?
7. ____________ you at this school last year?
8. Who ____________ your English teacher?
9. What nationality ____________ your first English
teacher?
10. What ____________ she / he like?
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Now, It´s time for
practicing in the book!