English for Design 1
Meeting 6
Prepared by :
Dr. Ir. Indra Tjahjani, SS, MLA, MMSI
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Structure
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SIMPLE PAST TENSE
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We use the Simple Past Tense to talk about actions or situations in the
past. Very often the Simple Past ends in - ed.
• e.g.
1. I enjoyed the party very much last night.
2. Mr. Edward died ten years ago.
3. When I lived in Manchester, I worked in a
bank.
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But many important verbs are irregular. This means that the Past
simple does not end in -ed
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1. We all left the party at 11 o’clock.
2. Yesterday I went to London to see a
friend of mine.
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In the Simple Past Tense we use did/didn’t + the infinitive for questions
and negatives sentences
• e.g.
1. Did you have enough time to write the
letter last weekend, Yudi?
2. I didn’t have much money to buy
anything to eat today.
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Do the exercise
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Exercises:
Put the verbs in parentheses into the correct form.
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Tom’s father (teach) __________ him how to drive when he was 17.
We (need) __________ some money so we (sell) __________ our car.
Donny (fall) _________ down the stairs this morning and (break)
__________ leg.
We (not, eat) ___________ anything because we (not, be)
____________ hungry.
I (call) __________ Christina at 9.30 last night.
The Wijaya family (decide) __________ to travel to Paris in their holiday.
Judy (walk) __________ to school this morning because she (have)
___________ a flat tire.
The children (wait) __________ for the bus in front of their school.
Jane and George (marry) __________ in 1977 in Florida.
How long she (stay) __________ at the hotel last year?
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PAST PROGRESSIVE
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We use the Past Progressive to say that someone was
in the middle of doing something at a certain time.
The action or situation had already started before this time but hadn’t
finished
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1.Tom burn his hand when he was cooking the
dinner.
2.It was raining when we all got up this morning.
3.Jim was sitting and reading a book under the
tree when mother called him.
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Do the exercise
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Exercises:
Put the verb into the correct form,
Past Simple or Past Progressive
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George (fall) _________ off the ladder while he (paint) _________ the
ceiling.
Last night I (read) _________ in bed when suddenly I (hear) _________
a scream.
(You, watch) ____________ television when I phoned you?
Ann (wait) __________ for me when I (arrive) __________.
I (not, drive) __________ very fast when the accident (happen)
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I (break) _________ a plate last night. I (do) _________ the washing-up
when it (slip) __________ out of my hand.
Tom (take) _________ a photograph of me while I (not, look) _________
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What (you, do) __________ at this time yesterday?
I (see) __________ Carol at the party. She (wear) __________ a really
beautiful dress.
We (not, go) _________ out because it (rain) ________.
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Write sentences
Write sentences about what happened to Barry.
Write these words in the right order.
Use capital letters where necessary
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to/barry/the/stop/walked/bus/.
a/him/man/a/asked/light/for/.
arms/another/barry’s/grabbed/man/.
a/went/he/store/into
called/police/the/somebody/.
later/the/ten/police/minutes/arrived/.
Closed/a/the/on/leg/policeman/door/barry’s/.
Hospital/he/then/took/to/barry/the/.
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