The simple past

The simple past

• In the english language we can find to types of verbs

• Regular • IrregularLook at the list of past

tense verb…

Which verbs are regular and

which verbs are irregular?

• Worked • Lived• Enjoyed• Taught• Loved• Wrote• Became• Cried• Did• Studied

regular

regular

regular

regular

regular

regular

irregular

irregular

irregular

irregular

• What is a REGULAR verb?• End with –ed

• Simple form past form

• Watch watched

• Wash washed

• Love loved

• There some exeptions

Regular verbs ending with Y…. Change the Y into a i and add the ED

Cry criedTom’s brother cried all night long

Regular verbs ending with E… just add DLove lovedShe loved this movie when she was with her

boyfriend

Exeptions:Enjoy enjoyed I enjoyed your company last week

• What is an irregular verb?• Those verbs that don’t end with EDIn some cases can change just one letterLike in:Simple form simple pastBecome becameDrive droveGive gaveForget forgot

Other irregular verbs change its form completely as in:

• Simple form simple pastBuy boughtTeach taughtSell soldTake tookJessica ________ (buy) a nice house in theBeachHe ________(take) his car and ______(drive) tohis girlfriend’s house

bought

took drove

• There are some verbs that don’t change at all:

Simple form simple past• Cut cut• Set set• Put put• Hit hit

She hit his brother in the faceYesterday I cut my hair. How I miss it

Let’s see some exercises

• Tina_____ (buy) a new car• She ____ (lose) her keys• He ____ (win) the football cup of his

school• Jonny____ (be) an amazing person• We_____ (love) eat pop corn at the

cinema• We ____ (go) to the park last Sunday• They_____ (watch) a TV show

Negative from

To form negative sentences with the regular

and irregular verbs you have to use DIDNOT or DIDN’T and the verb stay in the

infinitiveformExample:I played voleyball yesterdayI didn’t play voleyball yesterday.

Exercice: Change these positive sentences into negatives

o I loved her ___________________________________________________

o You took my car ______________________________________________

o We went to the post office _______________________________________

o She had a pen __________________________________________________

o I watched TV last night __________________________________________

o I closed my bank account_______________________________________

o I had a shower _________________________________________________

o He red harry Potter three times last year___________________________

How can we make questions with short answers in simple past?

• In order to create questions follow thisformula…DID+ pronoun or subject+ verb (infinitive)+complement?

Did + you + sell + your car ?AnswerYes, I did / No, I didn’t

Did + she + lose + her keys? (√)

Did + we + drive+ to your house last night? (X)

• Wh- questions In order to use Wh-questions you can folllowthis formula…

Wh Q + did + pronoun + verb inf.+ complement

Where + did + you + sleep + last night?

Answer:pRonoun + verb (past) + complement I slept in my uncle’s

house

exercisesOrder the following sentences.

She/ leave/ where/the car/ did? she leaft the car inside my garden

why/ move/ he/did/ here? because she fought with her mom

What did you do last night? a party/ I/ went /to

Did you watch TV last night? did/ I/ yes.

What did she buy? bought/ she/ some new clothes

you/ sleep/ well/ did? Yes, I did thank you