Simple Past Tense

The Simple Past TenseLesson Plan  The Simple Past Tense and The Negative Simple Past Tense of Regular Verbs  Spelling of The Simple Past Tense Verbs  Pronunciation of The Simple Pas

The Simple Past Tense

Lesson Plan

 The Simple Past Tense and The Negative Simple

Past Tense of Regular Verbs

 Spelling of The Simple Past Tense Verbs

 Pronunciation of The Simple Past Tense Verbs

Grammar in Content

Read about Arthur and Karen.

Hey! How was your summer?

It was great! I was at a business seminar in Florida Bill Gates was there! I talked to him for a few minutes I also dropped in

on a friend for lunch We didn’t cook anything Instead, we

walked to a café near his house

The Simple Past Tense

Complete the chart with positive and negative

statements.

Subject verb

night

He She

You*

We They Denise last week

arrived

did not arrive

worked

did not work

called

did not call

What about Contractions?

didn’t

didn’t

didn’t

*You is either singular or plural.

We use the simple past to talk about events that happened

and are now finished.

today last night

last week yesterday

I studied.

Exercise A

Raise your hand if the statement is false.

1 Arthur’s summer wasn’t good.

2 Bill Gates was there.

3 Arthur didn’t drop in on his friend.

4 Arthur and his friend cooked lunch.

5 Arthur’s friend drove them to lunch.

Answers:

1 False

2 True

3 False

4 False

5 False

Spelling Verbs in the –ed Form

Look at the chart.

Base

form

-ing form Rules

work

walk

worked walked

For most verbs: add ed.

live

dance lived danced For verbs ending in a consonant + e: add d only.

study

cry studied cried For verbs that end in a consonant +y: change y to i and add ed

play

enjoy playedenjoyed For verbs that end in a vowel +y: add ed.

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Spelling Verbs in the –ed Form

Look at the chart.

Base

form -ing form Rules

drop

hug

dropped hugged

For one-syllable verbs that end in a consonant + vowel + consonant: double the final consonant and

add ed.

show

relax

showed relaxed

For verbs ending w or x: do not double the final consonant Just add ed.

happe

n

open

distract

happened opened distracted

For two-syllable verbs that end in a consonant + vowel + consonant: if the first syllable is stressed,

add ed Do not double the consonant.

prefer

admit

commit

preferred admitted committed

For two-syllable verbs that end in a consonant + vowel + consonant: if the second syllable is

stressed, double the consonant and add ed.

Exercise B

Raise your hand if the statement is in the present

progressive tense.

1 I walkt 12 miles yesterday.

2 He cryed at the end of the movie.

3 She danced when she was

younger.

4 They plaid with the children.

Answers:

1 walked

2 cried

3 Correct

4 played

Grammar in Content

Read about Arthur and Karen.

Hey! How was your summer?

It was great! I was at a business seminar in Florida Bill Gates was there! I talked to him for a few minutes I also dropped in

on a friend for lunch We didn’t cook anything Instead, we

walked to a café near his house

This time, try saying these verbs:

Pronunciation Notes

Complete the chart.

Verbs that end in Pronounce the third person -s

the sounds f, k, p, s, ch, or sh

the sounds b, g, j, l, m, n, ng, r,

th, v, z, or zh

d or t

/t/ as in “cooked” and “helped”

/d/ as in “played” and “used”

/id/ as in “wanted” and “needed”

Exercise C

Practice aloud with a partner Use these verbs in a past

tense sentence Help and correct each other.

1 walk

2 cook

3 admit

4 work

5 cry

6 play

Grammar in Content

Read about Alison.

Let’s see… what did I do yesterday? I took a test in English I ate dinner I bought

a new computer I needed toothpaste, so I went to the convenience store I called my house, but I didn’t speak to

my sister

Irregular Verbs

Complete the chart with positive and negative

statements.

Subject verb

I

in a restaurant last night

He She It

You*

We They

ate

did not eat

didn’t eat

*You is either singular or plural.

Irregular verbs do not have the –ed ending in the past tense

Here are some common irregular verbs and their past tense

forms

be / was, were buy / bought come / came

do / did get / got give / gave

go / went have / had leave / left make / made sell / sold speak / spoke

meet / made pay / paid put / put see / saw take / took write / wrote

See appendix 4 on page 232 for more irregular verbs and their simple past forms.

Exercise D

Ask a partner the question Next, answer for yourself.

1 last night?

2 last Thursday?

3 this morning?

4 yesterday?

5 last Summer?

today last night

last week yesterday

?

1 eat breakfast?

2 study?

3 write a letter?

4 shop?

5 meet your friend?

Subject verb

night

He

She

It

hard yesterday

You*

We

They Denise last week

arrived

did not arrive

worked

did not work

called

did not call