The Simple Past Tense

prefer – preferred Two syllable verbs and stress in the second end in Vowel + Consonant double consonant + ed... Usage The simple past tense: is used to express: 1.[r]

The simple past tense

I How do we form the simple past tense?

English has two types

of verbs in the past:

-regular -irregular

Let’s read the following list of past tense verbs… Which are regular and which are irregular?

walked

studied taught

gave

became

cried

lived

did

regular regular

irregular irregular irregular

regular regular

irregular

II How to add “ED” after regular V

1 EX: study – stud ied

Cry – Cr ied

Play – Play ed

Enjoy – Enjoy ed

Verb ends “ Y ”:

Consonant + Y change “Y” I + ed

Vowel + “Y” keep “Y” + ed

II How to add “ED” after regular V

2 Ex: Bake – baked

Like – liked

Verb ends in “E” + D

3 Ban – banned

Stop – Stopped

One syllable verbs end in Vowel + Consonant -> double consonant + ed

II How to add “ED” after regular V

4 Admit – admitted

prefer – preferred

Two syllable verbs and stress in the second end in Vowel + Consonant double consonant + ed

III Usage

The simple past tense: is used to express:

1 action finished in the past (time)

EX :

I visit ed Berlin last week.

Andrew watch ed TV yesterday.

III usage

2 Series of completed actions in

the past.

 First I got up, then I brushed my

teeth and had breakfast this morning.

III Usage

3 A habit in the past

Ex: I used to wake up late when I was at high school.

IV FORM

A TOBE: WAS/WERE

WAS: I, SHE, HE, IT, …

WERE: THEY, YOU, WE,…

(+) My father was in Nhatrang last

month.

(-) Last night my parents weren’t on duty (?) Was she at home last night?

Where were you yesterday?

IV FORM

B ORDINARY VERD:

a Positive:

Ex: a1 Lan bought a new computer last week.

irregular V(2nd) a2 He worked hard last week.

Regular V

S + V (2rd) + O

- ED

IV FORM

 a When I (be)……a child, I (play)… piano very well .

 b Last week, I (send)…….you a letter.

IV FORM

b Negative:

Ex: Last week, I didn’t send you a letter.

When I was a child, I didn’t play

piano very well

Yesterday, Hung (not go)……

to work because he (be)…sick.

S + did’nt + V(bare_inf) + O

IV FORM

c Question:

-Y/N _question:

EX: Did you watch TV last night?

Did + S + V(bare_inf) + O?

IV FORM

 Wh_question?

EX: Where did you go on holiday last

summer?

Why didn’t you come last night?

Wh_q + did/didn’t + S + V_(bare _inf) + O?

V Pronunciation “ed”

EX: wanted, decided, ….

2 /-t/: p, k, f, s, x, sh, ch

Ex: stopped, washed, looked, …

EX: lived, loved, stayed,…

VI Markers

 Yesterday, ago, In + year,

 Last night / month /

week/year,…

 The other day (1 ngày nọ)

 Once upon a time (ngày xửa ngày xưa),…