30 May: Past tense


Past simple
·      Add ‘ed’, or ‘d’ or ‘ied’
·      The dog barked all night long
·      The kids played with the dog in the garden
·      I walked to the train station

Past Simple of regular verbs
 
Present SimpleI talk to my sister everyday.
 Lead in to past simple:Yesterday, I talked to her.
 
T: I visited her. We watched TV. She cooked lunch. We listened to music.
 
This is the same for all people and pronouns

The Simple Past: Regular Verbs

Regular verbs make their past tense by adding - d- ed,
or (if the verb ends in a 
consonant + y), changing the y
to 
i and then adding - ed.
Examples:
Add -d: 

baked, cared, eased, filed, greased,
hate
d, liked, piled, raced, seized,
smile
d, typed, wheezed, whined



Change y
to i and
add -ed:

apply / applied;
bury / bur
ied;
cry / cr
ied;
fry / fr
ied;
hurry / hurr
ied;
marry / marr
ied;
pry / pr
ied;
spy / sp
ied
try / tr
ied
vary / var
ied
worry / worr
ied



Add -ed:

other regular verbs:
asked, belonged, clapped,
dial
ed, filled, guessed,
hopp
ed, looked, marked,
need
ed, pulled, reached,
start
ed, touched, viewed,
wash
ed, yelled, zipped
Simple of regular verbs
T: I sometimes walk in the park.
S: You walked in the park yesterday.
 Past Simple of irregular verbs 
 present simple: I have lunch at 12 every day. 
Lead in to past simple: Yesterday I had lunch at 12.
 
T: Yesterday I spoke to a friend. We went to the movies. We saw Eclipse. My friend ate popcorn. I drank soda. 
Past Simple of irregular verbs 
T: I usually drink orange juice for breakfast. S: Yesterday you drank orange juice. 
 Past Simple – Negative forms 
Say, 'Yesterday I talked to John. I didn't talk to Sarah.' alternating between affirmative and negative statements:
Sarah had lunch at 12. She didn’t have lunch at one. You went to the gym yesterday. You didn’t go to the movies.
And so on with all persons, singular and plural.
Do Past tense activities page 2 and 3

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