English Grammar Review Simple Past .pptx

Simple Past English Language Grammar Structure

1. Simple Past Teacher: J. Alberto A. González

2. Talking about the past...

3. SIMPLE PAST We use Simple Past to talk about: Completed actions in the past “I saw a movie yesterday”. A finished action that happened during an specific time in the past “Jennifer studied French for two years”. Habits in the past “They worked at a restaurant on vacation time”. Past facts or generalizations “I didn’t like onions before”.

4. Simple Past - Affirmative SUBJECT I You He/She/It They We 2. VERB heard (hear) called (call) flew (fly) painted (paint) did (do) 3. COMPLEMENT a dog barking last night. your Mom yesterday. to Cancún on December. their house on vacation time. our homework earlier.

5. Simple Past - Affirmative I heard a dog barking last night. You called your Mom yesterday. He/She/It flew to Cancún on December. They painted their house on vacation time. We did our homework earlier.

6. SPECIAL NOTE In this tense, WE DON’T HAVE A CHANGE IN “HE, SHE or IT”.

7. Simple Past - Negative SUBJECT I You He/She/It They We 2. NEGATIVE PARTICLE DID NOT (DIDN’T) 4 . COMPLEMENT a dog barking last night your Mom yesterday to Cancún on December their house on vacation time our homework earlier 3 . VERB BASE FORM hear call fly paint do

8. Simple Past - Negative I didn’t hear a dog barking last night. You didn’t call your Mom yesterday. He/She/It didn’t fly to Cancún on December. They didn’t paint their house on vacation time. We didn’t do our homework earlier.

9. Simple Past - Question 2. SUBJECT I You He/She/It They We 1 . PARTICLE “DO” IN PAST FORM DID 4. COMPLEMENT + ? a dog barking last night? your Mom yesterday? to Cancún on December? their house on vacation time? our homework earlier? 3. VERB BASE FORM hear call fly paint do

10. Simple Past - Question Did I hear a dog barking last night? Did you call your Mom yesterday? Did he/she/it fly to Cancún on December? Did they paint their house on vacation time? Did we do our homework earlier?

11. Simple Past - Yes or No Answers YES: Yes, I did . NO: No, I didn’t .