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Simple Past Tense

1. PAST TENSE

2. •Form
•Use
•Time expression
•Spelling of verb + -ed
•Irregular verbs
1
PAST SIMPLE

3. •I workedin New York.
•She studiedEnglish 7 years
ago.
•They leftschool at 5 o’clock.
FORM
(Positive)

4. FORM
(Positive)
I workedin New York.
S+V-ed

5. •I didn’t workin New York.
•She didn’t studyEnglish 7 years ago.
•They didn’t leaveschool at 5 o’clock.
FORM
(Negative)

6. She didn’t studyEnglish 7 years ago.
FORM
(Negative)
S + didn’t V

7. FORM
(Short question)
•Didyouworkin New York?
•Didshe study English 7 years ago?
•Didthey leaveschool at 5 o’clock?

8. Didthey leaveschool at 5 o’clock?
FORM
(Short question)
Did+ S + V?

9. FORM
(Short question)
Yes, S+ did
No, S+ didn’t (did not)
Did+ S + V?

10. FORM
(Question)
•Whendidshe studyEnglish?
•Whendidthey leaveschool?

11. Whendidshe studyEnglish?
FORM
(Question)
Wh-word + did+ S + V?

12. USE
1.A finished action in the past:
•John left 3 minutes ago.
•Thomson and Tintin met in 1960.
•I went to Hanoi last week.

13. 2. Actions that follow each other in a
story
Mary walkedinto the room and stopped.
She listenedcarefully. She hearda noise
coming from behind the curtain. She threw
the curtain open, and then she sawa monster…

14. 3. A past situation or habit
When I was a child I lived in a
small town near the sea. Every
morning my uncle and I walked
for miles along the beach…

15. This is often expressed with used to
-I used to livein a small
village near the sea.
-I and my uncle used to
walkfor miles

16. •Last night
•Two days ago
•Yesterday morning
•In 2008
•In winter
•When I was young
•…
Time expression

17. 1.Most verbs add –edto the base form of
the verb
•worked
•wanted
•helped
•watched
•covered
•…
Spelling of verb + -ed

18. •liked
•used
•hated
•cared
•moved
•…
2. When the verb ends in –e, add –d
Spelling of verb + -ed

19. 3. If the verb has only one syllable, with one
vowel + one consonant, double the
consonant before adding –ed.
Spelling of verb + -ed
•stopped
•planned
•robbed
•hugged
•…
Note
We write cooked, seated, moaned
because there are two vowels.

20. 4. The consonant is not doubled if it is
–y or –w
Spelling of verb + -ed
•played
•showed
•bowed
•…

21. Spelling of verb + -ed
5. In most two-syllable verbs, the end
consonant is doubled if the stressed is
on the second syllable.
•preferred
•admitted
•…
Note
We write entered, visited because
the stress is on the first syllable.

22. 6. Verbs that end in a consonant + -y
change the –yto –ied.
Spelling of verb + -ed
•carried
•hurried
•buried
•…
Note
We write enjoyed because it ends
in a vowel + -y.

23. Pronunciation
/t/ /id/ /d/
laughed
stopped
looked
danced
wanted
shouted
boasted
pointed
covered
listened
opened
screamed

24. Pronunciation
/id/
For verbs ending witht/t/ andd/d/
•wanted
•needed
•prevented
•divided
•…

25. For verbs ending withf/f/, p/p/, k/k/,
ch /t/,sh//,x/ks/,s/s/ andss/s/
Pronunciation
/t/
•laughed
•cooked
•boxed
•focused
•kissed
•…

26. Pronunciation
/d/
The rest . . .
•opened
•changed
•allowed
•preserved
•…

27. Irregular verbs
•bitebitbit
•cut cutcut
•fly flewflown
•get getget
•run ranrun
•speak spoke spoken
•…