Presentation for ESL hybrid class.

1. by Kristi Reyes

2.  Any event, activity, or state that started and
finished in the past
 Key words: yesterday …
last …
… ago
 Regular verbs
work talk stay study
 Irregular verbs
see have go drive

3. Most regular verbs, add –ed to change to past tense:
walk listen need
1. close
live
2. try
dry
hurry
play?

4. 3. shop
sob
rain?
fax?
4. prefer
permit
happen?

5. Which is the correct pronunciation of the –ed in these regular
verbs?
 Three different pronunciations of -ed
1. /t/ 2. /d/ 3. /id/
liked
stayed
helped
looked
rained
assisted
closed
watched
called
decided
painted
wanted

6. Need to memorize
See handout
Practice every day!

7. I am
You are
He is
She is
It is
We are
They are
People
Everyone
I
You
He
She
It
We
They
People
Everyone
PRESENT PAST
is
I, he, she, it
Singular
subject + was
You, we, they
Plural subject
+ were
was

8.  Make these affirmative sentences into
questions. Advance the slide after that.
Sentence Question
1. I studied English.
2. She worked yesterday.
3. They took a vacation.
4. He had a day off.
5. I was absent last week.
6. They were on break.
7. It was a holiday.
1. Did she study English?
2. Did she work yesterday?
3. Did they take a vacation?
4. Did he have a day off?
5. Were you absent last week?
6. Were they on break?
7. Was it a holiday?

9.  Make these affirmative sentences into
negatives. Advance the slide after that.
Sentence Negative
1. I studied English.
2. She worked yesterday.
3. They took a vacation.
4. He had a day off.
5. I was absent last week.
6. They were on break.
7. It was a holiday.
1. I didn’t study English.
2. She didn’t work yesterday.
3. They didn’t take a vacation.
4. He didn’t have a day off.
5. I wasn’t absent last week.
6. They weren’t on break.
7. It wasn’t a holiday.

10.  Question formation:
Did + subject + verb + ?
Was / Were + subject + verb + ?
 Negation:
Subject + did not (didn’t) + verb
Subject + was / were not (wasn’t /
weren’t) + …

11.  Use 1: Past actions that were in progress at a particular
time in the past; actions that were not yet finished at a past
time
Pablo’s Schedule
8 – 9: had breakfast
9 – 10: finished his
homework
10 – 11: checked his
Facebook account
11 – 12: ate lunch
12 – 2: watched soccer
match on TV
2 – 5: took a nap
At 8:30, Pablo _________________
breakfast.
At 9:15, he ___________________ his
homework.
At 10, he _____________________.
At 11:30, he ___________________.
At 12:30, he ____________________
soccer.
At 3, he ______________ nap.
Yesterday at 8:30, Pablo was having /
was eating breakfast.
At 9:15, he was finishing / was doing
his homework.
At 10, he was checking his FB
account.
At 11:30, he was eating / was having
lunch.
At 12:30, he was watching soccer.
At 3, he was taking a nap.

12. Use 2: Tell what was
happening or in progress
when something else
happened or interrupted a
past in-progress action

13.  Use past continuous to say what was in
progress
I was crossing the street …
 Use simple past for the interrupting action
when the driver ran the red light.

14. I was sleeping when the telephone rang and woke me
up.
We were watching the news when the announcer
made a special live report.
He was driving too fast when he crashed the car.
I was trying to study when you called.

15. Subject + was / were + verb+ing
Negation:
Subject + was / were + not + verb+ing
Yes/ No Question:
Was / Were + subject + + verb+ing ?
Information Question:
(WH) + Was / Were + subject + +
verb+ing ?

16. Verb ending in... How to make the -ING form Examples
(Most verbs) Add -ING
say - saying
go - going
walk - walking
1 vowel + 1 consonant Double the consonant, then add -ING
swim - swimming
hit - hitting
get - getting
1 vowel + 1 consonant + E
Final –ie
Remove E, then add –ING
Change –ie to y, then add -ING
come - coming
lose - losing
live – living
die – dying
tie -- tying

17. Write the answers on your paper and bring to class
to check
1. The telephone (ring) when I (take a shower).
2. I (eat) dinner when you (come) to visit.
3. It (begin) to rain while they (walk) home.
4. We (see) an accident when we (drive) on the
freeway.
5. The driver (no pay) attention to the cars in front
when he (crash) into the red convertible.
6. She (chop) onions when she (cut) her finger.
7. They (watch) TV when the electricity (go) out.
8. A: What (you, do) yesterday at 5:00? I tried to
call you but no one answered.
B: I didn’t hear the telephone. I (vacuum).

18.  Use while for two actions in progress at the same
time in the past:
She was talking while he was driving.
 Use when when telling about sequence of events
(one action that was in progress that was
interrupted by another event in the past):
I was just leaving when you called.
(first action in progress) (interrupting event)
When he came home, she started cooking
dinner.
(first action) (second action)

19.  When and while at the front of a sentence,
use a comma:
When you called, I was watching TV.
While he was washing the clothes, I was
doing the dishes.
 When and while in the middle of a sentence,
no comma
I was watching TV when you called.
I was doing the dishes while he was washing
the clothes.

20.  Bring your completed note-taking
form and any questions you have to
class.