3. OBJECTIVE
A. To appreciate the value of sharing
B. Sequence events in a story listened to
C. Connect events in a story heard to a personal
experience
D. Listen attentively and react positively during story
reading
4. 1. Unlocking of difficulties
a. sweet tongue
He has such a sweet tongue. He can easily make others believe him.
b. famine
Show a picture. They are thin and sick because of food shortage.
There is famine.
c. eloquent
The winner of the storytelling contest is so expressive and fluent in
the English language. She is truly an eloquent storyteller.
d. mischief
He easily gets in trouble because of his mischief.
5. Study the chart
The verbs in column A are said to be regular verbs
because they use the ed form to express past tense
A
Present Past
Float,floats floated
Survive, survives survived
Save,saves saved
6. Study the chart
The verbs in column B are irregular verbs because
they form the past tense in other ways(change of
spelling).
A
Present Past
Fight,fights fought
leave, leaves left
make, makes made
7. When do we use simple past tense of the
verb?
The following sentences are examples of simple past tense.
1.The children watched a horror film last night.
( This sentence happened in the past.That’s why we need to
add a suffix ed to the verb )
2.It rained almost every week last month.
( This sentence happened in the past because of the
adverbial phrase--’last month’. Simply add ed to form the
simple past tense )
8. When do we use simple past tense of the
verb?
3.Typhoon Yolanda greatly damaged many homes and
buildings in Tacloban two years ago.
( This sentence happened in the past because of the
adverbial phrase--’two years ago’. Simply add d to form
the simple past tense )
9. Complete each sentence with the simple past tense of the
irregular verb in the parentheses.
1.We ____ (go) to the circus yesterday
2.Jade____ (wake) up at dawn to go for a beautiful nature
walk.
3.Rebecca _____ (spend) all her money on lottery
tickets,and now has no cash to pay for her apartment rent.
4. She _____ (ride) her bike yesterday.
5.We _____ (eat) lunch at a cafe.
10. Activity: You will be given a card containing base form of
verbs.Write the past tense form of each verb on the back of the
card. If your card has an incorrect form of the verb on the back,
a line will be put through it and you have to try again.
11. Activity: You will be given a card containing base form of
verbs.Write the past tense form of each verb on the back of the
card. If your card has an incorrect form of the verb on the back,
a line will be put through it and you have to try again.
12. The board will be divided into two.
The word Usually will be written at the top of one section
and Yesterday on the top of the second.
In the usually section, write some typical daily activities. Then
in the yesterday section write a similar statement but eliciting
the past tense form.
Example:
Usually YESTERDAY
I get up at 7 am I got up at 7 am
1.For breakfast, I eat toast and drink tea
2.I go to work by car.
3.I arrive at work at 8.45 am
4.In the evening I watch TV for one hour
13. REMEMBER:
• The past tense of the verb indicates that an action is in
the past relative to the speaker or writer.
• It is used to talk about a completed action at the
specific time in the past. Past tense states completely
done activities that are frequently signaled by time
expressions such as the following: yesterday, last week, last
month, last night, few days ago, few hours ago, long time
ago, a while ago, few weeks ago, last summer, last year,
decades ago, in ancient times, and once upon a time. All
forms of the past tense of the verb can be used with nouns
or pronouns whether they are singular or plural.
14. • To change the verb in the past tense, you have to
determine first whether the verb is regular or irregular verb.
• Regular verbs are changed into past tense by adding –d
or –ed to the base form.
Examples:
talk-talked dance-danced roar-roared
move - moved listen - listened pick- picked
watch- watched walk – walked play -played
cross – crossed check – checked cry – cried
fetch – fetched plant – planted try - tried
climb – climbed clean – cleaned copy-copied
15. In some cases, the last letter is doubled before adding -ed.
Examples:
clap – clapped
stop – stopped
wrap – wrapped
plan – planned
step – stepped
crop – cropped
16. Irregular verbs, on the other hand, are changed into past
tense by changing their spelling.
Examples:
sing-sang give-gave catch-caught
ring – rang tell – told teach – taught
draw – drew sell – sold buy – bought
drink – drank say – said bring – brought
lose - lost find – found Fight - fought
go – went send – sent think - thought
eat – ate speak – spoke swim – swam
keep – kept build – built become – became
stand – stood see – saw make – made
write - wrote wear – wore read – read
take – took choose -chose put – put
17. Evaluation Read the following questions and choose the
letter of the correct answer.
1.The old woman _____ some cookies for her family
yesterday.
A.Climbed B.Baked
C.Ate D.Cried
2.My childhood ____ happy and I would like to share
about it.
A.Is B.Are
C.Were D.Was
18. 3.We really ____ the game last night.
A.Enjoy B.Enjoyed
C.Enjoied D.Enjoyyed
4.The player quickly _____ the ball that was kicked
towards him.
A.Thought B.Lit
C.Caught D.Fought
5.After losing the game, Brent _____ disappointed and
annoyed.
A.Lost B.Feel
C.Feeled D.Felt
