starting with warm up activity

4. The simple
past tense

5. In which situations do we use
the simple past tense?
We use Simple Past Tense: Completed actions in
the past.

6. What are the time expressions
used with the past tense?

7. How do we form the simple past
tense ?
English has two typestwo types
of verbs in the past
tense:
 taught
 walked
 studied
 gave
 became
 cried
 lived
 did
Look at the following
list of past tense
verbs…
Which verbs are
regular, and which
are irregular?
 Regular verbs
 Irregular verbs

8. RegularRegular verbs are verbs that
Simple Form Past Tense
Walk
Study
Cry
Live
end with –eded

9. IrregularIrregular verbs are verbs that
DO NOT end with –eded
Have a vowel change in the past tense:
Simple Form Past Tense
become became
give gave
drive drove
forget forgot

10. Other irregular verbs
Have a different kind of change:
SimpleSimple PastPast
teach taughttaught
bring broughtbrought
Leave leftleft
Hear heardheard
Buy boughtbought

11. And some irregular verbs
DO NOT change at all . . .
SimpleSimple PastPast
hit hit
put put
set set
The children set the table every Sunday.
The children set the table last night.

12. REGULARREGULAR VERBS IN
POSITIVE SENTENCES
When I was a child, I ___________ (play) the piano.
She __________ (live) and ___________(study) in
Paris when she was younger.

13. IIRREGULARRREGULAR VERBS IN
POSITIVE SENTENCES
Last week, I ___________ (send) you
a letter.
The students ________(give) a
speech in English. They __________
(do) a great job!

14. NEGATIVE SENTENCESNEGATIVE SENTENCES
I went to work
yesterday.
Carl didn’t godidn’t go to work
because he was sick.

15. Examples:
I saw (see) Maria yesterdayyesterday.
Last weekLast week, I bought (buy)a new
computer game.
They got (get) married two years agotwo years ago.

16. QUESTION SENTENCES
Did you sleep well last night?
Yes, I slept well last night.
Yes, I did.
Did you watch the movie yesterday?
No, I didn’t watch the movie
yesterday.
No, I didn’t.

17. Where did she go last winter?
She went to Uludağ last winter.
What did you do last weekend?
I went to cinema last weekend.