The document provides examples of using the simple past tense in English. It discusses regular and irregular past tense verbs. It provides sentences with time expressions like "yesterday", "last", and "ago" to demonstrate how to talk about the past. It also covers forming negative sentences and yes/no questions in the past tense. The purpose is to teach English grammar rules for talking about actions and events that happened in the past.

2. What do you see in the pictures?
Then, in
the past
Now ,
nowdays,
Currently
He used to
play guitar
She used
to study
English

3. Watch the video and tell your teacher how
is different in the past and nowdays!
using USED TO + BASIC FORM VERB

4. Now make sentences about
the video using used to..
 People used to do aerobics in the past
 Nowdays people do yoga
 We used to send messages on paper then
 Now we text messages
 We used to take pictures with cameras
 Currently we take pictures with mobile phones
 We used to listen tapes with walkmans
 Nowdays we listen music on internet

5. Do you do any of these activities?
When do you them?
Subject(frequency adverbs)
+verb+complement(why,when,where,how)
what
activities
do you do?

7. 7
Past Simple:
We practiced English last week
8-4 THE SIMPLE PAST TENSE: USING -ED
Hi I’m
Brian
Nice to
meet you,
I’m
Kimberly

8. 8
SIMPLE PRESENT
SIMPLE PAST
(a) We practice English every Friday.
(b) We practiced English last Friday.
8-4 THE SIMPLE PAST TENSE: USING -ED

9. 9
SIMPLE PRESENT
SIMPLE PAST
(c) James practices English every day.
(d) James practiced English yesterday.
8-4 THE SIMPLE PAST TENSE: USING -ED

10. 10
verb + -ed = the simple past
I
you
she
he
it
we
they
+ practiced (verb + -ed)
play (ed) = played
Study (ed) = studied
cry (ed) = cried
8-4 THE SIMPLE PAST TENSE: USING -ED
regular
verbs

12. 12
This morning Paola brushed her teeth
Paola brushes her teeth every morning.
8-4 Let’s Practice

13. 13
Last weekend they _____________.played guitar
Every weekend John and Paul play guitar.
8-4 Let’s Practice

14. 14
Edgar cooked
Everyday Edgar cooks.
8-4 Let’s Practice
yesterday

15. 15
On Monday he shaves his beard.
8-5 PAST TIME WORDS: YESTERDAY, LAST, AND AGO
Last Monday He shaved his beard.

16. 16
YESTERDAY
(a) We studied English ...
8-5 PAST TIME WORDS: YESTERDAY, LAST, AND AGO
yesterday.
yesterday morning.
yesterday afternoon.
yesterday evening.

17. 17
(b) I watched T.V. ...
8-5 PAST TIME WORDS: YESTERDAY, LAST, AND AGO
last night.
last week.
last month.
last year.
last spring.
last summer.
last Monday.
last Friday.
LAST

18. 18
(c) They chated …
8-5 PAST TIME WORDS: YESTERDAY, LAST, AND AGO
AGO
five minutes ago.
two hours ago.
six days ago.
a month ago.
a year ago.
ten years ago.

19. 19
morning
afternoon
evening
yesterday with
8-5 PAST TIME WORDS: YESTERDAY, LAST, AND AGO

20. 20
night
long periods of time
seasons
days of the week
8-5 PAST TIME WORDS: YESTERDAY, LAST, AND AGO
last with
months

21. 21
five minutes
two hours
six days
a month
five months
one year
ten years
+ ago
(in the past)
8-5 PAST TIME WORDS: YESTERDAY, LAST, AND AGO
length of time

22. 22
yesterday last
We watched movies ________
afternoon.
yesterday
8-5 Let’s Practice

23. 23
I phoned you ________ week.last
8-5 Let’s Practice
yesterday
last

24. 24
I finished work late ________ night.last
8-5 Let’s Practice
yesterday
last

25. Learn more about the pronuntiation of
regular verbs..

26. Classify the following verbs in their
correct pronunciation /d/, /t/ or /id/.
Then compare with a partner.
plant
need
(t)
(t)
(t)
(d)
(t)
(ed)
(d)
(d)
(t)
(d)
(d)
(ed)
(ed)
(d)
(d)
(t)
(d)
(t)
(d)
(t)
(ed)
(d)
(ed)
(t)
I liked (t) your
attitude yesterday

27. 27
eat ate
8-6 THE SIMPLE PAST: IRREGULAR VERBS (GROUP 1)
IRREGULAR VERBS

29. 29
PRESENT PAST
buy bought
catch caught
drink drank
read read
ride rode
shut shut
teach taught
think thought
8-9 IRREGULAR VERBS (GROUP 2)

30. 30
PRESENT PAST
find found
lose lost
hang hung
say said
sell sold
steal stole
tell told
tear tore
8-11 IRREGULAR VERBS (GROUP 4)

31. 31
PRESENT PAST
fly flew
hear heard
leave left
pay paid
ring rang
send sent
speak spoke
take took
8-10 IRREGULAR VERBS (GROUP 3)

32. 32
bring brought
8-9 IRREGULAR VERBS (GROUP 2)

33. 33
I wrote a letter
to her last week.
PRESENT PAST
write wrote
I write a letter to
my grandmother
every week.
8-6 THE SIMPLE PAST: IRREGULAR VERBS (GROUP 1)

34. 34
I wear a uniform
at my new job.
I wore regular
clothes at my
old job.
PRESENT PAST
wear wore
8-11 IRREGULAR VERBS (GROUP 4)

35. 35
Someone broke the window.
8-10 IRREGULAR VERBS (GROUP 3)

36. Do you know the past form of these verbs?
took saw went said got ate
had felt wrote bought came thought
did Was/w
ere
made gave wore drank

37. Practice the conversation change verbs to
make your own conversation!

38. 38
I did not walk to school yesterday.
8-7 THE SIMPLE PAST: NEGATIVE

39. 39
I didn’t watch a movie last night.
Ethan didn’t play soccer yesterday.
8-7 THE SIMPLE PAST: NEGATIVE
NEGATIVE CONTRACTION
did + not = didn’t

40. 40
I
you
she
he
it
we
they
+ did not + verb base
8-7 THE SIMPLE PAST: NEGATIVE
do not change
the verb
regular or
irregular

42. 42
SUBJECT + DID + NOT + MAIN VERB + complement + time exp.
(a) I did not drive to work yesterday.
(b) You did not drive to work last night.
(c) Mike did not cook dinner last weekend.
(d) They did not drive to work two weeks ago.
8-7 THE SIMPLE PAST: NEGATIVE

43. 43
Did Sue walk to work?
8-8 THE SIMPLE PAST: YES/NO QUESTIONS
Sue walked to work
Did Sue walked to work?

45. 45
DID + SUBJECT + MAIN VERB + complement
(a) Did Sue walk to work?
She took a taxi to work.
8-8 THE SIMPLE PAST: YES/NO QUESTIONS
No, she didn’t.

46. 46
I ____my portfolio.
8-6 Let’s Practice
What did
you do last
sunday?
did
do
did
Use a
question
word

47. 47
8-8 Let’s Practice
We talked
about our jobs
Yes, I did.Did you see your
dad today?

48. 48
did you
do last night
What
8-8 Let’s Practice
We went to a
party last night.
____________
__________ ?

49. Lets practice the pronuntiation..

50. 1 2 3
4 5 6
7 8
3
1
6
7
8
2
5
4

51. Now ask !
Did you + verb + time expression
Wh- + did + subject + verb + time expression
W
h
o
?

52. Last Christmas, my family ______(go) to Italy.
We _____ (take)the first plane and we arrived in
Milan at 7:00 o'clock in the morning.
My mother and my sister ______ (buy) many
groceries in the market. They _____ to ___ pasta.
We _______(cook) a delicious Christmas dinner.
My uncle _______ (come) with a bottle of wine and
some beer.
My aunt _______ (bring) the music and some
presents.
We _____ (sing) some songs and _____ (dance) for a
while.
Later we ____ (have) dinner and we ___(see) photo
albums from past christmas.
We ____(spend) a great time together, and after
some hours ____(fell) asleep and _____(go) to sleep.
We _____(wake up) very late that morning!
cook
took
went
bought
danced
wanted
came
cooked
brought
sang
had saw
spent
fall went
woke

53. explain what you did on your
last vacation..

54. who visited you?
work

55. unscramble the sentences
yesterday / workshop / had / we / an interesting
to / Mark and Cynthia / two years go / Paris / went
/ made / pasta / last night / my girlfriend
last year/ a country / didn’t / we / visit
train schedule / didn’t / the / Harry / know
had / my team and I / in Guadalajara / last Monday / an important meeting
the movie / like / ? / you / last night / did
have / ? / did / Anna and Gary / where / dinner / on Friday
go / Bern / three days ago / did / your coworkers / ? / to / why
didn’t / on Friday / a lot of cake / we / at the party / we

56. Practice simple past..
 Tell me about your last vacation. Where did you go? What did you
do? I went to.. I visited..
 What did you do for you last birthday? I threw up a party..!
 Who was your first crush? I had a crush on..
 What was the last really difficult thing you had to do? I needed to
finish my portfolio in one day (that’s terrible!)
 What did you eat for you last meal? I ate..
 Who did you meet last week? What did you do together? I met
with my girlfriend and we..
 Tell me about what you did for the last 24 hours.
 When was the last time you went to a movie theater? What did
you see?
 What did you do this weekend? How did you spend your freetime?