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0501G

Simple Past/Present
Perfect
Past Events
Grammar & Structure
Level B1

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Simple Past/Present Perfect Outline

Content
In this lesson you will learn about the Simple Past and Present Perfect tenses.

Learning Outcomes
• Learn the difference between simple past and present perfect.
• Practice using the simple past.
• Talk about actions in the past.

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Grammar

The Simple Past is used to

talk about events that
occurred in the past at a
specific, given time. They
are completed actions in
the past.

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Text

1. If he walked faster, he would get home earlier.

2. I wish I knew what his name was.

3. I would rather she wore a longer dress.

The simple past also has some uses in which it

does not refer to a past time. These are generally
in condition clauses and some other dependent
clauses referring to hypothetical circumstances.

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Please note

Regular verbs form the simple past in -ed

Example

She answered the phone, laughed, and talked for

hours.

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Please note

The consonant is usually doubled if there is

stress on the final syllable.

backflip  backflipped
kidnap  kidnapped
program  programmed
format  formatted
dropped  dropped

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However there are a few hundred irregular verbs with different forms
Here are some examples
Present Simple Past Present Simple Past
Be Was Catch Caught
Beat Beat Come Came
Become Became Dig Dug
Bend Bent Do Did
Bet Bet Draw Drew
Bid Bid Drink Drank
Bite Bit Drive Drove
Blow Blew Eat Ate
Break Broke Feed Fed
Bring Brought Fight Fought
Buy Bought Fly Flew
Can Could Forget Forgot
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Present Simple Past Present Simple Past

Get Got Put Put
Give Gave Ring Rang
Go Went See Saw
Grow Grew Send Sent
Hang hung Shall Should
Have Had Shine Shone
Hide Hid Shut Shut
Hit hit Sit Sat
Keep Kept Speak Spoke
Know Knew Spin Spun
Lay Laid Take Took
Leave Left Will Would
Lose Lost Win Won
Pay Paid Write Wrote

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Please note

Most verbs have a single form of the simple

past. The verb does not add –s in the third
person singular.

The verb “be“ changes its form.

Examples
The sky was blue
The birds and the beasts were there

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Please note

Questions, other clauses requiring inversion,

negations with not, and emphatic forms of
the simple past use the auxiliary did.
• Basic simple past:
• Example: I/you/he/she/it/we/they helped

• Expanded (emphatic) simple past:

• Example: I/you/he/she/it/we/they did help

• Question form:
• Example: Did I/you/he/she/it/we/they help?

• Negative:
• Example: I/you/he/she/it/we/they did not (didn't) help
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Use

The simple past is used for a single event in the past, and also for past habitual action:
Example
He took the money and ran.
I visited them every day for a year.

It can also refer to a past state or even a temporary state:

Example
I knew how to fight even as a child.
The dog was in its kennel.
I felt cold.

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The present perfect in

English is used for actions
in the past with no
particular, specified time
given for the event or
action.

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I have left Sue has lived in Bali

Note that these forms are present because they use the present tense of the
auxiliary verb have, and perfect because they use the auxiliary in combination with
the past participle of the main verb.

Subject + have/has + past participle

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Exercises

Writing

Conjugate the verbs using present perfect

1) We ______(live) in Sapporo for eleven years.

2) It _______(rain) a lot this year.
3) We ______ (eat) at that restaurant many times.
4) ____ you just _____(finish) work?.
5) She ______ (study) Japanese, Russian and English.

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Exercises

Writing

Match the correct sequence of events

Word 1 Word 2
1) He opened the door   before I became a piano teacher
2) I sang in front of a big crowd   and I passed the exam
3) She stood in line   and walked into the house
4) I played the piano for 6 years   and they applauded me
5) My math skills improved   then payed for her groceries

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Exercises

Writing

Conjugate the missing verbs

Bite Eat Shine Win

I bit won
You ate won
He / She / It bit shone
We ate won
You bit shone
They ate shone

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Exercises

Speaking

Select the correct conjugation of the verb

1) I only _____(read) half of the book because I ______(be) sick

since Monday.
2) Sarah _____(tell) her brother to always wear a life jacket because
he ______(learn) to swim yet.
3) My Grandfather died before I was born, and so I ______(meet,
never) him.
4) The first time I _____(visit) my cousin we _____(swim) in the
ocean, _____(lay) on the beach and _____(enjoy) the sun.
5) When Robert first ____ (move) to Italy, he _____(speak) almost
no Italian. Since then he ______ (learn) quite a bit.
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Exercises

Speaking
Write the simple past form. Does the
consonant double?
1) drop + ed Text
2) plan + ed Text
3) rub + ed Text
4) slip + ed Text
5) stop + ed Text
6) knit + ed Text
7) mix + ed Text
8) fix + ed Text
9) bow + ed Text

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Exercises

Writing
Open writing activity
Create 4 sentences of events in the past
1) Sentence

2) Sentence

3) Sentence

4) Sentence

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Exercises

Speaking

Conjugate – irregular verbs

1) Shut
2) Send
3) Hang
4) Sit
5) Keep

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Exercises

Speaking

Connect the texts

Beat   Became
Draw   Fed
Become   Drew
Feed   Beat
Forget   Forgot
Pay   Would
Will   Bought
Buy   Paid
Can   Could

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Exercises

Writing

Formulate new sentences

1) morning / two / wrote / letters / We / this / .

2) left / She / . / different / the / house / a / with / dress

3) home / If / get / earlier /./ he/faster /,/he /walked /would

4) go / He / wanted / he / the / to / on / said / slide/ .

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Exercises

Writing
Fill in the blanks with the simple past tense

know – be – watch – be – get – turn – see – be – get

1) I _____ them every day for a year.

2) I ____how to fight even as a child.
3) The dog ____in its kennel.
4) I ___cold.
5) Your mother _____while you were cooking.
6) I ____born in 1980.
7) We _____ the oven off two minutes ago.
8) I _____ home at 6 o'clock.
9) When ____ they ____married?

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