What did you do

yesterday?

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Simple Past Tense

Regular Verbs
Irregular verbs
Wh- and Yes / No questions in
Past Tense
Be in Past Tense

Dpt of English Language

REGULAR VERBS

Talk

Pinch

Spill

Want

Listen

Walk

Jump

Play

Open

Close

Laugh

Count

Play TV games

Dance

Cry

Watch TV

Wait

Clean

Use a computer

Climb

Play football

Call

Play the piano

Cook

Turn on

Share

Turn off

Study

Push

Pull

Fix

Look at

Wash

Colour

Ask

Look for

REGULAR VERBS
Spelling rules
To form the affirmative past tense of most regular verbs:
Add ed to the base form of the verb (washwashed).

If the verb ends in e, add d (live-lived)

If the verb ends in a consonant preceded by a vowel,

double the final consonant (stop-stopped)
If the verb ends in y preceded by a consonant,
omit the y and add ied ( copy-copied)

Write the past tense form.

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.

Dance_________
Plan_________
Clean_________
Type_________
Study_________
Shop_________
Look_________
Play_________
Empty_________
Stop_________

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.

Wash_________
Work_________
Shave_________
Carry_________
Listen________
Turn ________
Ask ________
Answer ________
Push ________
Wait ________

SIMPLE PRESENT
POSITIVE STATEMENT

NEGATIVE STATEMENT

I work in Mushrooms Company.

I dont work in The Coke Company.

He lives in that small house.

He doesnt live in the big one.

We study in the CETis

We dont study in the CBTis

Maria knows how to cook.

Maria doesnt know how to make

tortillas

Today I have a party.

Today I dont have classes.

My mom has my wallet

My mom doesnt have her purse

SIMPLE PAST
POSITIVE STATEMENT

NEGATIVE STATEMENT

I worked in Mushrooms Company in

May.

I didnt work in The Coke

Company.

He lived in that small house 2 years

ago.

He didnt live in the big one.

We studied in the CETis last year.

We didnt study in the CBTis

Maria knew how to cook.

Maria didnt know how to make

tortillas

Yesterday I had a party.

Today I didnt have classes.

My mom had my wallet last night.

My mom didnt have her purse

PRONUNCIATION. Practice with a partner and locate the regular

verbs according to their pronunciation. (See the verb list in the
appendix).

/d/

/t/

/ id /

Play

played

Walk

walked

Need

needed

Mail

mailed

Stop

stopped

Wait

waited

Try

tried

Look

looked

Visit

visited

Expressions for Past Tense

last

ago

yesterday

last night

10 minutes ago

yesterday

last Sunday

an hour ago

yesterday morning

last week

three days ago

yesterday afternoon

last weekend

a week ago

yesterday evening

last year

a month ago

the day before yesterday

last month

a year ago

IRREGULAR VERBS

Win

Find

Break

Give

Cut

Take a picture

Think

Throw away

Hold

Hurt

Buy

Hit

Write

Sleep

Read

Run

Take a bath

Fly

Win

Put on

Catch

Draw

Throw

Swim

Make a sandcastle

Speak

Fight

Come

Go

Ride

Sing

Eat

Drink

Look for the Past Form of the following

verbs in your list.
1. Drive

________

7.- get

________ 13.- buy

________

2. Take

________

8.- eat

________ 14.- ring

________

3.- run

________

9.- see

________ 15.- sing

________

4.- do

________

10.-forget

________ 16.- bring ________

5.- leave

________

11.- make

________ 17.- read

________

6. -go

________

12.- write

________ 18.- hear

________

Write the correct form of the verb on the lines.

Use the Simple Past Tense.
John Lennon (be) _________ born in 1940 in
Liverpool, England, where he (grow up)
___________. As a teenager, he (meet)
_________Paul McCartney, and they (begin)
_________ to write songs together. After several
years, they (form) _________ a new group
called the Beatles, with George Harrison and
Pete Best. However, Best (NO-stay)
_______________ in the group. Bingo Starr
(join) _________ the group in place of Best. In
1964 the group (perform) _________ its first hit
son Love Me Do. .. Next Page.

Write the correct form of the verb on the lines.

Use the Simple Past Tense.
Between the years 1962 and 1968 the Beatles
(be) _________ the most famous group in the
world. In 1969, Lennon (decide) _________ to
perform alone. He (write) _________ the song
Give Peace a Chance and (make) several
albums alone. He also (act) _________ in films.
From that time on, he (have) _________ many
problems. For example, he (leave) _________
his wife, Yoko Ono, for a time. Finally, in 1983,
Mark David Chapman (kill) _________ Lennon.
Lennons life (end) _________, but his music
lives on today.

WH- AND DID QUESTIONS

QUESTION

ANSWER

What did you do last

Sundays?

I played soccer with my friends.

Where did you play soccer?

I played soccer in the park.

How long did you stay there?

We stayed there for about 2 hours.

Did you enjoy the match?

Yes, I did. I got so exhausted but I

liked it.

Did you do something else that

day?

No, I didnt. Well, I just called my

girlfriend and went out with her.

Ask the following Questions to your

partener and answer back too
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.

Where did you go on vacation?

What did you do?
Who did you see?
Which movie did you watch on vacation?
Did you like it?
Did you meet someone special?
Did you study anything?
Did you read a magazine?

FIND SOMEONE WHO...

1. watched the news.
2. listened to the radio.
3. ate at a restaurant.
4. visited grandparents.
5. studied for an exam.
6. went to the movies.
7. cleaned your room.
8. took a shower.
9. played an instrument.
10. worked in the computer.

Name
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Now, Its time for practicing

in class!

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