Past Simple- Spelling rules+ Positive Form+ Time expression

Past Simple- Spelling rules+ Positive Form+ Time expression

Past Simple

We use the past simple to describe actions that happened in the past.

Positive Form

Subject + Verb+ d/ed/ied / irregular verb+ rest of sentence.

Examples:
-The man fixed his car yesterday.
-They moved to another country.

Spelling Rules - Regular Verbs

1. Adding 'ed' to the verb:

We usually add 'ed' to the verb

Examples:

talk ===> talked

play ===> played

Spelling Rules- Regular verbs

2. Adding 'd': When the verb ends in 'e' , we add only 'd' to the verb.

Examples:

bake ==> baked

practice ==> practiced

Spelling Rules- Regular verbs

3. Adding 'ied' to the verb:

When the verb ends in 'y' and before it consonant letter, we change the 'y' to 'i' and add 'ed'.

Examples:

study ==> studied

carry ==> carried

*Note: when the verb ends in 'y' and before it a vowel letter (a,e,i,u,o) we add 'ed'.

Example :

stay ==> stayed

Spelling Rules- Regular verbs

4.Double tha last letter and adding 'ed': When the verb is one syllable and ends in CONSONANT-VOWEL-CONSONANT (CVC), we double the last letter and add 'ed'.

Example :

stop ==> stopped

*Note: We never double the letters w,y and x.

Example:

fix ==> fixed

Irregular Verbs

Subject + Irregular verb + rest of sentence.

Irregular verbs don't take 'ed' in the past form. These must be learned by heart.

Irregular verbs - Book page 155

Example:

go ==> went

eat ==> ate

Time Expressions

Yesterday, last week/ Monday/ month, a month/ year/week ago, in 1995.

Example

The dog ate meat yesterday.

Choose the correct form of regular verbs in the past tense:

Multiple Choice

1. My grandfather had a very exciting life. When he was young, he _____(live) on a farm in the country.

• 1.lives

• 2.lived

• 3.livd

Multiple Choice

2. His parent and he ______(look) for the cows.

• 1.looked

• 2.look

• 3.lookied

Multiple Choice

3. When he was 18 years old, he went to university, when he ______(study) English and French.

• 1.studyed

• 2.studies

• 3.studied

Multiple Choice

4. He also _____(play) the trumpet in a jazz band.

• 1.played

• 2.plaied

• 3.playd

Choose the correct form of irregular verbs

Multiple Choice

1. Yesterday I _____(go) to the movies.

• 1.goed

• 2.went

• 3.go

Multiple Choice

2. My sister _____(make) a birthday cake for me last week.

• 1.maked

• 2.made

• 3.make

Multiple Choice

3. We ____(get) a lot of work to do last Monday.

• 1.get

• 2.got

• 3.geted

Multiple Choice

4. My teacher _____(buy) some new books last month.

• 1. buied

• 2. buyed

• bought

Multiple Choice

5. They ____(swim) in the pool yesterday.

• 1.swimmed

• 2.swam

• 3,swimed

Choose the correct Time Expression

Multiple Choice

1. My dad left the office an hour___

• 1. yesterday

• 2.ago

• 3. last Monday

Multiple Choice

2. Julia stayed with her parents _____month.

• 1.last

• 2. ago

• 3. in 2000

Multiple Choice

3. Ahmad had a chicken sandwich _____.

• 1.yesterday

• 2. ago

• 3. last

Multiple Choice

4. The children watched an action movie _____ week.

• 1. ago

• 2. yesterday

• 3. last