APRENADE 8th 27
Anticipation
Unit 3: PAST TIMES
LESSON 1 The fire started at a Baker
s
PAST SIMPLE: Regular and Irregular
verbs
Did you notice the difference?
Yes! Regular verb does not change the form of the verb, we just
add ED. On the other hand, irregular verbs change, in most of
the cases, the form of the verb.
FORM
We form de AFFIRMATIVE of most regular verb by adding
ED to the verb
I work- I worked
Other verbs have irregular affirmative forms.
I sing- I sang
We form the NEGATIVE of the past simple with didnt +
base form of the verb
I didnt play football yesterday. I didnt eat meat last
week.
AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE
SUBJECT + PAST FORM OF SUBJECT + DIDNT + BASE FORM
THE VERB OF THE VERB
I playED / I DREAMT I didnt PLAY / I didnt
DREAM.
You playED.. / You dreamt You didnt PLAY. / You didnt
dream
He played. / He dreamt He didnt PLAY. / He didnt
dream
She played / She dreamt She didnt PLAY / She didnt
dream
It played.. / It dreamt It didnt PLAY.. / It didnt
dream
They played. / They They didnt PLAY.. / They didnt
dreamt dream
We played / We dreamt We didnt PLAY / We didnt
dream
SPELLING:
We add d to verbs ending in e :
I live - I lived
She wait She waited
Verbs ending in a consonant + y drop the y and add ied_
I try I tried
They cry They cried
Verbs ending in consonant vowel consonant , doubled
the last consonant and add ed:
I stop I stopped
USE
We use past simple for:
Actions which happened or finished at a definite time in
the past.
Lisa bought a house last year.
Samuel _______ (eat) ice-cream yesterday
They _______ (go) to Scotland last month.
TIME EXPRESSIONS WE USE WITH THE PAST SIMPLE
Yesterday, last night/ week/ year/ month, a month/ two
years/three years ago, in 1994, etc.
PAST SIMPLE: VERB TO BE
AFFIRMATIVE
I, he, she, it was.
you, we, they were.
She was my girlfriend.
We were together.
INTERROGATIVE:
Was I, he, she, it?
Were you, we, they?
Was Pam with you?
Were you together?
NEGATIVE
I, you, he, she was not.
wasn't.
You, we, they were not.
weren't.
I wasn't in Paris in 1999.
We weren't in Paris.
DID SHORT
ANSWER
Did I see a Yes, I did
movie?
No, I didnt
Did you see Yes, you did
a movie?
No, you
didnt
Did he see a Yes, he did
movie?
No, he didnt
Did she see Yes, she did
LESSON
a movie?
2 Did you have fun?
No, she
PAST SIMPLE: Question and Short
didnt
answer
Did it see a Yes, it did
movie?
No, it didnt
Did we see a Yes, we did
SHORT
movie
ANSWER
No, we
didnt
Did they see Yes, they did
a movie?
No, they
didnt
WAS/ WERE
Was I happy? Yes, I was
No, I wasnt
Were you Yes, you
happy? were
No, you
werent
Was he Yes, he was
happy?
No, he wasnt
Was she Yes, she was
happy?
No, she
wasnt
Was it Yes, it was
happy?
No, it wasnt
Were we Yes, we were
happy?
No, we
werent
Were they Yes, they
happy? were
No, they
werent
ADVERBIAL PHRASES OF TIME
EXAMPLES
I have a meeting at 9am.
There should be a lot of progress in the next
century.
Her birthday is on 20 November.
LESSON 3: It was coming straight
forwards
him
PAST CONTINUOUS
AFFIRMATIVE FORM
Subject + was/were + verb (gerund) + rest of the sentence
While we were having the picnic, it started to rain
NEGATIVE FORM
Subject + wasnt/werent + verb (gerund) + rest of the sentence
You werent listening to me when I told you to turn the oven off
QUESTION FORM
Was/were + subject + verb (gerund) + rest of the sentence?
What were you doing when you broke your leg?
USE
We use past continuous for a past action which was in
PROGRESS when it was interrupted by another PAST
ACTION .
