Date: ………/………/……… Unit 1: Education Grammar: Simple Past Tense
Conversation:
Read the following dialogue, underline the verbs then complete the table below.
Peter: What did you do yesterday?
Alice: Nothing much. I just stayed at home and cleaned the house.
Peter: How boring!
Alice: Yeah, it was. And you? What did you do?
Peter: I drove to the mountains and went hiking.
Alice: That sounds fun!
Peter: It was. I had a great time.
REGULAR VERBS IRREGULAR VERBS
There are both regular and irregular verbs in the dialogue above which describe events that happened in the past,,
so these verbs have the simple past form. Study the following table with the verbs walk and see.
AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE YES/ NO SHORT ANSWERS
QUESTIONS
I walked, saw I did not/didn’t walk, see Did I walk, see …? Yes, you did/No, you didn’t.
You walked, saw You did not/didn’t walk, see Did you walk, see …? Yes, I did/No, I didn’t.
Singular He walked, saw He did not/didn’t walk, see Did he walk, see …? Yes, he did/No, he didn’t.
She walked, saw She did not/didn’t walk, see Did she walk, see …? Yes, she did/No, she didn’t.
It walked, saw It did not/didn’t walk, see Did it walk, see …? Yes, it did/No, it didn’t.
We walked, saw We did not/didn’t walk, see Did we walk, see …? Yes, you did/No, you didn’t.
Plural You walked, saw You did not/didn’t walk, see Did you walk, see …? Yes, we did/No, we didn’t.
They walked, saw They did not/didn’t walk, see Did they walk, see …? Yes, they did/No, they didn’t.
WH-QUESTIONS
Why did he throw that bag away?
Where did you travel last week?
How was the match?
Spelling notes:
▪ For most regular verbs, we add –ed.
ask-asked, miss-missed, wash-washed, found-founded, wait-waited, answer-answered, join-joined, etc.
▪ For those ending in “e”, we add –d.
live-lived, like-liked, dance-danced, revise-revised, change-changed, etc.
▪ For verbs ending in consonant+y, we change “y” into “i” and add –ed.
study-studied, cry-cried, apply-applied, etc.
▪ For those ending in vowel+y, we only add –ed.
play-played, enjoy-enjoyed, obey-obeyed, stay-stayed, etc.
▪ For one syllable verbs ending in consonant+vowel+consonant (cvc), we double the last consonant and add –
ed.
stop-stopped, plan-planned, rob-robbed, pat-patted, beg-begged, etc.
But don't double it if the verb finishes with "x" or "w".
Fix-fixed, mix-mixed, bow-bowed, follow-followed, etc.
In British English, always double the last “l” unlike the American English in which it isn’t always doubled.
Travel-travelled (BrE)/traveled (AmE), cancel-cancelled (BrE)/canceled (AmE), etc.
▪ For more than one syllable verbs ending in consonant+vowel+consonant and stress falls on the last syllable,
we also double the last consonant and add –ed.
pre'fer-preferred, con'trol-controlled (both BrE and AmE), ad'mit-admitted, etc.
Exceptions: stress not on the last syllable, but double the final letter anyway, especially in BrE. 'Worship-
worshipped/(worshiped, AmE), 'kidnap-kidnapped/(kidnaped, AmE), etc.
Syllable: a word or a part of a word which contains one vowel sound.
Stress: an extra force used when pronouncing a particular word or syllable. The symbol (') in the examples above
refers to stress نَبْر ؛تَشْديد على َمقاطِع الكَلِمات
Pronunciation of -ed:
The –ed suffix has the following pronunciations:
/d/ when the sound before this suffix is voiced, as in loved, died, managed, organized, etc.
/t/ when the sound before this suffix is voiceless, for instance looked, developed, finished, watched, etc.
/id/ when the verb ends in “t” or “d”, for example wanted, permitted, decided, downloaded, etc.
USES: Time expressions:
The simple past tense is used in different ❖ YESTERDAY, YESTERDAY MORNING / AFT-
situations: ERNOON / EVENING
1. To talk about finished actions in the past. ❖ LAST NIGHT / WEEK / MONTH / YEAR
I listened to music last night. ❖ LAST MONDAY / TUESDAY / FRIDAY …
Elizabeth called her parents yesterday. ❖ ONE HOUR / DAY / WEEK / MONTH /
Mohamed visited Tangier in 2016. YEAR AGO
2. To show actions that happened one after ❖ THE OTHER DAY
another in the past. ❖ IN 2010
He arrived home, turned on the TV and ❖ IN THE 90’s …
watched his favourite programme.
Practice:
A. Put the verbs in brackets in simple past, B. Circle the right choice.
then write negative sentences and yes/no 1. The students wrote / writed their names on the board.
questions. 2. Why you tore / did you tear the paper?
1. He .............................. (phone) his sister an
3. My neighbors maked / made a big party last week.
hour ago.
............................................................................ 4. Won he / did he win the gold medal?
............................................................................
2. Samir ……………………….. (lend) me 500 DH. 5. Khalid didn’t do / didn’t did his homework yesterday.
……………………………………………………………………….. 6. They slept / sleeped well last night.
.……………………………………………………………………….
3. You .............................. (drop) a glass
C. Put the words in the right order using the simple
yesterday.
……………………………………………………………………….. past form of the verbs. Add necessary words.
………………………………………………………………………..
4. Kate ………………………. (buy) a beautiful dress 1. dry / she / them / wash / dishes / the / and
last week. …………………………………………………………………………………………
……………………………………………………………………….. 2. you / ? / eat / breakfast
……………………………………………………………………….. …………………………………………………………………………………………
5. I ……………………………. (speak) to my boss this 3. last/ the / pay / week/ Internet / not / I / bill
morning. …………………………………………………………………………………………
………………………………………………………………………..
4. start / the / fifteen / film / ago / minutes
………………………………………………………………………..
6. Adam .............................. (play) football with …………………………………………………………………………………………
his friends last Saturday. 5. degree / your / 2022 / Baccalaureate/ sister / get / in /
……………………………………………………………………….. ?/ her
……………………………………………………………………….. …………………………………………………………………………………………
6. zoo / in / be/ the/ yesterday / we
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