Past tense
-Regular Verbs
-Regular Verbs
ask
asked
ate
We_____our dinner from the supermarket.(buy)
We bought our dinner from the supermarket.
Julie_____at three o'clock.(sleep)
Julie was sleeping at three o'clock.
Forming past simple tense
Subject +Verb + d, ed, ied or irregular form (V2)
love
loved
speak
spoke
She_____at her friend's house yesterday.(sleep)
She slept at her friend's house yesterday.
The children _____ hide and seek in the park. (play)
The children were playing hide and seek in the park.
Forming past continuous tense
Subject+ was/were+ Verb + ing
play
played
buy
bought
Change this into a negative sentence: I swam in the sea yesterday.
I didn´t swim in the sea yesterday.
Mrs. Brown _____ in the garden.(not/walk)
Mrs. Brown wasn't walking in the garden.
Simple Past tense of "be"
was/were
cry
cried
fly
flew
Change this into a negative sentence: I drank 3 cups of coffee.
I didn´t drink 3 cups of coffee.
I _____ the guitar when he came home.(practice)
I was practicing the guitar when he came home.
How do we use the simple past tense?
We use simple past tense to express past actions that started in the past and finish in the past.
control
controlled
freeze
froze
Did you eat breakfast this morning?
Yes, I did. /No, I didn’t.
While Alan_____(work) in his room, his friends_____ (swim) in the pool.
While Alan was working in his room, his friends were swimming in the pool.
What did you learn in this class?
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