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PART 1

SIMPLE PAST TENSE

NGURAH AGUS SANJAYA ER, S.KOM, M.KOM

E-mail: agus.sanjaya@cs.unud.ac.id

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The Simple Past Tense (I DID)

Use the simple past tense to talk about

things that happened in the past (finished)

The simple past tense is also used to talk

about things that happened in stories

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The Simple Past Tense (I DID)

The wicked queen gaveSnow

Queen a poisoned apple

Pinocchios nose grewlonger

every time he tolda lie

Dinosaurs livedmillions of

years ago

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Examples

1. I boughta new camera last week

2. We droveto Safari Park last weekend

3. The plane landeda few minutes ago

4. The students visiteda farm during the holidays5. Little Red Riding Hood decidedto visit her

grandmother

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Regular forms

The simple past tense of most verbs

ends with ed. These verbs are called

regular verbs. For example:

land + ed = landed, push + ed = pushed

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Rules

The simple past tense is usually form by

adding ed to the verb. For example:jump + ed = jumped, walk + ed = walked

If the verb ends with e then just add d. For

example:

agree + d = agreed, die + d = died

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Rules (continued)

You must double the last letter of some verbs (short

verbs with one syllable; end with a consonant suchas b, d, m, n, p, t; and have only a single vowel

before the consonant) before adding

ed. For

example:

fan + ed = fanned, grab + ed = grabbed

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Irregular forms

The simple past form of some verbs

does not end in ed, such verbs are

called irregular verbs

The simple past tense of some irregular

verbs does not change at all

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Examples

David hurthis foot when he

jumped over the drain

The worker cutdown

the trees this morning

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Was

The verbs was and were are also forms of the

verb be

Was is the simple past tense of is and am

Use waswith the pronouns I, she, heand it,

and with singular nouns

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Example

Edison wasa famous inventor

It wasvery wet yesterday

Ten years ago she wasonly a baby

The newspaper was on the table this

morning

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Were

Wereis the simple past tense of are

Use werewith the pronouns you, we, and they

and plural nouns

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Example

The Romans werebrave soldiers

They werethird in the wheelbarrow race

We were on the same school team

Those were my best jeans

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Negatives and questions

We use did

in questions anddidnt

for negatives

Negative Questions

I/he/she/it/we/they did not stop Did I/he/she/it/we/they stop?

(didnt)

We do not use a past form in negatives and questions

NOT The car didnt stoppedor NOT did you rang?

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Negatives and questions (continued)

We also use wasand werenegatives and questions

Negative Questions

I/he/she/it was not OR wasnt WasI/he/she/it ?

You/we/they wereOR werent Wereyou/we/they ?

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Exercise 1

Fill in the blanks with the correct simple past tense of the verbs in

parentheses

1. She ______home alone (go)

2. He ______his old car and ______a new one (sell/buy)

3. We ______them to the party but they ______ not to come

(invite/decide)

4. It was cold so I ______ the window (shut)

5. ______the weather good when you ______ in holiday? (is/are)

6. They ______ able to come because they ______ very busy (are

not/are)

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Exercise 2

Read what Sharon says about a

typical working day:

I usually get up at 7 oclock and

have a big breakfast. I walk to work,

which takes me about half an hour.

I start work at 8.45. I never have

lunch. I finish work at 5 oclock. Im

always tired when I get home. Iusually cook a meal in the evening. I

dont usually go out. I go to bed at

11 oclock. I always sleep well.

Yesterday was a typical working day

for Sharon. Write what she did or

didnt do yesterday

1. She ______ a big breakfast.

2. She ______ .

3. It ______to get to work.

4. ______ at 8.45.

5. ______ lunch.

6. ______ at 5 oclock.

7. ______tired when ______home.

8. ______a meal yesterday evening.

9. ______out yesterday evening.

10. ______ at 11 oclock.

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Exercise 3

1. (where/go?) where did you go?2. (go alone?) ______

3. (food/good?) ______

4. (how long/stay there?) ______

5. (stay at a hotel?)

6. (how/travel?) ______7. (the weather/fine?) ______

8. (what/do in the evenings?)

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9. (meet anybody interesting?)

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A friend has just came back from holiday. You ask him about it.

Write your questions.