GIMNASIO LOS PINOS ENGLISH CLASS

To talk about an activity that finished in the past.

To express some ideas that happened in the past.

To list some hobbies you did during your free time,

besides, you are not doing them anymore. Examples:We played tennis last Sunday.I worked in London from 1984 to 1989.

John left two minutes ago.

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THERE ARE TWO KINDS OF VERBS WHEN FORMING THE PAST.

THEY ARE …

These verbs, you just have to add ED at the end of the verb, when you are using the past.

Examples:

Travel – Traveled live - lived

Play – Played want - wanted

Work – Worked walk - walkeduse - used

PRESENT TENSE PAST TENSE

SHOW

WORK

SHOWED

WORKED

LISTEN

PARTICIPATE

LISTENED

PARTICIPATED

PAINT

PLAY

PAINTED

PLAYED

You have to learn these kind of verbs by heart, because they change totally the Root when changing to the past tense.

Examples:

Speak SpokeWrite Wrote

In the first group the verbs in simple past end in ought.

bring brought

Verbs like bring: buy bought catch caught think thought

In the second group: The verbs are the same in the simple form and the simple past.

cut cut

Verbs like cut: hurt hurt put put read read

In the third group substitute the vowel in simple form for an a to get verbs in simple past .

drink drank

Verbs like drink: sing sang sit sat swim swam

In the fourth group, verbs in simple past end in ew

grow grew

Verbs like grow: draw drew know knew throw threw

SIMPLE FORM PAST TENSE hit - hiteat - ategrow - grewmake - madebreak - brokego - wenttake - tooksee - saw

be is - wasare - werebegin - beganbring - broughtfall - fell

SIMPLE FORM PAST TENSE build - builtbuy - boughtfly - flewfind - founddrink - drankfeel - feltgive - gavehurt - hurtleave - leftread - readrun - ransing - sangswim - swamteach - taughtwin - wonwrite - wrote

Last yearLast weekLast month

Yesterday

Two days ago Three weeks ago Five years ago

HE IN THE CHAIR

SAT

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To form the affirmative sentences, it is necessary to follow the correct grammar structure.

Noun or

Personal

Pronoun

Verb in

Past Tense Complement

EXAMPLE

We use the auxiliary DID when we are talking about the past tense, for the negative or interrogative statements. We use the same auxiliary DID for all the pronouns even if they are singular or plural. Example:

you fish last week?

DID

We sleep last night

DIDN´T

SHE FOLLOW ME

To form the negative sentences, we use the same structure of the affirmative ones. We just use the short or long form of the auxiliary did in a negative way.

Example:He walked.He didn’t walk.

I did my homework.I didn’t do my homework.

DID NOT

DIDN´T

YOU LOOK AT MEDID HE LOOK AT MEDID

To write questions it is necessary to write first the auxiliary DID followed by the pronoun, main verb, complement and finally the question mark.

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Did you go to work yesterday?Yes, I did.No, I didn’t

When did she arrive?She arrived yesterday

DID YOU SLEEP IN CLASS LAST WEEK?YES, I SLEPT IN CLASS LAST WEEK.

DID YOU DRINK MILKSHAKE LAST MONTH?

YES, I DRANK MILKSHAKE LAST MONTH.

DID YOU READ A BOOK YESTERDAY?

YES, I DID

NO, I DIDN´T

I READ A BOOK YESTERDAY

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