Slide 1Business: Succcessful Business People
The Simple Past Tense and The Negative Simple Past Tense of Regular Verbs
Spelling of The Simple Past Tense Verbs
Pronunciation of The Simple Past Tense Verbs
Lesson Plan
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Read about Arthur and Karen.
Hey! How was your summer?
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arrived
Subject
verb
I
Notes
We use the simple past to talk about events that happened and are now finished.
today
Arthur’s summer wasn’t good.
Bill Gates was there.
Arthur and his friend cooked lunch.
Arthur’s friend drove them to lunch.
Answers:
False
True
False
False
False
Look at the chart.
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live dance
lived danced
For verbs ending in a consonant + e: add d only.
study cry
studied cried
For verbs that end in a consonant +y: change y to i and add ed.
play enjoy
played enjoyed
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Look at the chart.
drop hug
dropped hugged
For one-syllable verbs that end in a consonant + vowel + consonant: double the final consonant and add ed.
show relax
showed relaxed
For verbs ending w or x: do not double the final consonant. Just add ed.
happen open distract
happened opened distracted
For two-syllable verbs that end in a consonant + vowel + consonant: if the first syllable is stressed, add ed. Do not double the consonant.
prefer admit commit
preferred admitted committed
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Exercise B
Raise your hand if the statement is in the present progressive tense.
I walkt 12 miles yesterday.
He cryed at the end of the movie.
She danced when she was younger.
They plaid with the children.
Answers:
walked
cried
Correct
Read about Arthur and Karen.
Hey! How was your summer?
It was great! I was at a business seminar in Florida. Bill Gates was there! I talked to him for a few minutes. I also dropped in on a friend for lunch. We didn’t cook anything. Instead, we walked to a café near his house.
This time, try saying these verbs:
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Verbs that end in
the sounds f, k, p, s, ch, or sh
the sounds b, g, j, l, m, n, ng, r, th, v, z, or zh
d or t
Exercise C
Practice aloud with a partner. Use these verbs in a past
tense sentence. Help and correct each other.
walk
cook
admit
work
cry
play
Grammar in Content
Read about Alison.
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ate
Subject
verb
I
He She It
You* We They
Notes
Irregular verbs do not have the –ed ending in the past tense. Here are some common irregular verbs and their past tense forms.
be / was, were
buy / bought
come / came
do / did
get / got
give / gave
go / went
have / had
leave / left
make / made
sell / sold
speak / spoke
meet / made
pay / paid
put / put
see / saw
take / took
write / wrote
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last night?
last Thursday?
this morning?
Subject
verb
I