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THE SIMPLE PAST: EXPRESSING PAST TIME

Answer the questions. Use the SIMPLE PRESENT or SIMPLE PAST.

1. What are some things you usually do every morning?

What are some things you did yesterday (or ) this morning?

2. What do you usually do in the evening?

What did you do last night?

3. What do you usually do in the class?

What did you do in the class yesterday?

4. What do you usually do after this class?

What did you do after class yesterday?

5. What did you do two days ago? Last week? Last month? Last year?

Take out a piece of paper. Write what you did (your activities) yesterday.

Write as fast as you can.

(a) Mary walked downtown yesterday.

(b) I slept for eight hours last night

The simple past is used to talk about activities or situations that began and

ended in the past (e.g., yesterday, last night, two days ago, in 1990)

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(c) Bob stayed home yesterday morning.

(d) Our plane arrived on time.

Most simple past verbs are formed by adding -ed to a verb.

(e) I ate breakfast this morning.

(f) Sue took a taxi to the airport.

Some verbs have irregular past forms, as in (b), (e), and (f)

Some verbs have regular past forms of which we have to add “-ed” or “-

ied”.

SIMPLE FORM SIMPLE PAST

REGULAR VERBS finish

stop

hope

wait

play

try

finished

stopped

hoped

waited

played

tried

IRREGULAR VERBS see

make

sing

eat

go

saw

made

sang

ate

went

What did you do this morning?

I was ironing my clothes.

I ironed my clothes this morning.

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What did you do yesterday?

I was going to library. Complete the sentences by using the SIMPLE PAST TENSE of the given verbs. Use each verb only one time. All of the verbs have irregular past forms. begin go read cut hold shake drink keep shut eat lose speak find meet spend

1. Sue ____drank______ a cup of coffee before class starting.

2. We _______ate___ a delicious dinner at a Mexican restaurant last night.

3. When it ____began___ to rain yesterday afternoon, I __shot__ all the

window.

4. Chris hurt his finger when he was fixing his dinner last night. He accidentally

cut his finger with a sharp knife.

5. I don’t have any money in my pocket. I ___spent___ my last dime

yesterday. I’m flat broke.

6. Jessica didn’t throw her old shoes away. She _____kept___ them because

they were comfortable.

7. I read an interesting article in the newspaper this morning.

8. Jack ___lost____ his pocket knife at the park yesterday. This morning he

____went___ back to the park to look for it. Finally he ____found___ it in

the grass. He was glad to have it back.

9. Peter was nervous when he ___held____his baby in his arms for the first

time.

10. I _____met____ Jennifer’s parents when they visited her. She introduced

me to them.

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11. Yesterday I called Jason on the phone. He was not home, so I __spoke__ to

his sister.

12. When I introduced Tom to Ryan, they ________shook____ hands and smile

to each other.

Past Tense: Regular Verbs

1. Allan borrowed my money last month.

2. He catched a big fish in that pond in 1997.