Unit 4 Simple Past - Past Contiuous

Week: 4
Challenges
 Simple Past
 Past Continuous
Grammar 101 Prepared by: Sahar AmeerBakhsh & Afnan Bahaziq

Common time expressions:
Examples:
I saw Maria yesterday.
yesterday
Last Friday,
Friday the students took their spelling and
vocabulary tests.
They got married two years ago.

ago
How do we form the simple past tense . . .?
English has two types of

verbs in the past tense:  taught
 walked
 Regular verbs  studied
 Irregular verbs  gave
Look at the following  became
list of past tense verbs…  cried
which verbs are  lived
regular, and which are  did
irregular?
Regular verbs are verbs that ….
…end with –ed
Simple Form Past Tense

Walk
Study
Cry
Live
Irregular verbs are verbs that . . . .
…DON’T end with –ed
some irregular verbs

Have a vowel change in the past tense:
Simple Form Past Tense

become became
give gave
drive drove
forget forgot
other irregular verbs
Have a different kind of change:
Simple Past
teach taught
bring brought
Leave left
Hear heard
Buy bought
And some irregular verbs
don’t change at all . . .
Infinitive Past
hit hit
put put
set set
The children set the table every Sunday.

The children set the table last night.
Regular Verbs Irregular Verbs
become  became
see  saw
write  wrote
have had
Add (-ed) Add (-d) Add (-ied)
If the verb If the verb ends

To Verbs Verbs end ends in (- in (consonant
most end in in (vowel + e) + -y), change (-
verbs (vowel consonant lived y) to (-i) and
worked + -y) ), double add (-ed)
talked played the last Study 
consonant studied
and add (-
ed)
travelled
For regular verbs, simply use the –ed form of the
verb in a positive sentence.
When I was a child, I ___________ the piano. (play)
Donna ______________ in Paris. (live)

For irregular verbs, use the correct past tense
form in positive sentences. (We use the same form with different
subjects .)
Last week, I ___________ you a letter. (send)
The students __________an English exam. (have)

They _______ a great job! (do)
For negative sentences, USE
I went to work yesterday.

I didn’t go to work yesterday.
Exception =
VERB BE!
The verb be is special.
Never use DID NOT or DIDN’T with the
verb BE. Instead, just use:
For Yes/No questions, USE
Did you go to work yesterday?

Did you come yesterday?
Put the verbs (between brackets) into the correct
form (simple past).
Last year, I (spend) ________my holiday in Ireland.

It (be) ________great. I (travel)___________ around
the city by car with two friends and we (visit)
________lots of interesting places. In the evenings,
we usually (go)_______ to a café.
We (be) ________very lucky with the weather. It
(not / rain)___________ a lot. We(see)
________some beautiful rainbows.
I (have) ______ an amazing holiday!
 She is at the park now.
(+) - She was at the park yesterday.

(-) - She wasn’t at the park yesterday.
(?) - Was she at the park yesterday?
 She goes to the hospital to visit her friend.
(+) - She went to the hospital to visit

her friend last week.
(-) - She didn’t go to the hospital to
visit her friend last week.
(?) - Did she go to the hospital to visit
her friend last week?
 When and while at the front of a sentence - use a comma:
When you called, I was watching TV.

While he was washing the clothes, I was doing the dishes.
 When and while in the middle of a sentence - no comma

I was watching TV when you called.
I was doing the dishes while he was washing the clothes.
Remember:
We DON’T use verbs that describe states (e.g. believe, like, love, prefer)
with a continuous tense.
Affirmative sentences:
I/he/she/it was playing football.
We/you/they were playing football.
NOTE: Use was with (I, he, she, it) and were with all other pronouns.
In affirmative sentences we do not use short forms in the past continuous.
Negative sentences:
I/he/she/it was not (wasn’t) playing football.
We/you/they were not (weren’t) playing football.
Questions:
We put the auxiliary (was or were) before the subject
Was I/he/she/it playing football?
Were we/you/they playing football?
1) She …………….. hockey. (play)
2) They …………… in the pool. (swim)
3) It………….. . (rain)
4) We ………….. to music. (listen)
5) The mobile…………….. . (ring)
6) The students…………. . (text)
7) Max ………………...with his brothers. (run)
8) I ……………….. in front of the shop. (wait)
9) The cat ………………… in the basket. (sleep)
10) He …………………… Gerry's bike. (repair)

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Week: 4

Grammar 101 Prepared by: Sahar AmeerBakhsh & Afnan Bahaziq

They got married two years ago.

English has two types of

Simple Form Past Tense

some irregular verbs

Simple Form Past Tense

The children set the table every Sunday.

Add (-ed) Add (-d) Add (-ied)

If the verb If the verb ends

When I was a child, I ___________ the piano. (play)

Donna ______________ in Paris. (live)

Last week, I ___________ you a letter. (send)

The students __________an English exam. (have)

I went to work yesterday.

Did you go to work yesterday?

Last year, I (spend) ________my holiday in Ireland.

(+) - She was at the park yesterday.

 She goes to the hospital to visit her friend.

(+) - She went to the hospital to visit

When you called, I was watching TV.

 When and while in the middle of a sentence - no comma

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