PAST TENSE

PAST TENSE

        

OBJECTIVE
By the end of the lesson, the students should be able to narrate events in past tense by means of short oral presentation.

GRAMMAR

The simple past is a verb tense that is used to talk about things that happened or existed before now.

                            He won the silver medal.

The simple past tense shows that you are talking about something that has already happened

                         García Márquez wrote many literary works. 

How to Formulate the Simple Past

For regular verbs, add -ed to the root form of the verb (or just -d if the root form already ends in an e):

Play→Played          Listen→Listened          Push→Pushed          Love→Loved

For irregular verbs, things get more complicated. The simple past tense of some irregular verbs looks exactly like the root form:

Put→Put                 Cut→Cut                        Cost→Cost              Hit→Hit

For other irregular verbs, including the verb to be, the simple past forms are more erratic:

See→Saw            Build→Built                     Go→Went            Do→Did            Rise→Rose                      Am/Is/Are→Was/Were

The good news is that verbs in the simple past tense (except for the verb to be) don’t need to agree in number with their subjects.

Negative sentences in the Past Tense

We use didn't (did not) to make a negative sentence in the past tense.
This is for regular AND irregular verbs in English.
(Exception is To Be and Modal Verbs such as Can)

Compare the following:

Present: They don't live in Canada.
Past: They didn't live in Canada.

The main verb (live in the example above) is in its base form (of the infinitive). The auxiliary DIDN'T shows that the sentence is negative AND in the past tense.

NOTICE: The only difference between a negative sentence in the present tense and a negative sentence in the past tense is the change in the auxiliary verb.

Both don't and doesn't in the present tense become didn't in the past tense.

Compare the negative sentences in the examples below:

Present: You don't need a mechanic.
Past: You didn't need a mechanic.

Present: You don't walk to work.
Past: You didn't walk to work.

Present: He doesn't speak Japanese.
Past: He didn't speak Japanese.

Questions in the Past Tense

We use did to make a question in the past tense.
This is for regular AND irregular verbs in English.
(Exception is To Be and Modal Verbs such as Can)

Compare the following:

Present: Do they live in France?
Past: Did they live in France?

The main verb (live in the example above) is in its base form (of the infinitive). The auxiliary DID shows that the question is in the past tense.

NOTICE: The only difference between a question in the present tense and a question in the past tense is the change in the auxiliary verb.
Both Do and Does in present tense questions become Didn't in past tense questions.

Compare the questions in the examples below:

Present: Do you need a doctor?
Past: Did you need a doctor?

Present: Do you ride your bike to work?
Past: Did you ride your bike to work?

Present: Does he live in Italy?
Past: Did he live in Italy?

We can also use a question word (Who, What, Why etc.) before DID to ask for more information.

• Did you study? – Yes, I did.
• When did you study? – I studied last night.
• Where did you study? – I studied at the library

VERB TO BE

She was a good singer                                         They were friends

She wasn´t a good singer                                    They were´t friends

Was she a good singer ? Yes, she was                Were they friends? Yes, they were

                                         No, she wasn´t                                            No, they were   

Taken from       

http://www.grammar.cl/english/past-tense.htm

https://www.grammarly.com/blog/simple-past/


ACTIVITIES

WRITING
http://www.grammar.cl/Games/Past_Irregular_Verbs.htm

READING

LISTENING

SPEAKING

Prepare a short presentation  about you did the last weekend, use pictures.