1.Simple Paste Tense.pdf

LESSON 1

SIMPLE PAST TENSE


Mary travelled to Phu Quoc island last summer


They bought their house 5 years ago


Bitexco was the highest building in Ho Chi Minh city


HINTS

- yesterday
- last (night /Monday /week/ month/ summer/ year)
- in 2020 (<2021)
- 2 years ago.


THE USES
 Simple

past tense is used to describe an
action that happened and stopped in the
past.

Past

Present

Future


S+V+O
S + V2/ED +O
Learn
by heart

Irregular

- Go- went-gone
- Be- was/were-been
- Have-had-had

Regular

- Wanted; needed
- Watched, cooked,
- Loved, studied


IRREGULAR VERBS


PRONUNCIATION OF V-ED
Pronunciation:
 /id/: Verbs end with sound /t/, /d/
 /t/: Verbs end with sound /s/, /f/, /p/, /∫/, /t∫/,/k/

 /d/: Verbs end with other sounds
 Special cases:
 1. Verbs end with e


- Smile Smiled
2. Verbs end with a consonant and the next is a vowel
- Stop Stopped
3. Verbs end with y
- Study Studied



went

got

climbed

wanted

was/were

thought
decided

took

said

had

spent

could

started

sat

felt



drove
broke
Did you have

spent
got
couldn’t

went

were
didn’t know

found

stayed

saw
bought
wanted

didn’t have
wasn’t

was

started
left
stopped


HOMEWORK
Go to moodle and finish the tasks about
simple past tense