past simple

liked, arrived, helped, remembered, rented, played, studied, looked, worked, missed, listened, fitted, attended, learned, lived, rained, answered, wanted, needed..2. /t/ /id/ /d/.[r]

Complete the sentences with the past form of the verb in brackets

• I (stay) ……….at my grandparents’ house near a beach last year

• We (have) ……….lunch at 11a.m yesterday • My favorite citis (be) ……….Toronto and

Vancouver

• She (not/finish) ……… her homework last night

• ……….you (visit) ……….your home village last summer?

stayed had

were didn’t finish

The past simple tense

S + V2/V-ED

S + didn’t + V(B.I) Did + S + V (B.I)…?

Yes, S + did No, S + didn’t.

EX: They wanted to make friends with us.

To be

I/ He/ She/ It/ Lan + was…

We/ You/ They/ Lan and Thao + were …

I/ He/ She/ It/ Lan + wasn’t …

We/ You/ They/ Lan and Thao + weren’t …

Was + I/ he/ she/ it/ Lan …?

Ex: He was a footballer.

He wasn’t a footballer. Was he a footballer?

Yes, he was No, he wasn’t.

The flowers were sweet and beautiful.

Use: to express an activity that happened and finished at an exact point of time in the past There are usually

adverbs such as: yesterday, last, ago, during …

Forms of the verbs in past simple tense: V2 and V-ed When the verb is regular we add “ed” after it, but when the verb is irregular we use the second column form (V2)

Ex: Regular verbs

arrive arrived help helped

remember remembered rent rented

talk talked play played study studied

Ex: Irregular verbs

be was, were come came

eat ate have had go went do did

Ex: Regular verbs

arrive arrived help helped

remember remembered rent rented

Ex: Irregular verbs

be was, were come came

eat ate have had go went do did

Complete the sentences with the past form of the verb in brackets

1 I (talk) …… with him last night.

2 They (be) …… in London months ago. 3 She (study) …… English at school last

year.

4 We (go) …… to see a movie yesterday afternoon.

5 Nam (play) …… video games during the night.

talked

were

studied went

Complete the sentences with the past form of the verb in brackets

1 He (do) …… his homework carefully last night.

2 I (not remember) …… the lesson I (learn) …… it last week.

3 …… you (eat) …… the cake in the cupboard.

4 We (not decide) …… to buy a new house.

5 The weather (be) …… very stuffy yesterday.

did

didn’t remember learned

Did eat

didn’t decide

Note: Adding “ED” • Most verbs are added “ed”

Ex: learned, filled, wanted, washed, practices…

• When the verb ending in “y”, and before it there is a consonant Then we change “y” into “i” then add “ed”

Ex: study studied, cry cried, dry dried

• When the verb ending in a consonant and before it there is one vowel Then we shall double the last consonant and add “ed”

Complete the sentences with the past form of the verb in brackets

• She (have) ………a brother and a sister

• Mr Jones (stop) ……… smoking months ago

• They (live) ……… in a very busy city

• I (meet) ………him at the bus station last Monday

• She (wrap) ……… the food with banana leaves

had

stopped lived

met

Complete the sentences with the past form of the verb in brackets

1 We (dry) …………the tea leaves in the Sun. 2 …………you (buy) …………me a movie

ticket last night, Nga? No, I …………

1 Minh (not be) …………at home at p.m yesterday, he (study) …………English at school.

2 Yesterday, the bank (close) …………at o’clock in the afternoon.

3 Nga (make) ………… a new skirt and it (fit) ………… her very much.

“ED” Pronunciation

• /t/: when the verb ends in “k, f, p, ss,

sh, ch, x, se, ce, ge (liked, laughed, wrapped, practiced, changed…)

• /id/: when the verb ends in “t, d”

(wanted, needed, attended, planted…)

Arrange these verbs according to it’s pronunciation of “ed”

/t/ /id/ /d/

liked fitted arrived

helped attended remembered rented wanted played

looked needed studied stopped listened

worked learned

missed lived

1. When I was hiking in the woods with my friends, we got lost.

2. When we were visiting the CN Tower, we saw a movie crew filming a movie.

Past Continuous

Was/ were + V-ing

Ex: She was studying Math. She wasn’t studying Math. Was she studying Math?

Yes, she was / No, she wasn’t.

Change these sentences as the example

EX: I studied my lesson at home

I was studying my lesson at home We did our homework at

3 o’clock yesterday afternoon

2 He made his own birthday cake

3 Minh and Thu visited their home village

4 Juan traveled all over Canada with his family They chatted on the

1 We were doing our

homework at o’clock yesterday afternoon

2 He was making his own birthday cake

3 Minh and Thu were visiting their home village

4 Juan was traveling all over Canada with his family

Change these sentences as the example

EX: I studied my lesson at home

I was studying my lesson at home I didn’t work in that hotel

2 Did they studied English at school?

3 We practiced speaking English an hour ago

4 She didn’t watch TV last night

5 Did Nga prepare her new lesson last night?

1 I wasn’t working in that hotel

2 Were they studying English

at school?

3 We were practicing speaking English an hour ago

4 She wasn’t watching TV last night

Complete the sentences, using the verb in brackets in the Past Continuous tense

1 They (go) ………fishing in the river

2 He (not play) ……… the piano last night ………Lan (live) ………in Japan

months ago?

Yes, she ………

4 We (look) ………for our keys when you came

5 When the mailman arrived, we (have) ………lunch

6 She (sleep) ……… while I (decorate)

were going

wasn’t playing

Was living

was

were looking

were having