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BY FRANCISCOHERNNDEZ MURGA
Was and Were
The Past Simple
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Was and were
Use the past tense of be(was , were) to talk about
things in the past.
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Affirmative
Form
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Negative Form
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Question Form.
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Examples 1. Im here today but I ___________ here
yesterday. (+)
2. Kevin __________ at my party.(-)
3. ______Jim at home last night?(+)
4. Time and Jim __________ late. (-)
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5. _______Kate and Jane late yesterday? (-)
6.Anne, Emily and Charlotte
____________English writers of the 1840sand 1850s. (+)
7. He _________ an American singer,dancer, choreography. He _______the manwho popularize the dance. (+/-)
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By Francisco Hernndez Murga
SIMPLE
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VERBS
REGULAR IRREGULAR
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VERBS are words
to speak aboutACTIONS ...
like SEE,WATCH, EAT,
LIVE, LOVE,RUN, HATE,LEARN
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In English, most verbs are REGULAR.That means they form their PASTFORM by adding ED, like these :
PRESENT PAST
ASKANSWER
WASH
CALL
LOOK
START
ASKEDANSWERED
WASHED
CALLED
LOOKED
STARTED
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Past form of
irregular verbsare all different...
and you have tolearn them !!
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Focus in this :
You DID NOT
WORK enough.
The affirmative form is
You WORKED enough
DID is used withall subjects.
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Juliet LOVED Romeo.
Her father DID NOT LOVE her enough.They LOCKED the castle.
The guard DID NOT LOCK the castle.
Simpson family LIVED in Springfield.
They DIDNT LIVE in Memphis.
Elvis DANCED wonderfuly.He DIDNT SING in Italian.
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THERE ARE SOMEEXCEPTIONS :
BE - WAS / WERE
HAVE - HAD
CAN - COULD
BUT
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We WERE irresponsible.We WERE NOT irresponsible.
He HAD a lot of money.
He DIDNT HAVE a lot of money.
I COULD READ ancient Greek.
I COULD NOT READ French.
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To make questions :
DID you REMEMBER this song?
Yes, I REMEMBERED it.
DID you KNOW this strange place ?
No, we DIDNT KNOW it.
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Now, you know the simplepast tense in English.
Well done !!
E i
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ExerciseCambie los siguientes REGULARES verbos
al pasado simple: Present Past
LIKE
DANCECOMPLETE
ENJOY
USE
TALK
LIKED
DANCEDCOMPLETED
ENJOYED
USED
TALKED
C bi l i i t IRREGULARES b l d
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Cambie los siguientes IRREGULARES verbos al pasado
simple:
Present Past
KNOW
CHOOSE
MAKE
PUT
TELL
EAT
KNEW
CHOSE
MADE
PUT
TOLD
ATE
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Activity:
Read about twopeople who changed
the world. Then put
the verbs in the PastSimple
M h t G dhi
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Mahatma Gandhi.
Mohandas Mahatma Gandhi 1was (be) born on
October 2 nd 1869, in Porbandar, India. He 2__________________ (study) law at UniversityCollege, London and then 3____________________(work) as a lawyer in South Africa for 21 years. Gandhi4 ________________ (leave) South Africa in 1915 and5 __________________ (return) to India. He 6________________ (become) the leader of the fightfor Indian independence from the British. Gandhi spentseven years in prison and India7__________________ (become) independent in1947. Mahatma Gandhi 8___________________
(die) in 1948.
E li P kh t
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Emmeline Pankhurst
Emmeline Goulden 9 ______________ (be)
born in Manchester, England, in 1858. She 10______________(marry) Richard Pankhurst,a lawyer, and they11________________ (have)five children. In 1889 Emmeline 12
________________ (start) The WomensParty to fight for the vote for women.They13 ______________ (have) a lot ofproblem with the police and in 1912 Emmeline 14
__________________ (go) to prison twelvetimes. They finally15________________ (win)the vote for all women in 1928. Emmeline 16
________________ ( die) in the same year.
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