Lic. Keta Zamora Cahuana

INGLES PARA NEGOCIOS II

Mdulo: I Unidad: 6 Semana: 6

THE SIMPLE PAST TENSE / PAST OF BE

ORIENTACIONES

This is the sith week and You have reviewed many

topics.

Well start with the use of Verb To be in Past (WAS-

WERE) and the simple Past tense.

You have to remember the spelling rules to make

sentences using the regular Verbs.

There is a list with the Irregular Verbs, you can join them

in groups to memorize easily.

CONTENIDOS TEMATICOS

Verb To Be in Past ( Affirmative, Interrogative and

negative Form)

Yes-No questions.

The Simple PAST Tense ( affirmative, interrogative and

negative form)

Past time expressions.

Regular and Irregular Verbs

Wh- questions

VERB TO BE IN PAST

Affirmative form Negative Form Contraction Form

I was I was not I wasnt

You were You were not You werent

He was He was not He wasnt

She was She was not she wasnt

It was It was not it wasnt

We were We were not we werent

You were You were not You werent

They were They were not They werent

SENTENCES

Mr. Anderson was in his office yesterday.

They were at the airport.

Miley and Carl were famous models many years ago.

John was happy at Lilys house.

She wasnt in the meeting last Tuesday.

They werent in the swimming pool.

He wasnt at the university yesterday afternoon.

We werent concentrated during the exam.

It wasnt delicious.

WAS WERE ( QUESTIONS )

To make questions you only have to put Verb to Be in past first then the subject pronoun.

THE MEETING WAS PRODUCTIVE

WAS THE MEETING PRODUCTIVE?

Was she at the police station yesterday night?

Were you very worried because of your problems?

Was the weather awful in Poland?

Was that an English word or a Swiss one?

Were Sally and James stubborn?

WH-QUESTIONS WITH BE IN PAST

What was your schedule last week?

Who was the owner of that briefcase?

Where were they last week?

When was your anniversary?

Why were you sad last night?

What was that?

How was the weddings ceremony?

What was Renatos job two years ago?

PRACTICE

THE SIMPLE PAST TENSE

The Simple Past Tense expresses an action which happened at a specific time in the past and is now finished.

Look at some of the time expressions found with this tense:

Last day / last Saturday / last week / last month / last year /

last summer.

Two hours ago / four days ago / three weeks ago / one month ago / ten years ago.

Yesterday / yesterday morning / yesterday afternoon / yesterday evening.

In 1976 / in 2002 / when I left school / when I was young

THE SPELLING OF REGULAR VERBS :

a. The normal rule add -ed to the base form of the verb.

Work worked

want wanted

help helped

Listen listened

wash washed

b. When the verbs end in -e , just add -d.

like liked

live lived

Prepare prepared

arrive arrived

THE SPELLING OF REGULAR VERBS :

c. In verbs of one syllable, with one written vowel + one

written consonant, the consonant is doubled ( Verbs

ending in one stressed vowel + one consonant )

Stop stopped

plan planned

But cooked / looked / booked ( there are two vowels )

The consonant is not doubled if it is y or w .

played / showed / snowed

d. Verbs that end in a consonant + y change to -ied :

Carry carried bury buried

study studied

THE SIMPLE PAST TENSE

My mother worked at the supermarket full time last year.

The plane left at 8.00 oclock in the morning.

Mr. Miller went to a lot of baseball games.

My father wanted to be a business manager.

Somebody climbed through a window last night.

Susans brother found something strange at the weekend.

He had a stomachache last Sunday.

You brought a lot of red sweaters last week.

They came back from Japan a month ago.

SIMPLE PAST TENSE: NEGATIVE FORM

They didnt understand the message.

You didnt arrive on time to the conference.

Henry didnt have enough time to share with his family.

Mike didnt give me all my books.

Ellen didnt find the best job for her.

Steve didnt go to the discotheque because he was sick.

Jane didnt switch off the lights of the garden.

Cinthya didnt remember her appointment with Peter.

They didnt catch the main idea of the new ad.

SIMPLE PAST TENSE: INTERROGATIVE FORM

Did you go to the theater yesterday?

Did you buy a lot of leather bags?

Did Rachel take some pictures during the trip?

Did Dr. Smith forget to give me the prescription?

Did he get up early yesterday?

Did you do the housework without any help?

Did Paul find my wallet on the first floor?

WH-QUESTIONS WITH PAST TENSE

What did you do two days ago?

Who did you hire to?

When did You arrive ?

Where did they go yesterday night?

How did you feel yesterday?

What did she bring for lunch?

Why did He call for a meeting?

What did they buy as souvenirs?

REMEMBER: Whe we ask questions we always use the

base form of the Verbs and the auxiliary DID

PAST TIME EXPRESSIONS

REGULAR VERBS

We only add ed to the regular Verbs and we get the Past of them

Accept Contain Grant Mention

Advise Arrive Happen Include

Answer Check Hire Last

Accede Complain Imagine Listen

Admit Copy Exchange Look

Advertise Decide Help Lower

Allow Develop Import Number

Annoy Earn Increase Offer

Approve Employ Invite Produce

Believe Enjoy Join Open

change Follow Like Permit

close Gain Live Promise

REGULAR VERBS

VERBS IN PAST

Reach Suggest

Refer Travel

Remember Trust

Report Wait

Talk Want

Thank Watch

Translate Worry

Try Use

Save Visit

Sign Walk

study work

IRREGULAR VERBS

PRESENT PAST PRESENT PAST

Begin Began Drive Drove

Break Broke Eat Ate

Bring Brought Fall Fell

Buy Bought Feel Felt

Catch Caught Fight Fought

Come Came Find Found

Choose Chose Forbid Forbade

Deal Dealt Forget Forgot

Do Did Forgive Forgave

Dream Dreamt Get Got

Drink Drank Give Gave

PRESENT PAST PRESENT PAST

Go Went Meet Met

Have Had Mistake Mistook

Hear Heard Overcome Overcame

Keep Kept Pay Paid

Know Knew Read Read(red)

Lead (liderar) Led Say Said

Learn Learnt See Saw

Leave Left Sell Sold

Lend Lent Send Sent

Lose Lost Speak Spoke

Make Made Sleep Slept

IRREGULAR VERBS

PRESENT PAST PRESENT PAST

Tell Told Understand Understood

Think Thought Undertake Undertook

Spend Spent Understand Understood

Swear Swore win Won

Take Took Write Wrote

Teach Taught Withdraw Withdrew

SENTENCES IN PAST

I had an important meeting yesterday.

They heard bad news about ITF Company.

My boss chose Alberts campaign to launch the product.

Mr Collins came back from Prague yesterday morning.

They brought all the reports to my house.

Use Yes-No questions :

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CONCLUSIONES Y/O ACTIVIDADES DE

INVESTIGACIN SUGERIDAS

o Focus on the Past tense and the formation of the sentences.

o To make questions in Past tense we need the auxiliary DID

and for making negative form we use the auxiliary DIDNT.

o Use the Wh-questions to ask for precise information that

hapenned in the past.

o Pay attention to the use of Verb To be in Past and conjugate

it appropriately.

o Check pages: 115-134 /

THANK YOU