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Hand out 6

 Lexical
theme: Dream holiday
 Grammar: Past Simple
Read the text and translate.

In the right place but at the wrong time

Kelly, 26, TV journalist from Belfast. ‗Three years ago I broke


up with my boyfriend and I decided to go on holiday on my own to
the Seychelles. My travel agent told me that it was a wonderful
place. But he didn‘t tell me that it was also a very popular place for
people on their honeymoon.

The travel agent also said it was always sunny there – but it was
cloudy and windy. To pass the time I decided to do a diving course.
But it was a complete disaster because the first time I went under
the water I had a panic attack. I couldn‘t escape from the island so
I spent an incredibly boring two weeks in ‗paradise‘.
The Simple Past
Tense

 Form (structure)
 Meaning & Use
How do we make the
simple past tense . . . ?
English has 2 types of
verbs in the past tense:  taught
 walked
 Regular verbs  studied
 Irregular verbs  gave

Look at the  became


following list of  cried
past tense verbs…  lived
which verbs are
regular, and  did
which are
Regular verbs are verbs that
….
…end with –
ed
Simple Form Past Tense
Walk
Study
Cry
Live
Irregular verbs are verbs
that...
…DON’T end with –ed
Some Irregular Verbs
have a vowel change in the past
tense:
Simple Form Past
Tense
become became
give gave
drive drove
forget forgot
Other Irregular Verbs
have a different kind of change:

Simple Past
teach taught
bring
brought
leave left
hear heard
buy bought
And Some Irregular Verbs
don’t change at all . . .

Simple Past
hit hit
put put
set set

The children set the table every Sunday.


The children set the table last night.
For regular verbs, simply use the –ed form
of the verb in a positive sentence.

When I was a child, I ___________ the piano.

Donna ______________ and _______________ in


Paris when she was younger.
For irregular verbs, use the correct
past tense form in positive
sentences.

Last week, I ___________ you a letter.

William _____________ to San Francisco


last week. He __________ all the great
sites there.
For negative sentences, USE

I went to work yesterday.


Carl didn’t go to work
because he was sick.
Exception =
Verb BE!
The verb be is special.
Never use DID NOT or DIDN’T
with the verb BE. Instead, just
use:
Meaning & Use
In what situations do English speakers
use
the simple past tense?
 Completed actions in the past
What are some common time
expressions used with the past tense?

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