simple past

SIMPLE PAST

OBJECTIVE: To understand and use the past tense, to know the form of the regular and irregular past. Students will be able to use the past tense to tell about states that happened in the past.

THINGS THAT HAVE ALREADY HAPPENED!

Verbs are ACTION WORDS

—Here are some EXAMPLES: 

Run    

Talk 

The verbs in our sentences change when we talk about was has already happened.

—I walk  to school.               

 I walked to  school.

—I jump on my bed.             

I jumped  on my bed

Use:

We use the past tense to talk about:

• something that happened once in the past:

We went to Spain for our holidays.
They got home very late last night.

• something that happened again and again in the past:

We swam a lot while we were on holiday.
They always enjoyed visiting their friends.

I met my wife in 1983.

When I was a boy I walked a mile to school every day

You can also use the simple past to talk about a past state of being, such as the way someone felt about something. This is often expressed with the simple past tense of the verb to be and an adjective, noun, or prepositional phrase.

•       Wolfgang was proud of his hula hoop victory.
•         The contest was the highlight of his week.

—Can you see how we have change these verbs?

ADD: 
          ´´ED´´!

SOME SIGNALS WORDS FOR THE ´´PAST´´

—Verb ending in e only add...´´d´´

Don’t forget 

These rules help us to write in the past.

*I helped my mom to do the shopping.

*We looked the animals in the Zoo.

              

                     *They baked a birthday cake for their friend.

  * She saved a lollipop for me!

Well done you have worked really hard!

Try to use these rules in your writing!

Bibliografia

https://www.grammarly.com/blog/simple-past/

https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/english-grammar/past-simple