Vocabulary 07

1. anything 11. community 21. hill

2. anyway 12. damage 22. laugh
3. asleep 13. death 23. lazy
4. awesome 14. downtown 24. lend
5. ballpoint pen 15. earthquake 25. quickly
6. borrow 16. everything 26. smoke
7. building 17. exhausted 27. spread
8. burn 18. exhibit 28. steep
9. cathedral 19. flame 29. theater
10. climb 20. government 30. thirsty
 Grammar # 07

Simple Past Tense

The simple past tense is used to talk about activities or situations
that BEGAN and ENDED in the past (yesterday, last week, last
year, last night, two days ago, in 1984, …).

now
Examples:
 Everything WAS very dry.
past future
 You WEREN’T my teacher last year.
 Karina BOUGHT a new car.
X
 My parents DIDN’T BUY food.
 DID it RAIN yesterday?
 My friend WORKED last week.
 WAS I – he – she – it
BE
WERE we – you – they

IRREGULAR buy bought

S i m p l e P a s t Te n s e

think thought
Other verbs sleep slept
read read
stand stood
work worked
play played
REGULAR “-ED” FORMS
cook cooked
study studied
 Simple Past form of “BE”

I AM

WAS
He
She IS
It

We
You ARE WERE
They
 SUBJECT VERB “BE”
Structure of sentences using STATEMENT
I – he – she – it WAS complement
(+)
we – you – they WERE
SUBJECT VERB “BE”
NEGATIVE
I – he – she – it WAS NOT complement
“BE” (past form)

(-)
we – you – they WERE
YES / NO VERB “BE” SUBJECT
QUESTION
(?)
WAS
WERE
I – he – she – it
we – you – they
complement
?
I – he – she – it WAS
YES,
SHORT we – you – they WERE
ANSWERS I – he – she – it WASN’T
NO,
we – you – they WEREN’T
What
Who VERB “BE” SUBJECT
Wh- Where
QUESTION When
Why
WAS
WERE
I – he – she – it
we – you – they
?
How
 Applying the rules:

1. He is exhausted. 3. July and I are tired.

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2. I am thirsty. 4. The government is lazy.

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Structure of sentences using VERB (past form)
STATEMENT
regular and irregular verbs SUBJECT ATE Complement
(+)
WORKED
VERB (present)
NEGATIVE AUXILIARY VERB
SUBJECT NOT EAT
(-) DID
WORK
YES / NO VERB (present)
AUXILIARY VERB
QUESTION
(?) DID
SUBJECT EAT
WORK
?
SHORT YES, SUBJECT DID
ANSWERS NO, SUBJECT DIDN’T
What VERB (present)
Who
AUXILIARY VERB EAT
Wh- Where
SUBJECT WORK
QUESTION When DID
Why
How ?

1. Emily goes to school.
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2. I eat a turkey sandwich.
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Applying the rules:
3. My friends and I fly to Lima.
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4. My brother has an exam.
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 Verbs ending in… Double the consonant? PRESENT PAST FORM
smile  smiled
-e NO
hope  hoped
help  helped
2 consonants NO
learn  learned
rain  rained
2 vowels + 1 consonant NO
heat  heated
play  played
NO
enjoy  enjoyed
-y
worry  worried
NO
study  studied
stop stopped
YES 
1 syllable plan planned
*Except: X – W 
1 consonant + 1 vowel + 1 consonant fix fixed
visit  visited
NO
C–V–C offer  offered
2 syllables
admit  admitted
YES
prefer  preferred

1. They play soccer.
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2. I stop my car.
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Applying the rules:
3. We watch a movie.
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4. She studies Russian.
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