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Tenses of Verbs

The document discusses the simple past tense in English. It defines the simple past tense as expressing actions that have already occurred in the past. It provides examples of regular and irregular past tense verb formations. For regular verbs, the -ed ending is added. Irregular verbs have unique past forms that are memorized. It also discusses using time markers like "yesterday" and "last night" with past tense verbs to indicate when the action took place.

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Tenses of Verbs

The document discusses the simple past tense in English. It defines the simple past tense as expressing actions that have already occurred in the past. It provides examples of regular and irregular past tense verb formations. For regular verbs, the -ed ending is added. Irregular verbs have unique past forms that are memorized. It also discusses using time markers like "yesterday" and "last night" with past tense verbs to indicate when the action took place.

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OBJECTIVES:

1. use the simple past tense correctly;


2. write about actions and events in the past;
3. do the different tasks related to the simple
past tense
• Verbs have tense. Tense is the time
expressed by a verb. Past tense means the
action has already taken place. Time
markers used are the following words:
yesterday, last night, a few minutes ago etc.
• The simple past and past perfect tenses are
both used to refer to actions which have
already occurred in the past. The simple past
tense is used to express action or state of
being that happened at some definite past
time while the past perfect tense expresses an
action that was completed before another past
action. It also shows an action that occurred
for a period of time in the past.
Verbs may be categorized as either regular or irregular
verbs. To form the regular verb: make some changes in the
spelling particularly the vowels
EXAMPLES: REGULAR VERBS + D
dance + d = danced
combine + d = combined
love + d = loved
use + d = used
smile + d = smiled
file + d =filed
slice + d = sliced
live + d = lived
retire + d = retired
REGULAR VERBS + ED
walk + ed = walked
paint + ed =painted
look + ed = looked
play + ed = played
clean + ed = cleaned
brush + ed = brushed
touch + ed = touched
climb + ed = climbed
spray + ed = sprayed
print + ed = printed
To form the IRREGULAR VERB; make
some changes in the spelling particularly
the vowels.
IRREGULAR VERBS PAST FORM
• go went
• shake shook
• strike struck
• buy bought
• Bite bit
• fly flew
• run ran
• choose chose
• speak spoke
• take took
• Be verbs, is and are, when used in the
past tense become was and were. Was is
used when the subject is singular. On the
other hand, were is used when the
subject is two or more.
Do not forget that time markers are also used in the simple past tense.

• TIME MARKERS are words such as


yesterday, last night, and a year ago are used
with verbs in the past tense.
PRESENT FORM PAST FORM
• I write a letter today. I wrote a letter yesterday.
• The boy rides his bicycle every day. The boy rode his bicycle a few minutes
ago.
• Baby Tina shakes the toy frequently. Baby Tina shook the toy just an hour ago.
• Terry goes to the cinema alone now. Terry went to the cinema alone last night.
OTHER TIME MARKERS:
• last year ago
• last Tuesday in 1985
• last month this morning
• last March the day before yesterday

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