Teacher Sasha

                                                  TIME

e.g.: I was 6 in 2005

                                                                                                       past                        I              future

now

(we are here)

 Present(now)

1)The Oxford Castle IS  a shopping centre now. 2)The Moshulu IS a luxury restaurant now. 3)The Musee d’Orsay

IS an art gallery now.

4)The Smolny Institute

IS the office of the Governor now.

Past

1)But it WAS a prison in the past 2)But it WAS a sailing ship in the past. 3)But it WAS a train station 4)But it WAS a school for rich girls.

USE

The past tense is used for actions in a time which has already   happened.

For example:

My hair was red when I was a girl, but it’s grey now.

Time expressions(hints):

•Yesterday

•last (night, month, week, Thursday, year)

•(a week, two days) ago.

                                                                                                You                        were                          You                        weren’t

                                                                                                 He\she\it               was                           He\she\it               wasn’t

                                                                                                We\you\they       were                          We\you\they       weren’t

Was                         I?                              

Were                      you?

Was                  he\she\it?

Were               we\you\they?

-wh questions

Who      go What       I   do

When did     you                play ?

Where                he\she\it see

How                                          fight

1     2                        3     4

"be" -wh questions

3)               one vowel + one           

4)               anything else including W________ > add  ^{"-ed"  "-ed"}

Let’s practice !!!

Your task is to write the Past Simple of these verbs in the correct column.

Laugh, tidy, stay, plan, hate, cry, love, study, dance, kiss, watch, change, enjoy, try, live, prefer, cook, work,

walk

1) +ed ----->

2)+d ------->

3)y^→i + ed ---->

4(Double consonant + ed ------->