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Inter American University of Puerto RicoGuayama
Campus

• Title V Cooperative Project
• Past Tense Module
• Prof. Marisol Piazza Aguirre

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Instructions

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Purpose

• This module proposes to expand the basic
  teaching-learning activities of English included
  in the Title V Cooperative Project Improving
  Academic Outcomes Through a Technology-Based
  Consortium Program for the Core Curriculum. The
  project is integrated by the Pontifical Catholic
  University of Puerto Rico in Ponce from where it
  is directed, the Arecibo, Mayagüez and Guayama
  Campuses, the School of Plastic Arts of Puerto
  Rico and Inter American University of Puerto
  Rico, Guayama Campus.

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Introduction

• One of the most important verb tenses an
  ESL student should master to communicate
  effectively in English orally as well as in
  written form is the Simple Past Tense.
• This module has been designed for all
  college students but specially for you students
  who are registered in the basic English as a
  Second Language I, GEEN 1101 course. In this
  module, you will study the rules of how to use
  the Simple Past.

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Objectives

• General Objective
• By the end of this module, the student
  will develop confidence and demonstrate knowledge
  using the Simple Past Tense correctly to express
  completed actions and to state past facts.
• Specific Objective
• At the end of this module, the student
  will use affirmative and negative sentences,
  direct questions, short yes/no answers,
  wh-questions (information questions) and answers
  giving pertinent information in the Simple Past
  Tense.

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Pre-Test

• Select the best answer.
• __ 1. The past tense of the regular verb work
  is ____.
• (A) worked (B) work (C) works
• __ 2. The past tense of the irregular verb go
  is _____.
• (A) gone (B) went (C) goes
• __ 3. Mayra and Miguel _____ a lot at their
  wedding
• last Saturday.
• (A) danced (B) dance (C) dancing
• __ 4. We ____ at the movies last night.
• (A) are (B) was (C) were
  
• __ 5. The tree _____ during the storm last month.
• (A) fall (B) fell (C)
  felt

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Pre-Test

• __ 6. Bob ____ alcohol at the party last weekend.
• (A) didnt drank (B) didnt drinked (C)
  didnt drink
• __ 7. Jeffrey ____ for his final exams last week.
• (A) didnt studyed (B) didnt studied
• (C) didnt study
• __ 8. We ____ fast foods last month.
• (A) didnt ate (B) didnt eat (C)
  didnt eated
• __ 9. Mrs. González _____ me the message
  yesterday.
• (A) didnt give (B) didnt gived (C)
  didnt gave
• __10. The house ____ on sale last year.
• (A) wasnt (B) werent (C) isnt

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Pre-Test

• __ 11. __ you ___ reservations for the hotel last
  month?
• (A) Did, make (B) Did, made (C) Did,
  maked
• __ 12. ___ your dog the winner of the most
  obedient dog contest
• last year?
• (A) Were (B) Was (C)
  Is
• __ 13. __ the students __ the new book for the
  English
• course?
• (A) Did, bought (B) Did, buyed (C)
  Did, buy
• __ 14. __ Mr. and Mrs. Soto __ their trip to
  Egypt last summer?
• (A) Did, enjoyed (B) Did, enjoy
  (C) Did, enjoied
• __ 15. ___ Ana and Robert honor students last
  semester ?
• (A) Are (B) Were (C) Was

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Pre-Test

• __ 16. What __ you __ this past weekend?
• (A) did, does (B) did, did (C)
  did, do
• __ 17. When ___ Alice ___ ?
• (A) was, born (B) were, born (C)
  is, born
• __ 18. Why __ the airplane ___ late last night?
• (A) did, arrived (B) does, arrive (C)
  did, arrive
• __ 19. Where __ Albert __ his car?
• (A) did, fixed (B) did, fix (C)
  does, fixed
• __ 20. Who __ you __ at the convention?
• (A) did, saw (B) did, seed (C)
  did, see

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Pre-Test Answer Key

• 1. A 11. A
• 2. B 12. B
• 3. A 13. C
• 4. C 14. B
• 5. B 15. B
• 6. C 16. C
• 7. C 17. A
• 8. B 18. C
• 9. A 19. B
• 10.A 20. C

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Pre-Test Evaluation

• Total Correct Answers
• 20 Excellent Go to the Post-Test.
• 19 Very Good Review the incorrect answer
  and
• go to the Post-Test.
• 18-12 Good Review the incorrect answers, study
  
• the rules presented in this
  module, do the
• practice exercises and then go
  to the Post-
• Test.
• 11 or You Need More Practice Study the
  module,
• less review the rules carefully and do
  the practice
• exercises. When you improve your
  score, you
• may go to the Post-Test.

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Past Tense Spelling Rules

• Regular Verbs
• -ed Spelling Rules
  
• __________________________________________________
  _________
• 1. Add -ed to most verbs.
  walk-walked
• __________________________________________________
  _________
• 2. Add -d to verbs that end in e.
  dance-danced
  
• __________________________________________________
  _________
• 3. When a verb has one syllable and
  stop-stopped
• ends in CVC, double the consonant
• and add -ed.
  
• But When a one syllable verb ends in
  fax-faxed
  
• w, x, or y dont double the last
• consonant, just add -ed.

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Past Tense Spelling Rules

• 4. When a verb ends in a consonant
  study-studied
• y change the y to i and add -ed..
• But When a verb ends in a vowel
  play-played
• y keep the y and add -ed.
• Remember C Consonant
• V Vowel
• CVC Consonant Vowel
  Consonant

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Simple Past Tense Rules

• Irregular Verbs
• Irregular Verbs are different from regular
  verbs, there are no rules for learning them. You
  must study the irregular verbs and learn or
  memorize them. There is an Irregular Verb List in
  the Appendix of your English course textbook. If
  you do not have a textbook, you may ask your
  English professors for a copy of the list or
  download one from the Internet at
• http//owl.english.purdue.edu

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Examples of Irregular Verbs

• Examples of Irregular Verbs
• Present
  Past
• be (am, is, are)
  was, were
• buy
  bought
• do/does
  did
• drink
  drank
• eat
  ate
• fall
  fell
• give
  gave
• go
  went
• make
  made
• see
  saw
• understand
  understood
• wear
  wore
• write
  wrote
• etc

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Simple Past Tense Time Expressions

• Past Tense Time Expressions
• Past Tense Time Expressions are words or
  phrases in sentences that indicate when the
  action occurred.
• Examples
• yesterday
  10 minutes ago
• yesterday morning 5
  days ago
• yesterday afternoon 3
  weeks ago
• yesterday evening 2
  Saturdays ago
• last night
  4 months ago
• last Friday
  7 years ago
• last week
  2 semesters ago

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Simple Past Tense Time Expressions

• Examples Continuation
• last weekend 2 winters
  ago
• last month in 1912
  
• last semester in the
  70s
• last year in the
  90s
• last summer in the
  year 1994
• last Christmas on
  December 25th, 2005
• etc

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Simple Past Tense Rules

• Affirmative Sentences
• In affirmative sentences you use the verb
  and the time expression in the past tense.
• Examples using Regular Verbs
• (study) 1. Sandra studied French last year.
• (enjoy) 2. We enjoyed our vacation on a
  cruise last summer.
• (wash) 3. Felipe washed the windows and
  screens yesterday.
• (watch) 4. I watched TV until late last
  night.
• (smile) 5. The children smiled when they
  saw the candy.

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Simple Past Tense Rules

• Affirmative Sentences Continuation
• Examples using Irregular Verbs
• (make) 1. My mother made lasagña last
  Saturday.
• (take) 2. The children took a nap after
  lunch.
• (is) 3. Danny was in Iraq five years
  ago.
• (are) 4. The teenagers were tired after
  their hiking trip.
• (give) 5. Prof. Torres gave his students
  a bonus for their
• great work on their
  research projects last week.

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Simple Past Tense Rules

• Negative Sentences
• There are two patterns you should consider
  for Negative sentences
• Pattern 1 For Regular and Irregular Verbs use
• Subject didnt Verb
  (basic form)
• Examples of Regular Verbs
• (study) 1. Sandra didnt study
  French last year.
• (wash) 2. Felipe didnt wash the
  windows and screens yesterday.
• Examples of Irregular Verbs
• (make) 1. My mother didnt make
  lasagna last Saturday.
• (take) 2. The children didnt
  take a nap after lunch.

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Simple Past Tense Rules

• Negative Sentences Continuation
• Pattern 2 For Verb Be use
• Subject wasnt or
  werent
• Examples
• (was) 1. Danny wasnt in Iraq
  five years ago.
• (were) 2. The teenagers werent
  tired after their hiking trip.
• Note Observe how Verb Be changes to the
  negative form.

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Simple Past Tense Rules

• Direct Questions and Yes/No Answers
• Study the following patterns and rules to
  learn how to make direct questions and give short
  answers in the past tense.
• Pattern 1
• Direct Questions (Regular Irregular Verbs)
• Did Subject Verb
  (basic form) ?
• Short Answers
• Yes, ___ did.
• No, ___ didnt.

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Simple Past Tense Rules

• Examples
• (study) 1. (Q) Did Sandra study French
  last year?
• (A) Yes, she did.
• No, she didnt.
• (take) 2. (Q) Did the children take a
  nap after lunch?
• (A) Yes, they did.
• No, they
  didnt.
• 
  
  Q Question/AAnswer

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Simple Past Tense Rules

• Direct Questions and Yes/No Answers Continuation
• Pattern 2
• Direct Questions and short answers with Verb
  Be
• 1. (Q) Was Subject ?
• (A) Yes, __ was.
• No, __ wasnt.
• 2. (Q) Were Subject ?
• (A) Yes, __ were.
• No, __ werent.

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Simple Past Tense Rules

• Examples
• (was) 1. (Q) Was Danny in Iraq five years
  ago?
• (A) Yes, he was.
• No, he wasnt.
• (were) 2. (Q) Were the teenagers tired after
  
• their hiking trip?
• (A) Yes, they were.
• No, they werent.

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Simple Past Tense Rules

• Wh-Questions and Answers
• Study the following patterns and rules to
  learn how to
• make wh-questions to ask for information.
  Observe that
• when you answer, you give information, you do
  not
• answer yes or no as in direct questions.
• Pattern 1
• Wh-Questions Regular and Irregular Verbs
• What
• When
• Where did Subject
  Verb (Basic form) ?
• Who
• Which
• Why
• How

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Simple Past Tense Rules

• Examples
• (study) 1. (Q) What did Sandra study last
  year?
• (A) She studied French.
• (take) 2. (Q) When did the children
  take a nap?
• (A) They took a nap
  after lunch.
• Observe When you ask questions in the past
  tense, the
• verb must be used in the basic form, but
  when
• you answer, the verb must be used in the
  past
• tense form.

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Simple Past Tense Rules

• Pattern 2
• Wh-Questions Verb Be
• What
• When
• Where was Subject ?
• Who were
• Which
• Why
• How

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Past Tense Rules

• Examples
• 1. (Q) Where was Danny five years
• ago?
• (A) He was in Iraq.
• 2. (Q) How were the teenagers after their
  
• hiking trip?
• (A) They were tired.

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Simple Past Tense Practice Exercise

• Select the best answer.
• __ 1. Teresa ___ absent from work last week.
• (A) is (B) was (C) were
• __ 2. I ___ violin at the school concert last
  Wednesday.
• (A) plaied (B) played (C) play
• __ 3. The students ____ a lot of oral
  presentations
• last semester.
• (A) gived (B) give (C) gave
• __ 4. It ___ all day yesterday.
• (A) rained (B) rain (C) raind
• __ 5. Miguel and Helen ___ in high school in
  1998.
• (A) are (B) was (C) were

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Simple Past Tense Practice Exercise

• __ 6. The cat ___ all its milk, I think it was
  not hungry.
• (A) didnt drank (B) didnt drinked
  (C) didnt drink
• __ 7. The students ___ their uniforms yesterday
  because it was
• Casual Day.
• (A) didnt weared (B) didnt wear
  (C) didnt wore
• __ 8. Carlos ____ at the meeting yesterday
  morning.
• (A) isnt (B) wasnt
  (C) werent
• __ 9. I ___ Peter at the basketball game last
  weekend.
• (A) didnt see (B) didnt saw
  (C) didnt seed
• __ 10. We ___ our trip to Canada because of the
  cold weather.
• (A) didnt enjoyed (B) didnt enjoied
  (C) didnt enjoy

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Simple Past Tense Practice Exercise

• __ 11. ___ you at the gym yesterday?
• (A) Were (B) Was
  (C) Are
• __ 12. ___ the tourists __ souvenirs?
• (A) Did, buy (B) Did, buyed
  (C) Did, bought
• __ 13. ___ the food ready when the guests
  arrived?
• (A) Were (B) Are
  (C) Was
• __ 14. ___ Bob and Betty ___ at the supermarket
  last night?
• (A) Did, stop (B) Did, stoped
  (C) Did, stopped
• __ 15. ___ Mr. Wilson ___ the recommendation
  letter yesterday?
• (A) Did, faxed (B) Did, fax
  (C) Did, faxxed

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Simple Past Tense Practice Exercise

• __ 16. When ___ José ___ the car?
• (A) did, washed (B) did, washet
  (C) did, wash
• __ 17. Who ___ the salmon? Its delicious!
• (A) made (B) make
  (C) maked
• __ 18. How ___ your job interview last Monday?
• (A) were (B) is
  (C) was
• __ 19. When ___ your father ___ you permission to
  drive his car?
• (A) did, gave (B) did, gived
  (C) did, give
• __ 20. Why ___ the people late to the activity
  last night?
• (A) were (B) are
  (C) be

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Simple Past Tense Practice Exercises Answer Key

• 1. B 11. A
• 2. B 12. A
• 3. C 13. C
• 4. A 14. A
• 5. C 15. B
• 6. C 16. C
• 7. B 17. A
• 8. B 18. C
• 9. A 19. C
• 10.C 20. A

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Practice Exercise Evaluation

• Total Correct Answers
• 20 Excellent Go to the Post-Test.
• 19 Very Good Review the incorrect answer
  and
• go to the Post-Test.
• 18-12 Good Review the incorrect answers,
  consult
• the module again and then go to the
  Post-
• Test.
• 11 or You Need More Practice Study the
  module,
• less review the rules carefully and do
  the practice
• exercises again. When you improve
  your
• score, you may go to the Post-Test.

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Post-Test

• Select the best answer.
• __ 1. The past tense of the regular verb work
  is ____.
• (A) worked (B) work (C) works
• __ 2. The past tense of the irregular verb go
  is _____.
• (A) gone (B) went (C) goes
• __ 3. Mayra and Miguel _____ a lot at their
  wedding
• last Saturday.
• (A) danced (B) dance (C) dancing
• __ 4. We ____ at the movies last night.
• (A) are (B) was (C) were
  
• __ 5. The tree _____ during the storm last month.
• (A) fall (B) fell (C)
  felt

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Post-Test

• __ 6. Bob ____ alcohol at the party last weekend.
• (A) didnt drank (B) didnt drinked (C)
  didnt drink
• __ 7. Jeffrey ____ for his final exams last week.
• (A) didnt studyed (B) didnt studied
• (C) didnt study
• __ 8. We ____ fast foods last month.
• (A) didnt ate (B) didnt eat (C)
  didnt eated
• __ 9. Mrs. González _____ me the message
  yesterday.
• (A) didnt give (B) didnt gived (C)
  didnt gave
• __10. The house ____ on sale last year.
• (A) wasnt (B) werent (C) isnt

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Post-Test

• __ 11. __ you ___ reservations for the hotel last
  month?
• (A) Did, make (B) Did, made (C) Did,
  maked
• __ 12. ___ your dog the winner of the most
  obedient dog contest
• last year?
• (A) Were (B) Was (C)
  Is
• __ 13. __ the students __ the new book for the
  English
• course?
• (A) Did, bought (B) Did, buyed (C)
  Did, buy
• __ 14. __ Mr. and Mrs. Soto __ their trip to
  Egypt last summer?
• (A) Did, enjoyed (B) Did, enjoy
  (C) Did, enjoied
• __ 15. ___ Ana and Robert honor students last
  semester ?
• (A) Are (B) Were (C) Was

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Post-Test

• __ 16. What __ you __ this past weekend?
• (A) did, does (B) did, did (C)
  did, do
• __ 17. When ___ Alice ___ ?
• (A) was, born (B) were, born (C)
  is, born
• __ 18. Why __ the airplane ___ late last night?
• (A) did, arrived (B) does, arrive (C)
  did, arrive
• __ 19. Where __ Albert __ his car?
• (A) did, fixed (B) did, fix (C)
  does, fixed
• __ 20. Who __ you __ at the convention?
• (A) did, saw (B) did, seed (C)
  did, see

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Post-Test Answer Key

• 1. A 11. A
• 2. B 12. B
• 3. A 13. C
• 4. C 14. B
• 5. B 15. B
• 6. C 16. C
• 7. C 17. A
• 8. B 18. C
• 9. A 19. B
• 10.A 20. C

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Post-Test Evaluation

• Total Correct Answers
• 20 Excellent Congratulations! You have
• successfully completed this
  module. You may
• work on a different module if
  necessary.
• 19 Very Good Review the incorrect answer.
  You
• may work on a different module if
  necessary.
• 18-12 Good Review the incorrect answers,
  review the
• areas of difficulty and take the
  Post-Test
• again.
• 11 or You Need More Practice I recommend that
  you
• less review the complete module and
  when you
• are ready, take the Post-Test
  again.

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Letter to the Student

• Congratulations ! You have completed the
  Simple Past module. If you still have questions
  concerning the rules, I advise you to review this
  module again. If you understand all of the rules
  and examples presented, you can work with a
  different module. Remember you learn by
  practicing, therefore use the Simple Past in your
  daily conversations and written work.