Simple Past

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PART I: The -ed ending

• Let’s start off by reviewing how to add the different Endings to a word.
• Then we can review the pronunciation of the regular past forms with he following handout:
  • How to pronounce the -ed ending

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PART II: Simple Past

We shall look at and discuss the following presentation on the Simple Past structure and use in class:

Alternatively, you can download the PDF file here.

Here you have a Past Simple Forms exercise with the irregular verbs that we’ll use this year.

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• • EXERCISES:

• • • Was or Were?
    • Positive Sentences in Simple Past
    • Answer Questions in Simple Past
    • Negative Sentences in Simple Past
    • Questions in Simple Past
    • Questions with Interrogatives in Simple Past
    • Mixed Exercise in Simple Past
    • Pool of exercises
    • Goldilocks and the three bears: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3
    • Exercise on the text “Chicago”
    • Exercise on the text “Oxford”
    • Irregular Verbs
  • • Irregular past forms pronunciation
  • SONGS:
    • Head over feet (Alanis Morissette) – Past Simple
    • I Knew You Were Trouble (Taylor Swift) – Simple past forms
    • Caught in the middle (A1) – Irregular past forms
    • My Happy Ending (Avril Lavigne) – Past forms (A1-A2)
  • TESTS:
    • Simple Past: Level 1, Level 2, Level 3