7th Grade English: 15-19 February: The Preterit or Simple Past tense

Past Simple of regular verbs
Present Simple: I talk to my sister everyday.
Lead in to past simple:Yesterday, I talked to her.

T: I visited her. We watched TV. She cooked lunch. We listened to music.

This is the same for all people and pronouns

The Simple Past: Regular Verbs

Regular verbs make their past tense by adding - d, - ed,
or (if the verb ends in a consonant + y), changing the y
to i and then adding - ed.
Examples:

Add -d:		baked, cared, eased, filed, greased, hated, liked, piled, raced, seized, smiled, typed, wheezed, whined

Change y to i and add -ed:		apply / applied; bury / buried; cry / cried; fry / fried; hurry / hurried; marry / married; pry / pried; spy / spied try / tried vary / varied worry / worried

Add -ed:		other regular verbs: asked, belonged, clapped, dialed, filled, guessed, hopped, looked, marked, needed, pulled, reached, started, touched, viewed, washed, yelled, zipped

Simple of regular verbs
T: I sometimes walk in the park.
S: You walked in the park yesterday.

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Past Simple of irregular verbs
present simple: I have lunch at 12 every day.
Lead in to past simple: Yesterday I had lunch at 12.

T: Yesterday I spoke to a friend. We went to the movies. We saw Eclipse. My friend ate popcorn. I drank soda.
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Past Simple of irregular verbs
T: I usually drink orange juice for breakfast. S: Yesterday you drank orange juice.
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Past Simple – Negative forms
Say, 'Yesterday I talked to John. I didn't talk to Sarah.' alternating between affirmative and negative statements:
Sarah had lunch at 12. She didn’t have lunch at one. You went to the gym yesterday. You didn’t go to the movies.
And so on with all persons, singular and plural.
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ACTIVITY:
http://www.satriwit3.ac.th/files/1107091010014247_13101512123153.pdf Pages 2 and 3
1.   John visits his parents every week.
2.   The wind blows furiously.
3.   The boy stands on the burning deck.
4.   She looks beautiful.
5.   She sings very well indeed.
6.   The woman’s voice shakes with emotion.
7.   He bears a grudge against his landlord.
8.   He feels sorry for his ignorance.
9.   A portrait of Abraham Lincoln hangs on the wall.
10.   He wears away his youth in trifles.
11.   The boy runs down the street at top speed.
12.   The books lie scattered on the floor.
13.   She lays her books on the table.
14.   They bid me farewell.
15.   The coward lies in order to escape punishment.
16.   What strikes me is the originality of the writer.
17.   The kite flies gaily into the air.
18.   They get along fairly well.
19.   In a fit of fury, she tears up the letter.
20.   I know him for an American.
Answers
1.   John visited his parents every week.
2.   The wind blew furiously.
3.   The boy stood on the burning deck.
4.   She looked beautiful.
5.   She sang very well indeed.
6.   The woman’s voice shook with emotion.
7.   He bore a grudge against his landlord.
8.   He felt sorry for his ignorance.
9.   A portrait of Abraham Lincoln hung on the wall.
10.   He wore away his youth in trifles.
11.   The boy ran down the street at top speed.
12.   The books lay scattered on the floor.
13.   She laid her books on the table.
14.   They bade me farewell.
15.   The coward lied in order to escape punishment.
16.   What struck me is the generosity of the writer.
17.   The kite flew gaily into the air.
18.   They got along fairly well.
19.   In a fit of fury, she tore up the letter.
20.   I knew him for an American.

Read more at http://www.englishpractice.com/grammar/present-tense-exercise/#UwHVM0PJ0pfiQiTa.99

http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/english/pdfs/converting_passages_into_different_tenses.pdf

Comprehensive List of Irregular Verbs

Infinitive	Simple Present	Simple Past	Past Participle	Present Participle
to arise	arise(s)	arose	arisen	arising
to awake	awake(s)	awoke orawaked	awaked orawoken	awaking
to be	am, is, are	was, were	been	being
to bear	bear(s)	bore	borne orborn	bearing
to beat	beat(s)	beat	beaten	beating
to become	become(s)	became	become	becoming
to begin	begin(s)	began	begun	beginning
to bend	bend(s)	bent	bent	bending
to bet	bet(s)	bet	bet	betting
to bid [to offer]	bid(s)	bid	bid	bidding
to bid [to command]	bid(s)	bade	bidden	bidding
to bind	bind(s)	bound	bound	binding
to bite	bite(s)	bit	bitten or bit	biting
to blow	blow(s)	blew	blown	blowing
to break	break(s)	broke	broken	breaking
to bring	bring(s)	brought	brought	bringing
to build	build(s)	built	built	building
to burst	burst(s)	burst	burst	bursting
to buy	buy(s)	bought	bought	buying
to cast	cast(s)	cast	cast	casting
to catch	catch(es)	caught	caught	catching
to choose	choose(s)	chose	chosen	choosing
to cling	cling(s)	clung	clung	clinging
to come	come(s)	came	come	coming
to cost	cost(s)	cost	cost	costing
to creep	creep(s)	crept	crept	creeping
to cut	cut(s)	cut	cut	cutting
to deal	deal(s)	dealt	dealt	dealing
to dig	dig(s)	dug	dug	digging
to dive	dive(s)	dived ordove	dived	diving
to do	do(es)	did	done	doing
to draw	draw(s)	drew	drawn	drawing
to dream	dream(s)	dreamed or dreamt	dreamed ordreamt	dreaming
to drink	drink(s)	drank	drunk	drinking
to drive	drive(s)	drove	driven	driving
to eat	eat(s)	ate	eaten	eating
to fall	fall(s)	fell	fallen	falling
to feed	feed(s)	fed	fed	feeding
to feel	feel(s)	felt	felt	feeling
to fight	fight(s)	fought	fought	fighting
to find	find(s)	found	found	finding
to flee	flee(s)	fled	fled	fleeing
to fling	fling(s)	flung	flung	flinging
to fly	flies, fly	flew	flown	flying
to forbid	forbid(s)	forbade orforbad	forbidden	forbidding
to forget	forget(s)	forgot	forgotten orforgot	forgetting
to forgive	forgive(s)	forgave	forgiven	forgiving
to forsake	forsake(s)	forsook	forsaken	forsaking
to freeze	freeze(s)	froze	frozen	freezing
to get	get(s)	got	got or gotten	getting
to give	give(s)	gave	given	giving
to go	go(es)	went	gone	going
to grow	grow(s)	grew	grown	growing
to hang [to suspend]	hang(s)	hung	hung	hanging
to have	has, have	had	had	having
to hear	hear(s)	heard	heard	hearing
to hide	hide(s)	hid	hidden	hiding
to hit	hit(s)	hit	hit	hitting
to hurt	hurt(s)	hurt	hurt	hurting
to keep	keep(s)	kept	kept	keeping
to know	know(s)	knew	known	knowing
to lay	lay(s)	laid	laid	laying
to lead	lead(s)	led	led	leading
to leap	leap(s)	leaped orleapt	leaped orleapt	leaping
to leave	leave(s)	left	left	leaving
to lend	lend(s)	lent	lent	lending
to let	let(s)	let	let	letting
to lie [to rest or recline]	lie(s)	lay	lain	lying
to light	light(s)	lighted orlit	lighted or lit	lighting
to lose	lose(s)	lost	lost	losing
to make	make(s)	made	made	making
to mean	mean(s)	meant	meant	meaning
to pay	pay(s)	paid	paid	paying
to prove	prove(s)	proved	proved orproven	proving
to quit	quit(s)	quit	quit	quitting
to read	read(s)	read	read	reading
to rid	rid(s)	rid	rid	ridding
to ride	ride(s)	rode	ridden	riding
to ring	ring(s)	rang	rung	ringing
to rise	rise(s)	rose	risen	rising
to run	run(s)	ran	run	running
to say	say(s)	said	said	saying
to see	see(s)	saw	seen	seeing
to seek	seek(s)	sought	sought	seeking
to send	send(s)	sent	sent	sending
to set	set(s)	set	set	setting
to shake	shake(s)	shook	shaken	shaking
to shine [to glow]	shine(s)	shone	shone	shining
to shoot	shoot(s)	shot	shot	shooting
to show	show(s)	showed	shown orshowed	showing
to shrink	shrink(s)	shrank	shrunk	shrinking
to sing	sing(s)	sang	sung	singing
to sink	sink(s)	sank orsunk	sunk	sinking
to sit	sit(s)	sat	sat	sitting
to slay	slay(s)	slew	slain	slaying
to sleep	sleep(s)	slept	slept	sleeping
to sling	sling(s)	slung	slung	slinging
to sneak	sneak(s)	sneaked orsnuck	sneaked orsnuck	sneaking
to speak	speak(s)	spoke	spoken	speaking
to spend	spend(s)	spent	spent	spending
to spin	spin(s)	spun	spun	spinning
to spring	spring(s)	sprang orsprung	sprung	springing
to stand	stand(s)	stood	stood	standing
to steal	steal(s)	stole	stolen	stealing
to sting	sting(s)	stung	stung	stinging
to stink	stink(s)	stank orstunk	stunk	stinking
to stride	stride(s)	strode	stridden	striding
to strike	strike(s)	struck	struck	striking
to strive	strive(s)	strove	striven	striving
to swear	swear(s)	swore	sworn	swearing
to sweep	sweep(s)	swept	swept	sweeping
to swim	swim(s)	swam	swum	swimming
to swing	swing(s)	swung	swung	swinging
to take	take(s)	took	taken	taking
to teach	teach(es)	taught	taught	teaching
to tear	tear(s)	tore	torn	tearing
to tell	tell(s)	told	told	telling
to think	think(s)	thought	thought	thinking
to throw	throw(s)	threw	thrown	throwing
to understand	understand(s)	understood	understood	understanding
to wake	wake(s)	woke orwaked	waked orwoken	waking
to wear	wear(s)	wore	worn	wearing
to weave	weave(s)	wove orweaved	woven orwove	weaving
to weep	weep(s)	wept	wept	weeping
to wring	wring(s)	wrung	wrung	wringing
to write	write(s)	wrote	written	writing

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15-19 February: The Preterit or Simple Past tense

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