Wednesday, 19 December 2012

Topic 20



Topic 20    Simple Past Tense      (F3)        (Positive sentence + )

It is used to indicate the fact and habit in the past with a time expression.

(i)  Verb-to-be
          was          
          were

(ii)  Ordinary verb

       S     F3
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Forms of the verb
       F1                F2                 F3                  F4
       walk             walking          walked           walked
        eat              eating             ate               eaten

Time expressions:
       this morning
       just now
       yesterday / yesterday morning              (yesterday)
       last night
       last week / month / year                      (last)
       last Tuesday / June
       a few days ago                                    (ago)   

        Tina was here a few minutes ago.
        I was very hungry just now.
        The men were noisy yesterday.
        You were angry last Monday.
        Paul and I were naughty this morning.
        The pupils were lazy last year.
         Henry was sad last week.

       I walked to town yesterday.
       They played kites here last Sunday.
       You talked too much in class yesterday morning.
       Yalee sang loudly at home last Tuesday.
        My little sister cried a lot last night.
        Jean and I watched television together yesterday.
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Topic 20               Simple Past Tense
Exercise  91
Fill in the blanks with the Simple Past Tense.
1.  John ______________ (meet) his uncle yesterday.
2.  I _______________ (paint) the gate yesterday.
3.  The children _____________ (get) up late yesterday.
4.  The dog _______________ (bark) loudly yesterday.
5.  You and Henry  ______________ (run) about happily yesterday.
6.  My mother ______________ (go) shopping last Sunday.
7.  San San and I ______________ ( laugh) happily yesterday.
8.  Hui Hui and her friends ___________ (walk) home yesterday.
9.  Aminah ______________ (talk) a lot yesterday.
10. The hamster ______________ (eat) a lot yesterday.

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