PAST TENSE

 PAST TENSE 

OBJECTIVE

By the end of the lesson, students should be able to express ideas in past tense

WARM UP

Link the columns (Une las columnas)

Battle of Boyaca                                                 (          )         1783

Armero´s disaster                                               (          )         1873

Foundation of Inobasol                                       (          )         1914

Discovery of America                                          (          )        1939

Twins towers attack                                            (          )         1819

Independence of Colombia                                 (          )         1985

Second World War                                              (          )         1983

First Junior´s championship title                          (          )         1951

Popayan´s earthquake                                        (          )         2001

Simon Bolivar´s birth                                           (          )         1492

                                                                            (          )        1942

                                                                            (          )        1810

                                                                            (          )        1977

GRAMMAR

Qué voy a aprender?

Simple Past is one of the English tenses and it refers to actions that are taken place before present time. It’s common to use it to tell short or long stories, or simply to tell others what you did last night. To start using it, let me tell you that verbs classify into two categories: regular and irregular. Regular verbs have rules to form its past form and irregular verbs have a fixed form, which we have to learn by heart. (El pasado simple es uno de los tiempos verbales del inglés y se refiere a acciones que sucedieron antes del tiempo presente. Es común usarlo para contar historias cortas o largas, o simplemente para contarle a otros que hiciste anoche. Para empezar a usarlo, déjame decirte que los verbos se clasifican en dos categorías: regulares e irregulares. Los verbos regulares tienen reglas para formar su pasado y los verbos irregulares tienen una forma fija, la cual hay que aprender de memoria.)

 


Taken from https://anaseslblog.blogspot.com/2019/09/the-most-common-irregular-verbs-in.html

 

On the previous picture you can see the most common irregular verbs, both in its present form and its past form. The good thing about this is that past forms are used along with all the pronouns, but you must also know that this form is only used in affirmative sentences. Look at the following examples: (En la imagen anterior, puedes ver los verbos irregulares más comunes, tanto en su forma de presente como en su forma de pasado. Lo bueno de esto es que las formas pasadas se usan con todos los pronombres, pero también debes saber que esta forma sólo se usa en oraciones afirmativas. Mira los siguientes ejemplos:)


Examples:

  • I wrote a letter to my sister. (Yo le escribí una carta a mi madre)
  • Rony learnt how to drive a year ago. (Rony aprendió a conducir hace un año)
  • You made dinner last night. (Tú hiciste la cena anoche)
  • She ran fifteen kilometers last week. (Ella corrió quince kilómetros la semana pasada)
  • We saw a movie together. (Vimos una película juntos)
  • My dog is naughty. It ate all my food. (Mi perro es travieso. Se comió toda mi comida) 
  • They came late to the meeting. (Ellos llegaron tarde a la reunión)
  • He got good grades at English. (Él obtuvo buenas notas en inglés)

 

Now let’s talk about questions. They have something in particular: we use an only auxiliary verb: DID and also, every verb is used in its present form. The structure is the same than the one used in Simple Present. Look at the following picture: (Ahora hablemos de las preguntas. Tienen algo en particular: usamos sólo un verbo auxiliar: DID y también, cada verbo se usa en su forma presente. La estructura es la misma que la que se usa en Presente Simple. Mira la siguiente imagen:) 


                   Taken from https://tomi.digital/es/57707/past-simple-wh-questions?utm_source=google&utm_medium=seo

Examples: 

  • Did you write a letter around these days? (¿Escribiste una carta en estos días?)
  • What did you eat last night? (¿Qué comiste anoche?)
  • What did you drink last night? (¿Qué bebiste anoche?)
  • Where did you go last weekend? (¿A dónde fuiste la semana pasada?)
  • Did you run this week? (¿Corriste esta semana?)
  • What did you learn this month? (¿Qué aprendiste el mes pasado?)

 ACTIVITIES

Práctico lo que aprendí

Estos ejercicios deberán ser resueltos antes del fin del plazo para la presente guía y entregados, única y exclusivamente, por alguno de los siguientes medios:


Ejercicio 5: Completa cada oración con el verbo correspondiente en pasado.

a.                  Robert ______ too early to the party (come)

b.                  My brother _____ his money to my uncle (give)

c.                   She _____ cookies for everybody (make)

d.                  Andrew _____ the Bus 4 to the center town (take)

e.                   García Márquez _____ “Cien años de soledad” (write)

f.                    Henry _____ the first place on the marathon (get)

g.                  Lucas _____ all the juice in the fridge (drink)

h.                  My mother and I _____ to the shopping mall yesterday (go)



Ejercicio 6: Responde las siguientes preguntas.

a.                  Where did you go last weekend?

b.                  What did you eat last night?

c.                   What did you learn this month?




Read the following text.

Last summer, Joel and Sara travelled to England for two weeks. They travelled in August and stayed in college with other students in Brighton, the south of England. It was really fantastic because they talked to a lot about of  students of different nationalities and learned a lot about other cultures and customs. Of course, they learned a lot of English too because they practiced it every day. In the morning they studied a little, they asked the teacher to speak slowly when necessary and answered her questions. In the afternoon, they visited different places or played different sports at the college. It was so much fun. They often walked down to the beach with their new friends and played or chatted. In the evening, they were tired so they sometimes watched videos or played board games.

The best days were Saturday and Sunday because they travelled to London. The city is very big and they visited all the monuments like Big Ben, the London Eye, and Buckingham Palace. They wanted to see the Queen, but they didn´t see her, only her guards.

They liked everything in the city, but their favorite  thing was the museums, especially Madam Tussards. There were  lots of realistic figures of famous people there.

At the end of the two weeks, they were sad to return home. The holidays were fun and different from usual. They cried a little when they waved goodbye to their new friends and promised to write or  send emails when they arrived home.  

   

True or False. Correct the false ones

1. Joel and Sara travelled to England for three weeks.

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2. They stayed in the college

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3. Bringthon is in the North of England

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4. They asked the teacher to speak fast

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5. They sometimes walked to the beach

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Write the following sentences in negative and interrogative form

 

1. There were many people on the beach

Neg______________________________________________________________

 

Interrogative _____________________________________________________

2. He enjoyed the trip

 

Negative ____________________________________________________________

 

Interrogative ________________________________________________________

 

3. She was in London

 

Negative ____________________________________________________________

 

Interrogative ________________________________________________________

 

4. They stayed in the college

 

Negative ____________________________________________________________

 

Interrogative ________________________________________________________

 

5. Their favorite thing was the museums

 

Negative ___________________________________________________________

 

Interrogative _______________________________________________________

 

 

Answer the following questions

 

1. What did Joel and Sara do in the afternoo ? __________________________

 

2. Did they learn a lot of new things? __________________________________

 

3. What did they like the best? ________________________________________

 

4. What did they visit in the capital? ___________________________________

 

5. Did they see the Queen? ____________________________________________


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