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Chapter 5, Book 3B
Primary Longman Express
Past tense
Past tense
When we talk about something that
happened in the past (e.g. yesterday),
we use the past tense.
I played football yesterday.
I cooked a meal yesterday.
I planted some trees yesterday.
Past tense
We usually put ed on the the verb to
form the past form.
play
played
kick
kicked
pull
pulled
Practice
Present tense
Past tense
climb
climbed
pull
pulled
kick
kicked
bake
baked
jump
jumped
Past tense
If there is no action in a sentence, we
use ‘was’ or ‘were’ as the verb.
am / is / are  was / were
I was short.
You were fat.
Different forms of the verb be:
Present
tense
I
am
He / She
/ It
They /
You / We
is
are
Past
tense
was
were
Practice
was
1. I _______
(be) happy last week.
were (be) hungry
2. They _______
yesterday.
was (be) Sports Day last
3. It _______
Friday.
were (be) lazy last year.
4. We _______
Past tense
Sometimes we have to repeat the last
letter before ed.
drop
dropped
hop
hopped
skip
skipped
If the verb end with the letter y, we have
to change it into ied in its past form.
tidy
tidied
cry
cried
carry
carried
study
studied
However, there are some exceptions:
play
enjoy
played
enjoyed
When we see the following words, we
have to use the past tense.
Hint words:
yesterday
last night
last Sunday
last year
… ago
yesterday
last night
last year
50 years ago
last Sunday
Now
Now you try.
drop my food
dropped my food yesterday.
I ________
visit my grandparents
visited my grandparents last
I _______
Sunday.
cry
cried
My brother _________
last night.
Practice
1. Tom ______
was (be) 5 years old last year.
2. Sam and Ken ______
skipped (skip) yesterday.
3. Mary ______
studied (study) last night.
was (be) Games Day last Sunday.
4. It ______
watched (watch) TV last night.
5. We _________
played (play) basketball yesterday.
6. I ______
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