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Tense
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Question!
- When was the last
time you had your
hair cut?
- Last month.
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Actions that happened
and completed in the
past
PastSimple
Present
Past Future
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Formof
verbused:
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Pastsimpleformisthesamewithallsubjects.
drank a lot of water yesterday.
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We
She
You
They
It
First,secondandthirdperson.Singularandplural.

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Only“beverb”hasdifferentformswithsubjects.
was there on time.
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We
She
You
They
It
were there on time.
Singular Plural
EXCEPTION

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✓ yesterday
✓ last week, month, year
✓ last Sunday, Monday, etc..
✓ last January, February, etc..
✓ in 2000, etc.
✓ (two years, hours, etc...) ago
✓ When (she was a child)
These time expressions express past time
Time
Expressions
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Herearesomeexamples:.
I visited the doctor last week .
We finished the project two days ago.
When I was young, I wanted to be a pilot.
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1. They moved to this city last year.
2. Yesterday, Nadia presented her project in class.
3. My friend bought a new car in 2021.
4. We started online classes in November .
5. When I was a child, my family lived in Thailand.
6. I didn’t wash my car on Friday.
7. Did you learn French when you were in Paris?

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Regular&IrregularVerbs
Regular verbs:
Verbs have
different forms.
Irregular Verbs
Add -ed or -d to
the verb.
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Base
Verb
Past
Tense
Past
Participle
bet bet bet
cost cost cost
cut cut cut
hit hit hit
hurt hurt hurt
let let let
bet bet bet
shut shut shut
Irregular verbs
Group 1:
All three forms are the same.
Past participles are used just like adjectives.
Examples:
He was finished with the project.
The cookies were baked fresh this morning.
She has burned dinner before.
I have lived an interesting life

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Irregular verbs
lose lost lost
shoot shot shot
get got got
light lit lit
sit sat sat
Group 2:
2nd and 3rd forms are the same.
bring brought brought
buy bought bought
fight fought fought
think thought thought
pay paid paid
make made made
sell sold sold
tell told told
catch caught caught
teach taught taught
feel felt felt
leave left left
meet met met
keep kept kept
sleep slept slept

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Irregular verbs Group 2:
2nd and 3rd forms are the same.
stand stood stood
understand understood understood
lend lent lent
send sent sent
spend spent spent
build built built
find found found
have had had
hear heard heard
hold held held
read read read
say said said

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Irregular verbs
drive drove driven
ride rode ridden
rise rose risen
write wrote written
Group 3:
The 3 forms are different.
break broke broken
choose chose chosen
speak spoke spoken
wake woke woken
blow blew blown
grow grew grown
know knew known
fly flew flown
bite bit bitten
hide hid hidden

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Irregular verbs Group 3:
The 3 forms are different.
eat ate eaten
fall fell fallen
forget forgot forgotten
give gave given
see saw seen
take took taken
draw drew drawn
show showed shown
wear wore worn
tear tore torn
begin began begun
drink drank drunk
swim swam swum
ring rang rung
sing sang sung

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