Lesson plan
The simple bast tense
what did you do yesterday?
Irregular verb
| Irregular verb | Example |
| No change in base form | put put cut cut |
| Deferent spelling from the base form | go went eat ate come came come came |
Regular verb
| Regular verb | Example |
| base form + ed | walk walked |
| verb ending in - e +d | like liked |
| verb ending a consonant +y change y i +ed | study studied |
| some verbs ending in a single consonant +the second last letter is a vowel double the last letter + ed | stop stopped |
Was - Were
Example: was - were
was I - he - she - it
He was hungry yesterday.
were you - we - they
we were happy last week .
Ask the question!
See the examples and try to find out
how to write the question?
He slept early yesterday .
Did he sleep early yesterday ?
We were in the indian restaurant last week.
were you in the indian restaurant last week?
Ask the question!
What do you notice?
He slept early yesterday .
Did he sleep early yesterday ?
1- Add - did in the beginning.
2-the past verb return to the base form.
3- write the rest of the sentence as it is.
4- we find a specific time
(yesterday-last night -last month …)
Question form:
What do you notice?
We were in the indian restaurant last week.
were you in the indian restaurant last week?
start with (were or was)
subject
the rest of the sentence.
Negative form:
subject did not verb (base form) the rest
He slept early yesterday .
He did not sleep early yesterday .
We were in the indian restaurant last week.
We were not in the indian restaurant last week.
we can say : was not or wasn’t.
were not or weren’t
What do you notice?
Past verb always comes back to
the base form in negative sentences
remember:
remember:
practice:
Write a question for each sentence:
I drove my car yesterday.
Q : …………………………………
They went to the beach last week
Q: …………………………………
Write the right answer for each sentence:
was he at school yesterday ?
A: …………………………………..
were you tired last night ?
A: ………………………………….
The answers:
I drove my car yesterday.
Q: Did you drive your car yesterday ?
They went to the beach last week
Q: Did they go to the beach last week?
was he at school yesterday ?
A: Yes ,he was at school yesterday
were you tired last night ?
A:Yes, you were tired last night