PAST TENSE

THE ARMERO TRAGEDY

Nevado del Ruiz

November 13, 1985

Armero, Colombia

On November 13, 1985, Colombia´Nevado del Ruiz, South America´most 

notherly active volcano, erupted close to midnight. The town of Armero,

fifty miles from Colombia´capital, Bogotá, was completely covered by mudflows,

killing 21.000 of its population of 28.700. In all there were 23.000 deaths, 5.000 injuries.

and the destruction of more than 5.000 homes.

Very often the past simple ends in ED (regular verbs)

Example:  I work in a travel agency now. Before that I worked in a shop.

                 We invited them to the party, but they decided not to come

Some  verbs double consonant when they end in vowel + consonant.

              Example:     Stop   -    stopped                             plan    -   planned         

                                 prefer  -      preferred                         Regret - regretted 

The verbs end in L have LL before ED 

              Example:    travel   -     travelled                           cancel    -   cancelled

The verbs end in a consonant + Y, changes  Y  for I and add ed

              Example:    study  -    studied                              carry  -  carried

But many verbs are irregular. The past does not end in ED. Example

                                    Be (am, is, are )                         Was -  were

                                    Write                                           Wrote

                                    Forget                                        Forgot

                                    See                                             Saw

                                    Go                                               Went

In questions and negative we use did -  didn`t + infinitive

Affirmative	Negative	Interrogative
You enjoyed the movie	You didn`t enjoy the movie	Did you enjoy the movie?    Yes .I did                                               No, I didn`t
They ate hamburgers	They didn`t eat hamburgers	Did they eat hamburger?    Yes, they did.                                              No they didn`t
She went to the park	She didn`t go to the park	Did she go to the park?    Yes, she did                                           No she didn`t

ACTIVITIES

1. Put one of these verbs in each sentences. Use the past tense

  

                         Win                 buy              spend                    Cost                  drink            

                      teach                Catch               sell               win           write        play                     

1. .    Mozart ________ more than 600 pieces of de music
2. .    How did you learn to drive? My father __________ me.
3. .    I was very thirsty .I _______ the water very quickly.
4. .    Paul and I ________ tennis yesterday. He is much better than me, so he ________easily.
5. .    Ann ________ a lot of money yesterday. She ________ a dress of 300.000 pesos

2. Complete the sentences put the verb into the correct form, positive or negative.

1. .    The film wasn´t very good, I _____ it very much (enjoy).                                
2. .     I was very tired, so I ______ to bed early. (go).
3. .    Sue wasn´t hungry, so she ________ anything (eat).
4. .  We went to Kate’s house but she _________ at home (be).
5. .    The hotel wasn´t very expensive. It _____ very much (cost)

3. Write in past tense the following text.

Melissa Greene works as a journalist for News channel 7and she is very busy. She starts her day early in the morning. She appears on good morning Chattanooga every weekday from 5:30 to 7:00 am. She presents the news and gives information about the weather, the traffic, etc.

Taken from English gramma in use.

http://www.myenglishpages.com/site_php_files/grammar-exercise-simple-past.php

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypgVc9cC-Jc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9k1rSQTuNw