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Warm up questions.
What did you talk about with your friends yesterday?
How old did you turn last year?
Where did you play last weekend?
What did you cook for dinner last week?
Who have you helped today?

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Simple Past Tense
We use the simple past tense to say what has already happened.
Subject
+ verb(-ed) +
For example:
Mom cooks dinner.
Mom cooked dinner yesterday.
object.

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Simple Past Tense
We use the simple past tense to say what has already happened.
Subject
+ verb(-ed) +
object.
For example:
The girl smiles at her dog.
The girl smiled at her dog last night.

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Simple Past Tense
We use the simple past tense to say what has already happened.
Subject
+ verb(-ed) +
For example:
I turn 9 years old this year.
I turned 9 years old last year.
object.

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Example conversation.
Practice reading this conversation and see if you
can spot the simple past tense verbs used.
Hey! What did you do this weekend?
Hello! I watched a movie with my
cousin. What did you do?
We baked a cake for
my dad’s birthday!
That’s amazing! What
did it taste like?

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Example conversation.
Practice reading this conversation and see if you
can spot the simple past tense verbs used.
It tasted delicious! We used chocolate
sprinkles to decorate the cake.
Wow! Did he enjoy it?
He really enjoyed it!

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Change the verb.
Change the verbs to the simple past by adding –ed.
stayed
stay
lived
live
tried
try
started
start
watched
watch
thanked
thank
needed
need
visited
visit
washed
wash
finished
finish
listened
listen
studied
study
cleaned
clean
travelled
travel
waited
wait
fixed
fix

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What happened in the past?
Pick out the verb in the sentence and then say the
sentence in the simple past tense.
The dog barks at the school children.
The dog barked at the school children.

10.

What happened in the past?
Pick out the verb in the sentence and then say the
sentence in the simple past tense.
Fran brushes Sameeka’s hair.
Fran brushed Sameeka’s hair.

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What happened in the past?
Pick out the verb in the sentence and then say the
sentence in the simple past tense.
The teacher listens to the laughing students.
The teacher listened to the laughing students.

12.

What happened in the past?
Pick out the verb in the sentence and then say the
sentence in the simple past tense.
They paint Josie’s dollhouse.
They painted Josie’s dollhouse.

13.

What happened in the past?
Pick out the verb in the sentence and then say the
sentence in the simple past tense.
The family move to Norway.
The family moved to Norway.

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What happened?
Use the words given below to create a simple past sentence.
+ arrive
The school bus

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Example answer:
The school
bus arrived late
to the school.

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What happened?
Use the words given below to create a simple past sentence.
+
My brother
ask

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Example answer:
My brother asked my
mom to give him
some ice cream.

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What happened?
Use the words given below to create a simple past sentence.
2005
+ snow
April 2005

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Example answer:
2005
In April 2005,
it snowed in
my hometown.

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What happened?
Use the words given below to create a simple past sentence.
2005
+
Sameeka
cry

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Example answer:
Sameeka cried
because her brother
stole her ice cream.

22.

What happened?
Use the words given below to create a simple past sentence.
2005
+ hurry
The firefighter

23.

Example answer:
The firefighter
hurried to the fire
in the town.

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You tell us what happened.
Spin the wheel to reveal a verb.
Use this verb to make a simple past sentence.
join