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Unit 6
Date: ____________
Grammar Past tense
Unit 6.1 Past tense - was, were Verbs that tell about an action that happened in the past are called past tense verbs. Be – Past Tense Subject + Verb Singular I was You were He was She was It was
Plural We were You were They were
Be - Past Tense Negative Subject + Verb + not Singular I was not You were not He was not She was not It was not
Plural We were not You were not They were not
Exercise 1 Fill in the blanks with “was”, “were” Highlight the subject and state if it is singular (s) or plural (p). Highlight the evidence (if any) that tells you that the statement is in the past. 1. Ben’s mother ______________ not feeling well last night. 2. I ______________ watching the school performance with my classmates yesterday. 3. Henry’s brothers ______________ not in school last week because their family visited Australia. 4. The girls’ mother _____________ furious because they were playing rowdily. 5. My teachers ________________ very satisfied with my results. 6. Florence and her brother ______________ strolling when they saw a shooting star. 7. If I ______________ a teacher, I would make sure that all my students sit properly before I teach.
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8. Mrs. Gabriel _____________ our school principal last year. 9. The boy’s pets _____________ nowhere to be found when he walked into the classroom. 10. The stationery ____________ new when we bought it two years ago. 11. Kayden _____________ drinking when his classmates made him laugh. 12. Mrs. Lam and her children _____________ stranded on that island. 13. I would certainly punish you severely if I ___________ your mother. 14.
If I ____________ a time-machine, I would transport people to see live dinosaurs.
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Meiling ____________ our country’s top gymnast when she was much younger.
Unit 6.2 Rules of past tense verbs The basic form of a verb changes to make it a past tense verb. RULE # 1 The letters ed can be added to many verbs to show that something happened in the past. Present Tense Want
Past Tense The dog wanted to catch the cat.
Climb
Wanted Climbed
The cat climbed up the tree Bark
Barked The dog barked at the cat.
RULE # 2 When the basic form ends with a silent e, drop the e, then add ed. Present Tense Bake Smile Gobble
Past Tense Mom baked us some cookies. She smiled as we gobbled up the cookies.
Loved Smiled Gobbled
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When the basic form ends with a consonant plus y, change the y to i, then add ed Present Tense Try Cry Carry
Past Tense The baby tried to get out of the cot
Tried Cried
The baby cried.
Carried
It wants to be carried.
Exercise 2 Apply the rules of past tense verbs and complete the poem below.
When Frankenstein Came to My Birthday He came to my birthday and _____________ (bang) down the door. He _____________ (knock) over plates and dropped cake on the floor.
He _______________ (shout) so loud that we plugged up our ears. He _____________ (stomp) on our sneakers, which brought us to tears. adapted from
He ____________ (laugh) out loud
When Frankenstein came to my birthday
and ___________ (carry) me up
by Robert Scotellaro
He __________ (squeeze) me so tight. I almost ____________ (cry). When the party was over, He _________ (wave) goodbye. Mom and Dad __________ (sigh) It is a mistake; don't invite Frankenstein, ever again!!!"
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Unit 6.3 Irregular past tense verbs Some verbs have irregular past tense.
List of common irregular past tense verbs 4 No part of this publication may be reproduced without the prior permission of GramSkool.
Verb
Past Simple
Verb
Past Simple
Verb
Past Simple
be
was / were
give
gave
shut
shut
become bend
became bent
go grow
went grew
sing sink
sank sank
begin
began
have
had
sit
sat
bite
bit
hear
heard
sleep
slept
bleed blow break
bled blew broke
hide hit hold
hid hit held
slide speak spend
slid spoke spent
bring
brought
hurt
hurt
spread
spread
build buy catch choose
built bought caught chose
keep know leave lend
kept knew left lent
stand steal stick sting
stood stole stuck stung
come cost cut dig
came cost cut dug
light lose make meet
lit lost made met
strike sweep swim swing
struck swept swam swung
do draw drink drive
did drew drank drove
pay put read ride
paid put read rode
take teach tear tell
took taught tore told
eat fall feed feel fight
ate fell fed felt fought
ring rise run say see
rang rose ran said saw
think throw understand wake wear
thought threw understood woke wore
find fly forget freeze
found flew forgot froze
sell send shine shoot
sold sent shone shot
win write
won wrote
get
got
show
showed
Exercise 3 Cloze Passage - Past Tense Change the verbs in the brackets into the past tense. 5 No part of this publication may be reproduced without the prior permission of GramSkool.
Yesterday _____________ (be) a busy day. I _____________ (woke) up at 6a.m., ___________ breakfast quickly and then I __________ (go) to school. I _________ (finish) my lessons at 1p.m. and then _____________(eat) some lunch. Afterwards my dad ______________ (drive) me to the shopping mall. We _____________ (buy) some paint and then __________(paint) my bedroom. After that I _________ my mother ___________(clean) and ___________(pack) up my room. I even ___________ (vacuum) the floor of my baby sister’s room. I was pretty tired by dinner time. I ____________ (kept) yawning while eating my dinner. After dinner, I ___________ straight to bed.
Exercise 4 Cloze Passage - Past Tense Change the verbs below into past tense and put them into the correct place. Pay
Ring
Think
Drink
See
Eat
Go
Take
Leave
Say
1. I ________________ that he was absent because he was sick. 2. My mum _______________ me last night but I wasn’t at home to take her call. 3. I _______________ to Sentosa with my cousin last weekend. 4. I _______________ two burgers for lunch. I feel sick! 5. He ______________ his grandma to see the doctor this morning. 6. I _____________ that new movie last night. It was great! 7. He ______________ his 7 year old son alone at home all day! 8. I ____________ two bottle of grape juice just now, I was very thirsty. 9. They _____________ it tasted horrible. 10. It was too expensive and we ____________ too much for it.
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