UNIVERSIDAD DISTRITAL FRANCISCO JOSÉ DE CALDAS

ILUD ENGLISH COURSES –LEVEL II – TEACHER: FERNANDO PARGA

E2 2021-3 Workshop No. 1: The simple Past Tense

SUBJECT TEACHER COURSE WEEK

INGLÉS FERNANDO ENGLISH II FIRST TWO WEEKS
PARGA

TOPIC 1. THE SIMPLE PAST TENSE

General objective
. To review the structures and functions of the Simple Past Tense
in
English.

Specific objectives
OBJECTIVES
. To realize that the Past Simple of “to be” is made differently from
the past simple of other verbs.
● To understand that the past simple in English is used to talk
about an action that happened in a specific moment of time in the
past.
● To get familiar with both regular and irregular in English.

CONTENIDOS Y CONTEXTUALIZACIÓN

THE SIMPLE PAST TENSE

USE: The simple past tense is used to describe events that happened at a specific
moment in the past. In the case of ‘to be’, it refers to a condition or a state in the past.
Due to the way they work, English verbs could be classified into three large groups: the
verb 'to be' would form a first group by itself, the so-called regular and irregular verbs
(play, work, love, do, go, give, etc.) would form a second group, and a third group
constituted by modal verbs or verbs of incomplete conjugation (can, could, may, might,
etc.). Notice how the past of “to be” is made in a different way from the past tense of
other verbs.

THE SIMPLE PAST TENSE OF “TO BE” (SER / ESTAR) – AFFIRMATIVE

I
He
She was
It in the park yesterday.
We
You were
They

THE SIMPLE PAST TENSE OF “TO BE” (SER / ESTAR) – NEGATIVE

I
He
She was not
It (wasn’t) in the park yesterday.
We
You were not
They (weren’t)
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THE SIMPLE PAST TENSE OF “TO BE” (SER / ESTAR) -INTERROGATIVE

I
he
Was she
it in the park yesterday?
we
Were you
they

THE PAST SIMPLE WITH VERBS DIFFERENT FROM “TO BE” – AFFIRMATIVE

I
You
He
She watched TV last night.
It
We
You
They

THE PAST SIMPLE WITH VERBS DIFFERENT FROM “TO BE” – NEGATIVE

I
You
He
She did not watch TV last night.
It (didn’t)
We
You
They

THE PAST SIMPLE WITH VERBS DIFFERENT FROM “TO BE” – INTERROGATIVE

I
you
he
Did she watch TV last night?
it
we
you
they

week /weekend
month/year/century
LAST Sunday/Monday/Tuesday/
PAST TIME Wednesday/
MARKERS Thursday/Friday/Saturday
Yesterday/Yesterday morning/the day before
yesterday
Three days ago/two weeks ago/four months
ago/five years ago/six centuries ago
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Notice how a conversation about the past can be expressed only with “to be” and how
the same conversation can be expressed with other verbs, without altering its original
meaning.
THE PAST OF ‘TO BE’ – CONVERSATION
Carlos: Hi, Jenny. How was your weekend?
Jenny: It was nice. I was at my brother’s
birthday party last Saturday.
Carlos: Really? How was it?
Jenny: It was great. All my close relatives
were there. The food, the drinks and the
cake were delicious. Everyone was happy.
How about you? How was your weekend?
Carlos: Nothing special. I was at home with
my pet all the weekend.

THE PAST WITH REGULAR AND IRREGULAR VERBS – CONVERSATION

Carlos: Hi, Jenny. Did you have a nice
weekend?
Jenny: yes, I did. I went to my brother’s
birthday party last Saturday.
Carlos: Really? Tell me all about it. Did you
have a good time?
Jenny: Sure. All my close relatives got together
there. We had delicious food and drinks and a
cake, too. Everyone enjoyed the party. How
about you? Did you do anything special last
weekend?
Carlos: I didn’t do anything special. I stayed home with my pet all the weekend.

REGULAR VERBS VERSUS IRREGULAR VERBS

REGULAR VERBS
Unlike the irregular verbs, the regular verbs finish in –ed in their past forms. More than
95% of the verbs in English are regular verbs. Examples:

present form or past form past participle meaning

base form form
Ask (pregunto) Asked (pregunté) Asked Preguntar/pedir
(preguntado)
Listen (escucho) Listened Listened escuchar
(escuché) (escuchado)
Invite (invito) Invited (invité) Invited (invitado) invitar
Want (deseo) Wanted (deseé) Wanted (deseado) desear
Study (estudio) Studied (estudié) Studied estudiar
(estudiado)
Walk (camino) Walked (caminé) Walked caminar
(caminado)
Work (trabajo) Worked (trabajé) Worked trabajar
(trabajado)

NOTE: It is not practical to draw up a list of regular verbs, as there are so many of
them. It is more practical to get a complete list of irregular verbs, so that verbs that are
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not on that list are assumed to be regular and -ed is added to them for their past tense
form.
IRREGULAR VERBS
VERBO (EN VERBO (EN PASADO
PARTICIPIO
CASTELLANO) INGLÉS) SIMPLE
ser/estar be was/were been
ganarle (a alguien) beat beat beaten
empezar begin began begun
doblar bend bent bent
Morder bite bit bitten
soplar blow blew blown
romper break broke broken
llevar/traer bring brought brought
construir build built built
comprar buy bought bought
coger catch caught caught
Elegir choose chose chosen
venir come came come
costar cost cost cost
hacer do did done
dibujar draw drew drawn
dreamed/ dreamed/
soñar dream
dreamt dreamt
conducir drive drove driven
beber drink drank drunk
comer eat ate eaten
caer fall fell fallen
sentir feel felt felt
luchar fight fought fought
encontrar find found found
volar fly flew flown
olvidar forget forgot forgotten
perdonar forgive forgave forgiven
conseguir get got gotten
dar give gave given
ir go went gone
crecer grow grew grown
tener have had had
oir hear heard heard
esconder hide hid heard
golpear hit hit hit
sujetar hold held held
doler/hacer daño hurt hurt hurt
guardar keep kept kept
saber know knew known
learned/
aprender learn learned/learnt
learnt
ganarle (a alguien) beat beat beaten
marcharse leave left left
prestar lend lent lent
permitir let let let
perder lose lost lost
hacer make made made
significar/querer decir mean meant meant
conocer por primera vez meet met met
pagar pay paid paid
poner put put put
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leer read read read

sonar/llamar
ring rang rung
por teléfono
levantar rise rose risen
correr run ran run
decir say said said
ver see saw seen
vender sell sold sold
enviar send sent sent
showed/
demostrar show showed
shown
cerrar shut shut shut
cantar sing sang sung
sentarse sit sat sat
dormir sleep slept slept
hablar speak spoke spoken
gastar spend spent spent
estar de pie stand stood stood
nadar swim swam swum
tomar take took taken
enseñar teach taught taught
contar, decirle
tell told told
a alguien
pensar think thought thought
lanzar, arrojar throw threw thrown
entender understand understood understood
despertar wake woke woken
llevar puesto ponerse wear wore worn
ganar win won won
escribir write wrote written

Application exercise 1
Express the same idea in the past in two different ways, one with the verb “to be” and
one with another verb. Look at the example first.

Example: Graham Bell was the inventor of the telephone in 1876.

Graham Bell invented the telephone in 1876._________

1. _________________________________________________________
Christopher Colombus discovered America in 1492.______

2. Albert Einstein was the proposer of the law of relativity.

_________________________________________________________

3. _________________________________________________________
The Egyptians built the pyramids of Giza.

4. Hernán Cortés was the conqueror of Mexico.

_________________________________________________________

5. The terrorist group Alkaeda was the destroyer of the Twin Towers in New York.
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Application exercise 2.
There are 10 mistakes in the following text about García Márquez. Find them and correct
them.

Gabriel García Márquez were a great American writer. She was

born in Aracataca, Bolivar, but he didn’t lived in Colombia for a
long time. He writed short stories, novels, chronicles and
reports, but he does not write poems. Its most important work
were the novel One Hundred Years of Solitude. Was he truly
happy? Of course! He was very famous and did win the Nobel
Prize for Literature in 1982.

Application exercise 3.

Fill in the boxes and complete the story about Tom’s day yesterday with the correct past
form of the verbs in the box where appropriate. First look at the example.

return     go     have     dream     leave     have     arrive     say     take    

ask     read     go     read     go     buy     not     take     read     take    
swim     leave     be     watch     go     drink

Tom got up very early yesterday morning and   a bath. Then he   down
to the kitchen and   two pieces of toast and   a glass of milk. Tom works
in the local hospital and, yesterday he   the house at about 8 o'clock.

He   the number ten bus and he   at work at 8.30. He   'good
morning' to his secretary, Maura, and then he   all the letters that were on his
table. Then he   Maura for a cup of coffee and he   four very important
letters.

At one o'clock, Tom   for lunch in a cafe and   his newspaper.

He   to the office at two o'clock and   at six. He   the bus because
a friend   him in the car.

In the evening, he   in the local swimming pool and   shopping in the
local supermarket where he   a lot of food. He   very tired in the evening
so he   television. He   to bed at 11 o'clock and he   about
winning the lottery.
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Application exercise 4.

Read the story and complete the spaces with the corresponding verb past forms in the
box.

wasn’t (x2) – was (x2)– found– wanted (x2)– shopped – drove – got – walked
– looked (x2) – saw (x2)

The Christmas Tree

Last Saturday, the Gómez family
__________ for a Christmas tree. They
__________ in their car. They
__________ to a tree farm. Mr. and
Mrs. Gómez __________ around the
tree farm with their kids. They
__________ at all the trees in the
farm. They __________ tall trees and
short trees. They also __________ fat
trees and skinny trees. They
__________ at every tree in the farm.
They __________ the perfect tree. The
Gómez kids finally __________ the
perfect tree. It __________ too tall or
too short. It __________ too fat or too
skinny. The tree __________ exactly what they __________. It __________ the perfect
Christmas tree!

Application exercise 5.

See how some notes or key words about Walt Disney’s life were used to write his
biography.

Walt Disney
Real name: Walter Elias Disney// 5/12/01
born Chicago//15/12/66 died California//
Father: Irish-Canadian/ Mother: German-
American/ Mc Kinley High School, Chicago/
ambulance driver in WW1/ 1919-Commercial
Artist/ 1923-Hollywood-animator-cartoon
films/ 1925-wife-Lillian Bounds/ 1928-first
Mickey Mouse/ 1936-Donald Duck/1937-1st
full length cartoon feature film-Snow White and
the 7 Dwarfs/other films: Pinocchio, Fantasia,
Bambi, Lady and the Tramp, 101 Dalmatians,
The Jungle Book/ 1955-Disneyland, California.
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Walt Disney’s biography

His real name was Walter Elias Disney. He was born in Chicago on December 5th
1901 and died in California on December 15th 1966. His father was Irish-Canadian and
his mother was German-American. Disney went to Mc Kinley High School in Chicago.
He was an ambulance driver in World War 1st. He became a Commercial Artist in 1919.
He started to work in Hollywood as an animator and cartoon film maker in 1923. He
married Lillian Bounds in 1925. He made the first Mickey Mouse in 1928. He created
Donald Duck in 1936. In 1937 he produced the1st full length cartoon feature film called
Snow White and the 7 Dwarfs. Other of his films were Pinocchio, Fantasia, Bambi, Lady
and the Tramp, 101 Dalmatians, and The Jungle Book. He opened Disneyland in
California in 1955.

Now you do the same with Marilyn Monroe’s biography

Marilyn Monroe (MM)

1/6/26 Los Angeles - 5/8/62 Hollywood// real name:

Norma Jean Baker/ 1934-mother mentally ill/ 1935 MM to
Los Angeles orphanage/ 1st married-age 16 – in 1942/
divorce-age 19/1944-photographic model for calendars/
1948-started film career-Dangerous Years/1952- 1st big
success-Niagara/ husband-Joe di Maggio-US baseball star-
1952/films included- Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, How to
Marry a Millionaire, The Seven Year Itch, Some Like It Hot /
husband No. 3-Arthur Miller- US playwright/found dead-
Hollywood-overdose of barbiturates/ verdict-suicide/ sex
symbol-but lonely, unhappy private life/ most of her films-
not great movies-but MM symbolized Hollywood.

Marilyn Monroe’s biography

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EVALUATION

Class participation (oral performance), chat entries (written performance) and portfolio
(digital work evidence).

RÚBRICA DE COEVALUACIÓN
(COEVALUATION ON STUDENT 1)
CRITERIOS SIEMPRE ALGUNAS
(1.0) VECES (0.5)
1.Asume responsablemente las
actividades de aprendizaje
propuestas para el trabajo
sincrónico.
2.Ha sido responsable con las
actividades de aprendizaje
propuestas para el trabajo
asincrónico.
3.Colabora y se integra con sus
compañeros de curso cuando las
actividades de aprendizaje
propuestas lo requieren.
4.Maneja las TICs y los canales de
comunicación virtual, siguiendo
normas y etiquetas de
comportamiento de respeto y
responsabilidad.
5.Tiene en cuenta las observaciones
y sugerencias de sus compañeros y
su profesor para mejorar su
aprendizaje y rendimiento
académico.

RÚBRICA DE COEVALUACIÓN
(COEVALUATION ON STUDENT 2)
CRITERIOS SIEMPRE ALGUNAS
(1.0) VECES (0.5)
1.Asume responsablemente las
actividades de aprendizaje
propuestas para el trabajo
sincrónico.
2.Ha sido responsable con las
actividades de aprendizaje
propuestas para el trabajo
asincrónico.
3.Colabora y se integra con sus
compañeros de curso cuando las
actividades de aprendizaje
propuestas lo requieren.
4.Maneja las TICs y los canales de
comunicación virtual, siguiendo
normas y etiquetas de
comportamiento de respeto y
responsabilidad.
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5.Tiene en cuenta las observaciones

y sugerencias de sus compañeros y
su profesor para mejorar su
aprendizaje y rendimiento
académico.

RÚBRICA DE AUTOEVALUACIÓN
(SELF-EVALUATION STUDENT 1)
CRITERIOS SIEMPRE ALGUNAS
(1.0) VECES
(0.5)
1.Asumo responsablemente las actividades
de aprendizaje propuestas para el trabajo
sincrónico.
2.He sido responsable con las actividades
de aprendizaje propuestas para el trabajo
asincrónico.
3.Colaboro y me integro con mis
compañeros de curso cuando las
actividades de aprendizajes propuestas lo
requieren.
4.Manejo las TICs y los canales de
comunicación virtual, siguiendo normas y
etiquetas de comportamiento de respeto y
responsabilidad.
5.Evaluo críticamente mis hábitos de
estudio, estrategias y ritmos de
aprendizaje para mejorar y convertirme en
un aprendiz más autónomo.

RÚBRICA DE AUTOEVALUACIÓN
(SELF-EVALUATION STUDENT 2)
CRITERIOS SIEMPRE ALGUNAS
(1.0) VECES
(0.5)
1.Asumo responsablemente las actividades
de aprendizaje propuestas para el trabajo
sincrónico.
2.He sido responsable con las actividades
de aprendizaje propuestas para el trabajo
asincrónico.
3.Colaboro y me integro con mis
compañeros de curso cuando las
actividades de aprendizajes propuestas lo
requieren.
4.Manejo las TICs y los canales de
comunicación virtual, siguiendo normas y
etiquetas de comportamiento de respeto y
responsabilidad.
5.Evaluo críticamente mis hábitos de
estudio, estrategias y ritmos de
aprendizaje para mejorar y convertirme en
un aprendiz más autónomo.
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E2 2021-3 Workshop No. 1: The simple Past Tense

CONSULTED SOURCES

Besides the explanations and exercises in this workshop you can consult these web
pages to clarify your doubts about the Simple Past Tense. Don’t forget to take
screenshots of all the exercises you do to be included in the portfolio.

https://www.myenglishpages.com/site_php_files/grammar-exercise-simple-past.php
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgsG98vByiw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVGnYpbadKY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBmoABakksI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIlVl0EJX9E
https://www.english-4u.de/en/tenses-exercises/past-simple.htm
https://www.english-4u.de/en/tenses-exercises/past-simple2.htm
https://www.english-4u.de/en/tenses-exercises/past-simple3.htm
https://www.english-4u.de/en/tenses-exercises/past-simple4.htm