

Present Perfect and Past Simple
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English
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4th - 6th Grade
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Practice Problem
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Medium
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Miguel Lozano
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9 Slides • 14 Questions
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Present Perfect and Past Simple
When we use each

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WE USE PAST SIMPLE WHEN WE KNOW WHEN THINGS HAPPENED
I played football three days ago.
I ate a pizza last night.
Jason was at a party yesterday.
We had English at 9 o'clock.
Mary and Ann had cake on their birthday.
The Vikings went to America in the 10th century.
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PAST SIMPLE: POSITIVE
Positive past simple sentences can be:
Regular
They end in -ed
Accept - accepted
Admit - admitted
Call - called
Clean - cleaned
....
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PAST SIMPLE: POSITIVE
Positive past simple sentences can be:
Irregular
TO CHECK IF THEY ARE IRREGULAR WE LOOK AT THE NAME PART OF THE VERBS' LIST!!!!
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PAST SIMPLE: POSITIVE
Positive past simple sentences can be:
Irregular
TO CHECK IF THEY ARE IRREGULAR WE LOOK AT THE NAME PART OF THE VERBS' LIST!!!!
BUT
WE USE THE SECOND COLUMN
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Multiple Choice
Choose the correct past tense:
Last night the game ______ 10 minutes late.
beginned
begin
began
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Multiple Choice
Choose the correct past tense:
The dog ______ his finger.
bit
bite
bited
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Multiple Choice
Choose the correct past tense:
The teacher ______ a note to Nina's parents.
writed
wrote
written
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Multiple Choice
Choose the correct past tense:
They ______ what the student said in class yesterday.
understand
understood
understanded
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PAST SIMPLE: NEGATIVE
We make Past Simple negative by adding didn't between the subject and the name verb.
THE VERB HAS TO BE IN POSITIVE!!!
Last night the game didn't begin 10 minutes late
(not Last night the game didn't began 10 minutes late)
The dog didn't bite his finger.
(not The dog didn't bit his finger)
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Multiple Choice
Make a sentence in Past Simple negative.
they / not / play tennis yesterday
They didn't play tennis yesterday.
They didn't played tennis yesterday.
They not played tennis yesterday.
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Multiple Choice
Make a sentence in Past Simple negative.
we / not / go on holiday last year
We not go on holiday last year
We didn't go on holiday last year
We didn't went on holiday last year
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Multiple Choice
Make a sentence in Past Simple negative.
Julie and Anna / not / clean the house at all
Julie and Anna didn't cleaned the house at all
Julie and Anna not cleaned the house at all
Julie and Anna didn't clean the house at all
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PAST SIMPLE: QUESTIONS
We make Past Simple negative by adding Did (or didn't) before the subject and the name verb.
THE VERB HAS TO BE IN POSITIVE!!!
Did the game 10 minutes late Last night?
(not Did the game didn't began 10 minutes late last night?)
Did the dog his finger?
(not Did the dog bit his finger?)
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Multiple Choice
Make past simple ‘yes / no’ questions:
I / see you last week?
Did I seed you last week?
Did I see you last week?
Did I saw you last week?
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Multiple Choice
Make past simple ‘yes / no’ questions:
you / meet your father yesterday?
Did you meet your father yesterday?
Did you meeted your father yesterday?
Did you met your father yesterday?
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Multiple Choice
Make past simple ‘yes / no’ questions:
we / go to Spain in June?
Did we gone to Spain in June?
Did we went to Spain in June?
Did we go to Spain in June?
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PRESENT PERFECT: POSITIVE
We do it by....
Subject: I, you, he, the dog, Manolo....
Have or has
Participle:
1. The name of the verb + ed
2. The third column of your list
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WHEN DO WE WRITE HAVE AND WHEN DO WE WRITE HAS?
He, she, it, a name (like Miguel): HAS
The rest.... : HAVE
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Multiple Choice
Make sentences in Present Perfect:
She / pass / the exam
She have passed the exam
She has pass the exam
She has passed the exam
She has pass the exam
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Multiple Choice
Make sentences in Present Perfect:
We / try / roller-skating
We have try roller-skating
We has tried roller-skating
We have tried roller-skating
We has try roller-skating
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Multiple Choice
Make sentences in Present Perfect:
I / meet / his mother
I have meet his mother.
I have meeted his mother.
I has meeted his mother.
I have met his mother.
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Multiple Choice
Make sentences in Present Perfect:
You / find / your wallet
You have finded your wallet
You have found your wallet
You has finded your wallet
You has found your wallet
Present Perfect and Past Simple
When we use each

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