PERIOD 1 WEEK 4 GRADE 8 (2017)

PAST ACTIVITIES

Simple past (regular-irregular affirmative)

Simple past (Past simple): the simple past expressed an action in the past taking place once, never, seceral times.

Form of Simple Past:

	Positive	Negative	Question
no differences	I spoke.	I did not speak.	Did I speak?

Exceptions in Spelling when Adding ‘ed’

Exceptions in spelling when adding ed	Example
after a final e only add d	love – loved
final consonant after a short, stressed vowel or l as final consonant after a vowel is doubled	admit – admitted travel – travelled
final y after a consonant becomes i	hurry – hurried

Signal Words of Simple Past

• yesterday, 2 minutes ago, in 1990, the other day, last Friday.

Review

1.Affirmative past.

2.Negative past.

3.Interrogative past.

Workshop

WORKSHOP NUMBER ONE.