Simple past tense with regular and
irregular verbs
The
simple past tense is expressing an
action that has happened or a state that previously existed. (Oxford dictionary)
INSTRUCTIONS: read the following story and then answer the power point quiz.
Note: the words in different colors in the text
are in past tense; the blue ones are
regular verbs and the green ones are
irregular verbs.
Cinderella
Cinderella lived in a small village in the north of
England. She had two
sisters; they were very
ugly. She got up every morning at six o'clock, then
she made breakfast for her sisters, and
afterwards she cleaned the house. She worked all day. Her two ugly sisters were very lazy; they never did any work because Cinderella did everything. Cinderella was very unhappy.
One day, the
postman came to
the house. He gave Cinderella's
sister an envelope. In the envelope there were three
invitations to a party at the Prince's house. She said to her sisters, "Fantastic! There
is a party at the Prince's house. I can wear my new red dress and Esmerelda can
wear her new blue dress, but Cinderella can't go because her dress is old and
dirty and she hasn't got any shoes."
On Saturday at
8 o'clock, the ugly sisters went to
the party. Cinderella sat in
the kitchen. She was very
sad. There was a
ring at the door. Cinderella opened the
door. There was a
woman. She said, "Hello!
I am your Fairy Godmother. Why are you sad?" Cinderella said, "I want to go to the party but I
haven't got any beautiful clothes." The Fairy Godmother said, "No problem, here is a new dress
and some glass shoes. There is a golden bicycle in the street. Now you can go
to the party, but you must return before 12 o'clock." Cinderella said, "Thank you." She put on the glass shoes and the red dress.
She looked very pretty. Then she went to the party by bicycle.
The party was very good. At first, Cinderella was very shy but after an hour, the Prince asked Cinderella to dance. They danced for a long time. The Prince said to Cinderella, "I like your dress
and you are very pretty." Cinderella was very
happy. She forgot what
time it was. Suddenly
the clock rang. Cinderella
said, "Oh no! I must go. It is
12 o'clock." She ran home and at the door of the Prince's
house, she lost her shoe.
The next day, the Prince was very sad because he was in love with Cinderella but he didn't know where she lived. He went to all the houses in the village and said, "Do you know whose shoe this
is?" Finally, he went to
Cinderella's house. Cinderella opened the
door. The Prince said, "I love you. Do you want to marry
me?" Cinderella said, "Yes." The wedding was the week after. Cinderella and the
Prince were never unhappy again.
THE
END
Story reference: http://www.lingolex.com/simplepast/cinder.htm
I used the little story because most of people know it; however, is a little modified so students won’t answer it by memory. In addition, I consider to use a power point quiz because the can self assess meanwhile they are answering the quiz in order to test their reading comprehension using the past tense verbs.