Simple Past Tense
My friend John is a movie director and he showed his film at the International Documentary Film Festival last night. It was a success! After the film, the critics asked a lot of questions.
Critic: Did you have any challenges when you made the film?
John: Yes, we had many problems, but the crew worked hard.
Critic: What did you learn from the experience?
John: I learned that nature is beautiful and sometimes dangerous.
Where did Belle go last night?
What did John learn when he made the film?
Simple Past Tense
Did + he + verb?
Did he go to Alaska?
What + did + he + verb?
What did he do?
What + was/were + noun?
What was his idea?
He + was/were + adjective/noun.
He was a movie director.
Was/were + he + adj/noun?
Was he happy with the film?
He + verb.
He showed the film.
Complete the chart with the past tense verb.
| Regular Verbs | Irregular Verbs | ||
| visit | visited | see | saw |
| listen | do | ||
| watch | is | ||
| wait | go | ||
Complete the dialogue using the simple past tense.
Belle: John, the critics _________ (love) it. Congratulations! _______ (be) you nervous?
John: Not really. The questions ____________ (be) good.
Belle: ___________ (do) you expect so many people to attend?
John: No. It ____________ (surprise) me!
Tell your lesson partner about a past vacation.
“I went to Paris and I saw the Eiffel Tower. It was amazing!”
Simple Past Tense
単純過去
Day18では、過去時制における単純過去を紹介します。
過去形は「過去のできごと・状態」を表します。この形は「現在とは違う感じ」という「時間上の距離」が意識されています。過去形では、
・過去において発生し
・過去において完結した
できごとが表されます（これは「間近で起こった」感覚を持つ現在完了形と区別する時にとても重要な考えになります。）
過去形は殆ど動詞の後ろに”ed”をつければOK。これをRegular Verbs（規則動詞）といい、(visit⇒visited)等があります。また、これ以外に、Irregular Verbs（不規則動詞）と呼ばれるものがあり、（do⇒did）等があります。これらは、教科書に詳しく書かれていますのでレッスン・パートナーと一緒に学んで行きましょうね。