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Simple Past Tense in Transactions

This chapter teaches about using simple past tense in texts. It provides instructions on how to use simple past tense to describe past actions and situations by giving examples of sentences using verbs like "was", "were", "bought", and "rained" referring to specific past times. It then provides two sample texts, one describing a storm from the night before and another describing a flight two months ago, as examples of using simple past tense to recount past events.

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Simple Past Tense in Transactions

This chapter teaches about using simple past tense in texts. It provides instructions on how to use simple past tense to describe past actions and situations by giving examples of sentences using verbs like "was", "were", "bought", and "rained" referring to specific past times. It then provides two sample texts, one describing a storm from the night before and another describing a flight two months ago, as examples of using simple past tense to recount past events.

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Chapter 10

Teks Transactional
( Simple Past Tense)
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“In this chapter, you are going to learn


about some texts that have sentences
in form of simple past tense ”
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INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE


Have you seen a terrible storm at night?
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Where did you see it?
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When did you see it?
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TEXT 1

There was a terrible storm during the night. a lot of


damage was done. Trees and telephone wires were blown
down, windows were smashed and a roof was blown off. A
car was even overturned. All this happened last night.

American Kernel Lesson: Intermediate student’s book 2, page 135


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TEXT 2

Two months ago when Peter flew back from Europe,


there was a very pretty young woman on the same plane.
When Peter went through Customs, they made him open his
suitcase. They made him take everything out. They did not
make the woman do these things. They let her go through
without any trouble.
American Kernel Lessons: Intermediate student’s book 2, page 111.
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To describe actions or
Social situations that began and
function ended in the past.
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Subject V2/be Objective/


Complement
I Walked to school yesterday
You Were at class yesterday
Language
features Martin Grew up at the country
Alice Was at the library yesterday
It Rained last week
They Walked to school yesterday
We Were at home last night
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(+) He bought a farm two years ago


I was in class yesterday
My friends were at home yesterday
Yesterday I saw Funiko at library

(-) He didn’t like life in a large city


I was not in class yesterday
They weren’t at home last night
Tom didn’t eat lunch yesterday

(?) Were you in class yesterday?


Was Carlos at home last night?
where was Jennifer last night?
Did you come to class?
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Thank You!

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