Teacher-made Learner’s Home Task

School: San Remigio NHS Date: June 8, 2020

Grade/Section: Grade 7- Archimedes/Galileo Subject Area: English Time Allotment: 1 hour

I. MELC: use the past and past perfect tenses correctly in varied contexts EN7G-III-h-3

II. Objective/s:
Knowledge: identify simple past tense of regular verbs
Skills: use simple past tense of regular verbs in sentences
Values/Attitude: show self-reliance when working independently

III. Subject Matter: Simple Past Tense of Regular Verbs

IV. References:
 Grade 7 LM
 https://www.lawlessenglish.com/learn-english/grammar/simple-past-regular-verbs/
 http://public.over-blog.com/2016/02/philippine- literature.html#:~:text=Philippine%20literature%20is
%20the%20literature,generation%20originally%20through%20oral%20tradition.

IV. Procedure:
A. Readings
Directions: Read carefully the short narrative and note the words in bold.

Last February 7, 2020, I together with two student-writers from San Remigio National High School
joined the National Schools Press Conference (NSPC). We arrived in Tuguegarao City, Cagayan Valley at almost
12:00 midnight on February 8.
Despite the Covid -19 pandemic, the press con pursued since participants were already there in the
host city. For security purposes, participants and members of the different committees strictly followed and
adhered to quarantine protocols. Only 20 persons per region attended the opening ceremonies to make sure
that audience observed social distancing. Health personnel checked the temperature of participants upon
entrance to the stadium and sprayed on their hands disinfectant like alcohol and sanitizer. The same
procedures were done during the conduct of the different contests.
Since we only stayed in our billeting quarters after the contests because we are not allowed to tour
to the tourist spots in Tuguegarao City, I appreciated the warm accommodation and distinct hospitality of the
people in the host city. They shared us a home away from our homes.
-An Experience, C. Kimeiafar-

Key Points:
The underlined words are regular verbs in the simple past tense. Simple past tense is used to talk about
things that happened or existed before now. It is often used with past time references (e.g. yesterday, two
years ago).

How do you form the simple past tense?

Regular past simple forms are formed by adding -ed to the infinitive of the verb.

start → started
kill → killed
jump → jumped

If a verb ends in -e, you add -d.

agree → agreed
like → liked
escape → escaped

If a verb ends in a vowel and a consonant, the consonant is usually doubled before -ed.
 stop → stopped
plan → planned

If a verb ends in consonant and -y, you take off the y and add -ied.

try → tried
carry → carried        

But if the word ends in a vowel and -y, you add -ed.

play → played
enjoy → enjoyed

There are three kinds of pronunciation: /d/, /t/ and /ɪd/. Look at the table below.

/t/ /ɪd/

arrived asked wanted

failed crossed decided

agreed stopped started

B. Exercises for skill subjects/Analysis questions using HOTS for content subjects

Exercise 1
Directions: Complete the sentences in the simple past tense. Use the verbs in parentheses after the
sentence.
1. I ________ my shoes yesterday. (wash)
2. Jana _________ tennis with her friends the other day. (play)
3. They ________ for their exam one week ago. (study)
4. Susan ________ quietly to me after our class one hour ago. (talk)
5. When my mother went to Bogo City yesterday, my younger brother ______ a lot. (cry)
6. The mechanic _______ the car after it ________ the electric post the other day. (fix/bump)
7. During the ancient times, folks ________ from one place to another to look for food. (transfer)
8. Last Sunday, I saw Mario _______ shoes to earn a living. (shine)
Exercise 2
Directions: Supply the simple past tense form of the verb in parentheses to complete the paragraph
below.
The Philippines____________ ( implement) various actions including a community quarantine in
Metro Manila which _________(expand) to Luzon as well as other parts of the country; ___________(expand)
its testing capacity from one national reference laboratory with the Research Institute of Tropical Medicine
(RITM) to 23 licensed testing labs across the country; __________(work) towards ensuring that its health
care system can handle surge capacity, including for financing of services and management of cases needing
isolation, quarantine and hospitalization; and ___________(address) the social and economic impact to the
community including by providing social amelioration to low income families.
 Source:
https://www.who.int/philippines/news/feature-stories/detail/100-days-of-covid-19-in-the-philippines-how-who-
supported-the-philippine-response

Exercise 3
Directions: Complete the paragraph by supplying the correct simple past tense of the given verbs.

In 1863, the Spanish government __________( introduce) a system of free public education that
_________ (increase) the population's ability to read Spanish and thereby __________(further) the rise of an
educated class called the Ilustrado (meaning, well-informed). Spanish became the social language of urban places
and the true lingua franca of the archipelago. A good number of Spanish newspapers were published until the
end of the 1940s, the most influential of them being El Renacimiento, ________ (print) in Manila by members of
the Guerrero de Ermita family.

Some members of the ilustrado group, while in Spain, ________ (decide) to start a Spanish publication with
the aim of promoting the autonomy and independence projects. Members of this group ________
(include) Pedro Alejandro Paterno, who wrote the novel Nínay (first novel written by a Filipino) and the Philippine
national hero, José Rizal, who wrote excellent poetry and his two famous novels in Spanish: Noli Me
Tángere (Touch Me Not), and El Filibusterismo.

C. Assessment/Application
Directions: Write one short paragraph with at least five sentences about last March 2020 Enhanced
Community Quarantine (ECQ) experience . Underline at least four regular verbs in the
simple past tense.

Rubric:
Indicators: There are at least five sentences.
The paragraph is relevant to the topic.
Sentences are coherent.
At least four regular verbs in the past tense are correctly used.
There is no error in grammar, spelling, capitalization and punctuation.

20 pts. - All indicators are met.

19 pts. - Four indicators are met.
18 pts. - Three Indicators are met.
17 pts. - Only two indicators are met.
Prepared by:
CHRISTY P. KIMEIAFAR Verified by:
Teacher JOSEPHUS G. ARELLANO
School Head

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