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Regular Verbs

Affirmative
I/You/He/ShelltlWe/They played
Negative
I/YoulHe/She/ltlWelThey didn't play
Interrogative
Did I/you/he/she/itlwe/they play?
Short answers
Yes, I/you/he/shelitlwe/they did.
No, I/you/he/she/itlwe/they didn't.
Spelling Rules
+ Verbs ending in -e take only -d .
close - closed
+ Verbs ending in a consonant + y, drop the y and take -ied.
fry - fried
+ Verbs ending in a vowel + y, take -ed.
play – played
+ Verbs ending in one stressed vowel between two consonants, double the last
consonant before the -ed.
drop – dropped BUT open - opened
+ Verbs ending in -l, double the l and take -ed.
travel – travelled
Pronunciation
The suffix -ed is pronounced:
+ /id/ when the verbs end in a /t/ or /d/ sound.
sorted, lifted, recorded
+ /t/ when the verbs end in a 1kI, IS!, Itj//j/, If/ or lp/ sound.
looked, missed, touched, wished, coughed, stopped
+ /d/ when the verb ends in any other sound.
arranged, prepared, flowed, robbed
Use
We use the past simple to talk about:
+ actions which took place at a particular time in the past. The time is either
mentioned or implied.
Ann joined the tennis club a month ago. (When? Amonth ago; the time is
mentioned.)
Ann joined the tennis club when she moved to the area. (When? When she
moved to the area; the time is implied.)
+ actions we used to do in the past but do not do any more.
We often use adverbs of frequency to talk about habits.
He always went fishing with his granddad when he was a child.
+ actions that took place immediately one after the other.
First he had breakfast and then left for work.
+ people who are no longer alive.
John Lennon wrote a lot of songs. (John Lennon is dead.)
Irregular Verbs
- Irregular verbs do not form the past simple by adding -ed.
go - went, buy - bought, come – came
Time expressions used with the past simple: yesterday, the day before yesterday,
last week/month/year, two hours/days/weeks/months/years ago, when, then, in
2003, etc
the Write correct the past boxsimple . of the verbs in the list in
cry, dance, plan, stay, call, manage, try, delay,
spell, arrive, quarrel, rob, worry, care, destroy,
try, stop, enjoy, die, like, travel, play
~ danced, ...... .. ....... ... .. .l
stressed vowel between
two consonants + ed ~~~~.~~.~d:..:::::::::::::::::::I
consonant + y ~ ied ~ cried, ...... ... ..... ..... .. ..
vowel + y + ed ~ stayed, ....... .......
... ....
.. .....
...
t rbs ending in -I ~ called, .. ..... .... .2 them Put the under verbsthe in correct the pastheading.
simple and Then write read
them aloud.
hand, help, disappear, scare, accept, laugh,
watch, boil, arrange, wonder, miss, add,
paint, drop, want
~
IIdl /u /d/
handed helped disappeared

3 of Put the thepast verbs simple, in brackets as in the intoexample. the correct
form
A: Where 1) ~ did you spend (you/spend) your
holiday this summer?
B: We 2) ............... ...... (go) to the Bahamas.
A: Really! What 3) ......... .. ..... .. ... (be) it like?
B: Fabulous!
2 A: Why 1) .. .... .. ...... ... .......... .... .............. .
(not/Lucy/come) to Harry's party?
B: She 2) (have) ............... ..... ...... to revise
for an exam.
3 A: What 1) .... .. ....... ... ........ .. .... .... (you/do)
yesterday?
B: Oh, nothing much. I 2) ............. ............ ..
(stay) at home.
4 A: I 1) .... .. .. .... .. ...... .... .. (read) the book you
2) ....... ......... (give) me about blue whales.
B: 3) ........... .... ... ................ . (you/like) it?
A: Yes. It was quite interesting.

4 fill Useinthe thepast blanks simple in the of the following verbssentences. in


the list to
Which sentence refers to:
• actions which happened at a specific time in
the past
• people who are no longer alive
• past habits
• actions which happened one after the other in
the past
eat see be buy go win
spend take wash run
I ~ ate pancakes for breakfast yesterday morning.
~ action at a specific time in the past
2 They ....... ....... .. ...... ...... to catch the bus this
morning.
3 My favourite football team ..... ................. the
World Cup last year.
4 Tom .. .... .. .... .. ...... . a new computer last week.
S Princess Diana ........ .. ... a beautiful woman.
6 Shelly .. ...... ......... .. to the cinema with Helen
yesterday.
7 We ..... .. .... .. ... every summer by the lake when
we were young.
8 I ...... .. .... .... .. ... .. the dog for a walk and then I
watched TV.
9 My parents ........ .......... a lot of their favourite
bands play when they were teenagers.
10 Betty had a bath and ............. .... .. .. .. her hair.
Read. Julie Put the 's email verbstoinher brackets friend
into the correct form of the past
simple.
HiSam,
You'll never. guess what 1) ~ happened
(happen) yesterday morning! J 2) .............
(be) in my bedroom playing a board game
with my sister when, all of a sudden, our
house 3) .................. (begin) to shake. My
sister and I 4) .................. (look) at each
other in fear, as my parents 5) ................ ..
(be) out of town for the day and my sister
and 16) .................... (be) the only ones at
home. J 7) .............................. (not/know)
what to do, so I 8) ..................... (grab)
my sister and we 9) ................... (hide)
under my desk. The shaking
10) ................ (last) several minutes. After
it 11) .............. (be) all over, we
12) ............................ (check) around the
house and we 13) ................... (see) a few
objects on the floor. There
14) ...................... (not/be) much damage.
Thank goodness! It 15) ...................... (be)
a terrifying experience!
That's all my news for now.
I
6 that Compitlete means the the second samesentence as the so
first. Use up to three words.
1 They enjoyed themselves a lot at
the party last Saturday night.
They ~ had a great time at the party
last Saturday night.
2 liz got home and then cooked
dinner.
liz ............................ .. she got
home.
3 How long is it since he broke his
arm?
When .. ...... ......... .... .. .. . his arm?
4 Do you know the reason for her leaving her job?
Do you know why .. ............................... ......... her job?
5 It took them seven hours to drive from London to Manchester.
They ...... .. .. .... ........... .......... ........ .... .. .... .... a sevenhour drive from London to
Manchester.
6 When did she move to Spain?
How long is it since .. .... .............. ..... .. .... ........ to Spain?
Speaking
Make sentences about yourself,
using the time expressions. ~ four days ago
I went to the cinema yesterday.
I saw a horror film and I was
terrified.

Writing
Using the pictures A-D, write a short story in the past
simple tense. Use the ideas below to help you_
• volcano/ erupt at about 6:00 am
• people hear/ loud noise/ see smoke/ sky
• they be in panic/ leave/ houses
• that night/people/ sleep in the forest/then left area
• weeks later/ go back/village
• see / ash / dust/everywhere
• they/ be/ very sad

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