Past Simple (regular verbs)
Write the Past Simple form of the verbs below in the correct column.
repeat worry finish start phone call miss enjoy visit marry listen cry
play hate wash climb live arrive talk look stay ask clean
travel open like walk carry stop mix plan decide tidy
cons + y double cons
-d - ed - ied + - ed
Write sentences in Past Simple:
1- Affirmative
2- Negative
3- Interrogative (Yes / No)
A) My sister / tidy / her room / yesterday morning. E) John / stay / at Mary’s house / last summer.
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2- 2-
3- 3-
B) We / live / in New York / in 1997. F) You / start / school / ten years ago.
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2- 2-
3- 3-
C) Tom / travel / to Dublin / last night. G) The film / end / very late / last weekend.
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2- 2-
3- 3-
D) I / clean / my teeth / twice / yesterday. H) Sue and Pat / talk / on the phone / yesterday.
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2- 2-
3- 3-
Write the verbs in brackets in Past Simple.
Tidied. Staied
- My sister .............................. (tidy) her - John ................................. (stay) at his
bedroom yesterday morning. granny’s house last summer.
Phoned. Ended
- We ................................ (phone) our - The film ........................... (end) very late
cousins last week. yesterday.
Played.
- The girls ............................... (play) on the Lived
- My family .......................... (live) in New York
computer last night. in 1995.
Traveled.
- I ....................................... (travel) to Paris Cleaned
- You .............................. (clean) your teeth
three months ago. three times yesterday.
Complete the sentences with the verbs below in Past Simple.
Liked
1- Lucy ................................. her birthday presents.
2- Last weekend I ............................. in the mountains for 2 hours.
3- We .............................. the party very much.
4- Ken ............................... to his favourite CD yesterday.
5- My sister .................................. Maths for an exam.
6- They .................................. to the USA in 2003.
7- Dad ................................ his car last weekend.
8- The film ............................... at 11:30.
Write the sentences in negative.
1- Lucy ...................................................... her birthday presents.
2- .........................................................................................................................................................
3- .........................................................................................................................................................
4- .........................................................................................................................................................
5- .........................................................................................................................................................
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7- .........................................................................................................................................................
8- .........................................................................................................................................................
What did you do yesterday? Put a ( ) or a ( ).
Write questions about the previous activities and answer them.
1- Did you ............................................................. yesterday? ......................................................
2- ................................................................................................? ......................................................
3- ................................................................................................? .......................................................
4- ................................................................................................? .......................................................
5- ................................................................................................? .......................................................
6- ................................................................................................? .......................................................
7- ................................................................................................? .......................................................
8- ................................................................................................? .......................................................
Ask your classmate the questions and compare the answers.
Use and or but to join the actions.
1- Yesterday I ................................................................................................................................
2- .........................................................................................................................................................
3- .........................................................................................................................................................
4- .........................................................................................................................................................
5- .........................................................................................................................................................
6- .........................................................................................................................................................
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Past Simple (irregular verbs)
Complete the table.
Then complete the sentences with the Past Simple of the verbs in brackets.
- She ...................... (go) to school on foot yesterday. - My dad ................... (give) me a CD for my birthday.
- Paul ..................... (eat) 2 sandwiches and an apple. - Ana ..................... (have) a bath last Sunday.
- I ...................... (get) up very early last night. - We ...................... (swim) in the Mediterranean sea.
- They ....................... (find) 50 euros in the street. - Joe ..................... (write) a letter to Mary 2 days ago.
Complete the sentences. Use the negative form of the underlined verbs.
Yesterday ...
- I drank coffee but I ................................. tea.
- She found her purse but she .................................. her keys.
- The children broke the window but they .................................... the door.
- He had a shower but he .................................. breakfast.
- My father made a cake but he ................................. any pastries.
- We spoke English and French but we ................................... German.
Match the pictures with the actions and write the Past Simple of the verbs.
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Write questions about Alex and answer them.
Ate a sandwich
Made a cake
Did the homework.
Rode a bike. Has a shower
Read the newspaper. Did the washing up
Did Alex drank a co ee ? No he didn’t.he ate a sandwich
Did Alex watched tv ? No he didn’t.he did the homework
Did Alex cleaned his bedroom ? No he didn’t .made a cake
Did Alex drove a car ? No he didn’t. He rode a bike
Did Alex swam in the pool ? No he didn’t. He has a shower
Did Alex read a book ? No he didn’t . He read a newspaper
Did Alex walked the dog ? No he didn’t.he did the washing up
Mary likes and the children love .
So Mary and Mum ................................
Going (sunbathe) and the children ........................... (play) with
the ball and .......................... (make)
Were sandcastles. Dad ........................... (swim) in the sea and
........................ (read) the Was the umbrella. We usually ...................... (have) lunch in
under
a nearTraveled
the beach. In the afternoon they ................................ (visit) very interesting
places.Stayed
One day They ......................... (go) out in a . It ....................
Were (be) amazing!
They .......................... (like) the Going
best. They ...................... (see) different ,
some and even a .............................. (jump) in front of the boat. They also
......................... (watch) some people feed the fish. Mary ......................
Sunbathed. Played(take) a lot of .
The family ........................... (enjoy) a lot.
Made. Swam
TheRead
last day it ........................ (rain). The whole family .......................
Has (go) to a shopping centre.
They ............................... (buy) some souvenirs. In the afternoon they ............................. (return)
Visited
Going.
home. Mary and Werethere !!!!
her family ..................... (have) a great time
Liked. Saw.
WRITE sentences in PAST SIMPLE:
Jumped
1- Affirmative
2- Negative
Watched. Took
3- Interrogative (Yes / No)
A) He / phone / a friend / an hour ago. I) The children / play / tennis and basketball /
Enjoyed at the sports centre.
1-
1-
2-
Rained. 2- Going
3-
3-
Bought.
B) My father / buy / a jeep / last week. Returned
J) You / do / your homework / last weekend.
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1-
2- Has
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3-
3-
C) The girls / wear / skirts / to the party
K) My friend / study / German / last year.
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D) I / wash / my hair / last night
L) I / get up / at seven / last Sunday morning
1- He phoned a friend an hour ago
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2-
He didn’t phoned a friend an hour ago. The
2- children played tennis and basketball at the sports center
3- The children didn’t play tennis and basketball at the sports center
He did phoned a friend an hour ago g. 3- children played tennis and basketball at the sports center
Did the
E) Jane / send / four e-mails / to Lisa
M) We / visit / our friends / yesterday evening
1-
My father bought a jeep last week 1-
2-
My father didn’t buy a jeep last week. You doing your homework last weekend
2-
3- My father did buy a jeep last week. You didn’t do your homework last weekend
3- You did your homework last weekend
F) The old lady / carry / heavy bags /
yesterday morning N) She / have lunch / in an Italian restaurant
1- The girls wore skirts to the party 1-
2- The girls didn’t wear skirts to the party 2-
My friend studying German last year
3- The girls did wore skirts to the party. 3- My friend didn’t studying German last year
My friend did studying German last year
G) The film / end / very late / last weekend O) They / watch / TV / in the living room
1- I. Washed my hair last night 1-
2- 2- I get up at seven last Sunday morning
I didn’t wash my hair last night I didn’t get up at seven last Sunday morning
3- I. Did washed my hair last night 3- I did get up at seven last Sunday morning
H) They / go / to bed / at midnight P) He / drink / orange juice / for breakfast
1- Jane sending four e-mails to Lisa 1-
2- Jane didn’t send four e-mails to Lisa 2- We visited our friends yesterday evening
Jane did sending four emails to Lisa We didn’t visit our friends yesterday evening
3- 3- We did visited our friends yesterday evening
The old lady carried heavy bags yesterday morning She has lunch in an Italian restaurant
Write Wh- questions for the underlined words in the
The old lady didn’t carry heavy bags yesterday morning she didn’t have lunch in an Italian restaurant
previous
The old sentences.
lady did carried heavy bags yesterday morning she did has lunch in an Italian restaurant
Use these wh- words:
WHERE
The WHAT
lmed end very TIME
late last weekend WHEN WHAT
They watched HOW
tv in theMANY
living room WHO
The lm didn’t end very late last weekend They didn’t watch tv in the living room
The lmed did end very late last weekend. They did watched tv in the living room
A) - ............................................................................................................................................
They going to bed at midnight He drank orange juice for breakfast
B)
They didn’t go to bed at midnight
- He didn’t drink orange juice for breakfast
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They did going to bed at midnight. He did drank orange juice for breakfast
C) - ............................................................................................................................................
D) - ............................................................................................................................................
E) - ............................................................................................................................................
F) - ............................................................................................................................................
G) - ............................................................................................................................................
When did you last see your friend?
H) - ............................................................................................................................................
I) - ............................................................................................................................................
What time did the German arrive ?
Who joined you at the Italian restaurant ?
J) - ............................................................................................................................................
What did you watch on tv?
K) - ............................................................................................................................................
What time did you go to bed last night?
L) - ............................................................................................................................................
Where did you meet your friend last weekend?
M) - ............................................................................................................................................
What did you do at the sports center?
N) - ............................................................................................................................................
O) - ............................................................................................................................................
When did you receive four emails?
P) - Who did you go to the party with?
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How many heavy bags did you carry?
Where did you take the jeep yesterday evening?
Where did you take the jeep yesterday evening?
When did you have orange juice ?
Where were you very late?
How many people were at the party?
Who sent you the emails?