simple past: forms I worked. I did not work. REGULAR VERBS AN IRREGULAR VERB Wyoufhe/she/it/we/they worked '/you/he/shelit/we/they went Ei | Wyoushe/she/it/we/they did not work Vyou/he/shefit/we/they did not go HOW TO MAKE REGULAR SIMPLE PAST FORMS © most verbs: +-ed work—> worked help > helped rain > rained after-c +-d hope-> hoped like — liked @ write the simple past. arrive change COOK... 5 ive soe pass .. shave watch VERBS ENDING IN -Y * vowel (a, ¢, 0) + y—> -yed play-> played enjoy > enjoyed © consonant (d, |, retc)+y—> -ied try > tried reply — replied Qwrite the simple past. stay study ay. annoy .... carry hurry pray .. DOUBLING (stopped, planned, etc) * one vowel + one consonant > double consonant + -ed stop — stopped (NOT stoped) plan» planned @ two vowels: don't double seem —> seemed wait —> waited (NOT waited) ‘* two consonants: don’t double want > wanted (NOT wantted) help —> helped * only double in STRESSED syllables _preFER > preferred BUT WONder —> wondered write the simple past. rain shout » teGRET .. ANswer ... With irregular verbs, you have to leam the simple past forms one by one (see page 275). go->went see» saw buy» bought —_pay—> paid @ write as many of the simple past forms as you can. Check them on page 275, and learn the ones that you don’t know. become .. begin DIEAK cones ring catch .. come GTINK ese eat fall... feel. forget get give. hear hold keep KMOW cece learn leave .. let make .. pay put ead . SAY se shut speak ... stand take tell think write 42 PAST TENSESdid not clean the cor Sore sid pei rtenes Hee) @ Circle the correct form. > I break /(broke)a cup yesterday. > Ann did not(play)/ played tennis this morning. 1 Harry work / worked last Sunday. I didn’t know / knew where I was. I didn’t feel / felt well last night. Ann come / came to see us at the weekend. I didn’t see / saw Bill at the party. Peter didn’t write / wrote to me for a long time. ‘The train did not arrive / arrives on time. Mary didn’t like / likes / liked her teacher. eNO hed @ Make simple past negative sentences. > I played hockey. (football) ..!.didw/t play, football, 1 We spoke Spanish together. (Arabic) My uncle taught mathematics. (science) 0 Bill cooked the potatoes. (the fish) .... I took my mother to the mountains. (my father) We told our parents everything. (the police) I wrote to my sister. (my brother) liked the party. (the music) ‘We knew her address. (phone number) .. @ complete the sentences with affirmative (f) or negative (EI) verbs. > I didn’t break this window, but (the other one > I worked last week, but (the week before Kl) 1 2i¢ He didn’t change his trousers, but (his shirt J) .. She answered the first question, but (the others El He phoned her, but (go to her house BH) .. I didn’t bring any flowers, but (some chocolates She didn’t buy a coat, but (a very nice dress Ei) Late the vegetables, but (the meat Bl)... We kept the photos, but (the letters Ei) They didn’t speak English, but (German f).. My grandfather shaved on weekdays, but (at weekends EB waVanewn @ write five things that you didn’t do yesterday. 1 Ididn’t .. 2% ane PAST TENSES 43simple past questions Did you pay? What did she say? | QUESTION He cleaned the car. Did he clean the car? (NOT Did-he-cleaned-the-car?) The class went to Rome. | Where did the class go? (NOT Where-did-the-class- went?) @ Circle the correct form. > I take /(ookmy father to Spain last week. Why did you leave / left your job? > Did you fhean)/ heard me? Did Fred speak / spoke to you about Andy? 2 When did Ann start / starts school? 3 [see / saw Eric in the supermarket yesterday. Derek learn / learnt English when he was young. 4 5 1 Did John bring / brought his wife with him? 6 Where did that woman keep / Kept all her money? 7 8 Sorry —I forget / forgot to buy milk. @ Make simple past questions. > John enjoyed the food, but (the music ) 4d. 1 She listened to everything, but (remember it 2 You didn’t pay Andy, but (the others Kd) .. 3 You liked the book, but (the film Wa) 4 He played football, but (well I) 5 You gave them some help, but (any money Kl) © Make simple past questions with what, who and where. > Pete saw somebody. 3 Alice married somebody. 4 Mary broke something. . 5. Mike stayed somewhere. Where did Ann stay? Where did Ann and her mother stay? Where did Ann and her mother and the children stay? (NOT Where-stayed-Ann-? OR Where-did-stay—?) @ Make simple past questions. > Jake and his wife went to Moscow. .\[Link] Jake and his, wife, ge?.. 1 Mrs Potter’s two boys played football yesterday. When 2 All the people in the class felt tired. Why . - . 3 The big man with the grey beard said something. What ei senne 4 The people who were sitting at the back of the bus started to sing. Why .. 44 PAST TENSESsimple past: use I left school in 1990. @ Put the beginnings and ends together, using the verb: die / forget learn like ~—read_—sspeak — stop 1 Shakespeare .. ‘A. birthday on Monday... 21 B in 1616. 4 3. That's a really good book. © sol. my lessons last week. .. 4 When we were children D1. last year... 5 didn't my piano teacher | Ewe always . .. French at home. ... 6 When did you ern F_to speak Spanish so well? @ How long ago was your last birthday? Ten days ago? Five weeks ago? Eight months ago? Write the answer, and answer the other questions. 1 my last birthday 2 last Tuesday ceo 3 last January. 4 my third birthday © Put simple past verbs into the story. 1-6: come hear open say notsee_— stand hold not read take say not speak turn write HEV cnns outside her door for a long time. Then he 2 footsteps inside the house. She 3 wns out. At first she 5. scone him, but then she 6 He 7 vemnennesnennennenne & paper Out of his pocket and 8... She 9 . it in one hand, but 10 he it She 12 soe : . you this letter because ~’ She 14 slowly down the street. back into the house. He 15 and walked 46 PAST TENSESsimple past: revision @ complete the sentences with affirmative (3) verbs, questions (Iq) or negatives (1). > She didn’t feel well last night, but (OK this morning i) ..2ie¢.[Link]. this. nsoinbng, > ‘I bought a new coat yesterday.’ (‘shoes Il’) ..RiA. you. buy. shoes? > We saw the Eiffel Tower, but (see Notre Dame Mi) ..2&.Aides't see, Mees Peat 1 I didn’t learn much French at school, but (a lot of Latin I remembered to buy the bread, but (the milk 9) .. I spoke to Ann's father, but (her mother I) “Peter didn’t phone yesterday.’ (‘this morning I’) . I didn’t take the bus to London; (the train I know you went to Singapore, but (Malaysia The train stopped at Edinburgh, but (Glasgow El ‘Did the children see a film?’ (‘two films E’) ‘Late your cake.’ (‘my chocolates I’) wer anneen @ Make simple past questions. > Ann and her brother went to Beijing. Where 1 Sarah and her baby came out of hospital this morning. When. brotner go?.. 2. Peter's friends from the office gave him a bicycle. Why 3 The small woman with long hair said something. What The children bought something. What .... Somebody left a bicycle in the garden. Who Something fell off the table. What Bill found a cat in his office. Who . Sane @ Look at the picture, and complete the sentence correctly. A did you remember B did you remembered do you remembered D did you to remember PAST TENSES 47