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Past Simple Tense Overview and Exercises

The document discusses the past simple tense in English. It explains that the past simple is used to talk about completed past events and often indicates when they occurred. It also distinguishes between regular and irregular verbs. Regular past simple verbs are formed by adding "-ed" to the base verb, while irregular verbs have varying past simple forms. Examples of forming affirmative, negative, and question sentences in the past simple are provided.

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Past Simple Tense Overview and Exercises

The document discusses the past simple tense in English. It explains that the past simple is used to talk about completed past events and often indicates when they occurred. It also distinguishes between regular and irregular verbs. Regular past simple verbs are formed by adding "-ed" to the base verb, while irregular verbs have varying past simple forms. Examples of forming affirmative, negative, and question sentences in the past simple are provided.

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Use: Regular and Irregular verbs: Form

We use the Past Simple to talk about


a completed event in the past. There are two types of verbs in Negative:
We often say when it happened (e.g English: Regular and Irregular Verbs.
yesterday, two years ago…) * We form the Past Simple of *We form the negative
e.g I…bought…….(buy) a present for regular verbs by adding –ed to the
you last Tuesday. with didn’t +verb in
verb:
infinitve
e.g open-opened
walk-walked
ask-asked e.g I didn’t go to the
Spelling rules: gym yesterday.
*If the verb ends with –e, we add –d: *The Past Simple form of many
e.g live-lived verbs is irregular: *We form questions
e. g do-did with did and the
*Verbs endings with a consonant +y ,we
put : y-ied take-took infinitve
e.g study-studied say-said

*Verbs ending with one vowel and one e.g Did you go to the
consonant: cinema yesterday?
e.g stop-stopped

Affirmative Negative Questions


I ………………(eat)yesterday. I ………. ……… (eat)yesterday. .…… I ………….(eat)yesterday?

You …………(drink) yesterday. You …….. ..…… (drink) yesterday. ……… you …………(drink)
yesterday?
He …………..(swim) yesterday. He ……… …….. (swim) yesterday.
………. he …………..(swim)
She ………….(run) yesterday. She …….. ……… (run) yesterday. yesterday?

It ……………. (jump)yesterday. It .…….. ………. (jump) yesterday. ……… she ………….(run)


yesterday?
We ……………(come )yesterday. We …….. .…… (come )yesterday.
……… it ……………. yesterday?
You ………… (go)yesterday. You …….. …… (go) yesterday.
………… we …………… yesterday?
They ………………….(walk) They ………… ……….(walk)
yesterday. yesterday. ……….you ………… yesterday?

Complete the sentences with the past simple of the verbs in brackets ():

1. She ………………(write) a letter to her friend, and then, she ………..(post) it.
2. I …………………….(not/go) to school last Friday. I …………(be) ill.
3. …………. they (buy) some clothes yesterday? Yes, they ………. (buy) a pair of trousers.
4. ……………. the steak good? No, it ………… (not/be).
5. The cat …………….(jump) the fence when it ………….(see) the dog.
6. My cousins ………………..(not/enjoy) the party.
7. Your parents ……………….(not/study) English at school. They ………(study) French.
8. I ……….(wait) for an hour but he ……….(not/phone).
9. When …………… you ……………….your exams?
10. She …………….(live) there for a few years ,but she ……………… (not/like) the place.
11. They ……………….(come) to our house yesterday but they ………………..(not/stay).
12. What ………… you ………….(say)? I ………………(not/hear)you.
13. Tina ……………….(stop) smoking last year and ………………..(start) teaching Maths.

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