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THE PAST SIMPLE TENSE

The Past Simple describes actions that began and finished sometime in the past. To
study and understand this tense its necessary to split the verbs in two groups:
a. Regular Verbs.
b. Irregular Verbs.
REGULAR VERBS
PRESENT FORM
Dance
Live
Work
Learn
Study
Cry

PAST FORM
Danced
Lived
Worked
Learned
Studied
Cried

As you can see in the chart above, there are 3 possibilities to transform Regular verbs
in past form: -d, -ed, -ied. Ask the teacher for the correct pronunciation of these verbs
in past form.
Exercise 1. Write the past form of these Regular verbs.
a. Like Liked

f. Invite invited

k. Move Moved

b. Play Plaied

g. Finish Finishedl. Copy Copied

c. Answer Answered

h. Help Helped

d. Call Called

i. Want Wanted n. Cook Cooked

e. Dry Dried

j. Need Needed o. Arrive Arrived

m. Dance Danced

IRREGULAR VERBS
PRESENT FORM
Give
Make
Go
Buy
Read
Put

PAST FORM
Gave
Made
Went
Bought
Read
Put

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As you can see again, these verbs dont end in -d, -ed or ied because theyre
Irregular verbs, so you have to learn by heart how they are modified in their past
forms. Can you explain their change? Ask your teacher for further information on this.

Exercise 2. Change these verbs in past form.

a. Begin started

f. Meet found k. Sell sold

b. Break broke g. See saw

l. Win won

c. Drink drank h. Have had

m. Write wrote

d. Sleep slept i. Run ran

o. Take drank

e. Cost cost j. Buy bought p. Drive drove

EXAMPLES
He had an accident last week.

She cleaned the house today.

The boy killed the bird.

John cooked turkey yesterday.

They had lunch at a restaurant.

Mike drank a big cup of tea.

THE PAST SIMPLE : NEGATIVE AND QUESTIONS

I
You
He
She
It

DIDNT

go to the concert.
eat chicken today.
study at a university.
cook Italian food.
rain in November in Colombia.

We

take a taxi to the airport.

They

help the boys with the homework.

Exercise 3. Transform these affirmative sentences in negative form.

a. I had a good weekend. I didnt have a good weekend
b. He saw the accident. He didnt see the accident.
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c. We worked for ten years. We didnt work for ten years

d. Jason lived in Australia in 1996. Jason didnt live in Australia in 1996
e. Alison drank a glass of water. Alison didnt drink a glass of water
..

I go to the concert?
you eat chicken today?
he study at a university?
She cook Italian food?
it rain in November in Colombia?

DID

Exercise 4. Transform these affirmative sentences in questions.

a.
b.
c.
d.
e.

We spoke about the problem. Did we spoke about the problem?

He won the championship. Did he win the championship?
Jenny needed my help. Did Jenny need my help?
That girl wrote the letter. Did that girl write the letter?
They finished the game. Did they finish the game?
POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE ANSWERS

YE
S

we did.
I did.
they did.

Isabella
I had a great weekend.
I went to my aunt Helen
s wedding. She got
married at home. All her
friends and family went.
She looked fantastic!

N
O

we didnt.
she

I didnt.
they didnt.

WEEKEND STORIES
She wore a beautiful
dress.
After
the
ceremony, her parents
served a wonderful meal.
Im really happy for her
and I really like her
husband!

Esteban
I
had
an
awful
weekend. My friends and
I went to a rock
concert. I had a terrible
time! It took three
hours to drive there. I
didnt like the music at
all. And after the
concert ended, our car
broke down! I called my

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parents and they came

and got us. We finally
got home at 10 this
morning. Im so tired!

Nelson Nohemy
We had an interesting
weekend.
We
went
camping for the first
time. Our friends took
us. We left on Saturday
and
drove
to
the
campsite. First, we put

up the tent, then we

built a fire, cooked
dinner and told stories.
We got up early on
Sunday and went fishing.
We caught 5 fish! We
had a very good time!

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