GRAMMAR CONSOLIDATION UNIT 8

Past simple affirmative: regular and irregular verbs

1 Match the present and past simple verbs.

eat play write offered walk

ate wrote walked drive played drove offer

eat ate
1 _______________ _______________
2 _______________ _______________
3 _______________ _______________
4 _______________ _______________
5 _______________ _______________

2 Choose the correct words.

We goed / went to Madrid last summer.

1 I watched / watcht TV last night.
2 Rob seed / saw his friend in town.
3 Mr Walker drove / drived his car to work.
4 The film end / ended at 10.30 last night.
5 Jane had / haved bread and milk for breakfast.

Past simple negative: regular and irregular verbs

3 Rewrite the sentences in the negative.

I met my friends after school.

I didn't meet my friends after school.
1 John rode his bike to school.
_________________________________________________________
2 They talked on the phone.
_________________________________________________________
3 Mum and Dad drank coffee for breakfast.
_________________________________________________________

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 4 Lucy had a great time on holiday.
_________________________________________________________
5 We relaxed on the beach.
_________________________________________________________

Past simple: questions and short answers

4 Read Jack’s diary. Then complete the questions and short answers.

Friday

go to restaurant
watch film

Saturday

play football
meet friends

Sunday

go to beach
listen to music

Did Jack watch a film on Saturday?

No, he didn't.
1 _______________ he _______________ to the beach on Sunday?
_______________.
2 _______________ he _______________ football on Friday?
_______________.
3 _______________ he _______________ his friends on Saturday?
_______________.
4 _______________ he _______________ to a restaurant on Sunday?
_______________.
5 _______________ he _______________ to music on Sunday?

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