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By guerina3
Past Simple affirmative
HOW TO FORM THE PAST SIMPLETo form the past simple we have to
distinguish:
• regular verbs: dance, play, walk,…• irregular verbs: eat, swim, drive,…
They are only different in the affirmative form.
I typed He swam They had
AFFIRMATIVE: REGULAR• To form the past simple we add –ED to the
infinitive.• All persons have the same form: I/ you/ we/ they/ walk+ed
He she/ it play+ed• Spelling changes Verbs ending in cons-y →ied I study → I studiedMonosyllables verbs (CVC) → double the
consonant He stops → He stopped Verbs ending in –e → d She dances → She danced
AFFIRMATIVE IRREGULAR• Irregular verbs don’t have a fixed
pattern.• You must learn irregular verbs by heart. (look at the list at the end of the book) I run → I ran He drives → He drove They fly → They flew• Be careful: most of the verbs we often
use are irregular.
USES OF THE PAST SIMPLE• We use the past simple to talk about: completed actions in the past
• Time references: yesterday, in 2011,… last month, day, year, summer… I saw Paul yesterday Diana played tennis last Friday
YOUR TURN NOW 1 Look at the pictures.
Write complete affirmative sentences using the past simple (regular or irregular).
Check your answers.
Pete/ borrow
Pete borrowed a book from the library
The children/ visit
The children visited their grandparents
Mum/ make
Mum made pancakes
Sue & Rick/ swim
Sue and Rick swam
Jim/ vote
Jim voted
Tom/ run
Tom ran
Jane/ eat
Jane ate spaghetti
He/ find
He found gold
The pigs/ dance
The pigs danced
She/ wear
She wore a costume
Carl/ sign
Carl signed a contract
They/ play
They played the drums
Tim/ write
Tim wrote an essay
Fill in the blanks with the past simple:
1. Tim ……………… at half past seven (get up)2. Gina ……………… French last year (study)3. Carol ……………… a shower yesterday (have)4. The boys ……………… football (play)5. It ……………… cold last Sunday (be)6. The bus ……………… late (arrive)7. Dad ……………….. a fantastic laptop (buy)8. John …………………. his parents (phone)9. Terry ………………… home last week (come)
KEY1. Tim GOT UP at half past seven. 2. Gina STUDIED French last year.3. Carol HAD a shower yesterday.4. The boys PLAYED football.5. It WAS cold last Sunday.6. The bus ARRIVED late.7. Dad BOUGHT a fantastic laptop.8. John PHONED his parents.9. Terry CAME home last week.
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