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THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL BALLOT
PAST SIMPLE
Use of the Past Simple
The Past Simple is used to write and talk about completed actions that happened in a time
before the present. It is the basic form of the past tense in English. Study the following
information how to form the simple past and how to form the negation and questions.
Regular Verbs
How to form: Infinitive + ed = 2nd form
Examples:
walk + ed = walked
laugh + ed = laughed
want + ed = wanted
Note:
cry - cried - y » i
carry - carried - y » i
love - loved - no e
hope - hoped - no e
stop - stopped - if you speak a short vowel » doubling
drop -dropped - if you speak a short vowel » doubling
Key words: yesterday, last week (month, Monday, October,...), in 1984, ago
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IRREGULAR VERBS
1st form 2nd form
am, is was
are were
get got
go went
see saw
do did
take took
have had
Irregular verbs lists:
Negation of the Past Simple
How to form: didn't (= did not) + 1st form
He didn't go to her last party. They didn't like his story.
BUT: was not (wasn't), were not (weren't), could not (couldn't)
Questions in the Past Simple
How to form: did + 1st form
Did he go to her last party? Did they like his story?
Where did they live? How did she feel?
Question word - did - person - verb
BUT: Was he angry? Were they late? Could they swim?
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1.- PAST SIMPLE - EXERCISE
Fill in the past form.
1. Mammoths big animals, bigger than elephants. (be)
2. Mammoths 100 years ago. (not live)
3. Mammoths a long time ago. (live)
4. Mammoths meat. They grass. (not eat / eat)
5. They two large tusks about three metres long. (have)
6. I by credit card. I cash. (pay / not pay)
7. He some milk. He any water. (drink / not drink)
8. She only a pound. She 3 pounds. (spend / not spend)
9. I some elephants. I any lions. (see / not see)
10. They in the sea, but they in the lake. (swim / not swim)
2.-PAST SIMPLE - EXERCISE 2
Complete these sentences. Use the verbs below.
clean - die - enjoy - end - happen - live - open - play - rain - repair - start - stay - want -
watch
1. Yesterday evening I TV.
2. I only my teeth four times last week.
3. Bruce his mountain bike yesterday evening.
4. The concert last night at 7.30 and at 10 o'clock.
5. The accident last Sunday afternoon.
6. When I was a child, I to be a lawyer.
7. Mozart from 1756 to 1791.
8. We our holiday last week.
9. Today the weather is nice, but yesterday it .
10. It was hot in the room, so I the window.
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11. The weather was good yesterday afternoon, so we tennis.
12. William Shakespeare in 1616.
3.- PAST SIMPLE - EXERCISE 3
Put the sentences from the present into the past simple.
1. He always goes to work by car. Yesterday he to work by bus.
2. They always get up early. This morning they up late.
3. Bill often loses his key. He one last Saturday.
4. I write a letter to Jane every week. Last week I two letters.
5. She meets her friends every evening. She them yesterday evening, too.
6. I usually read two newspapers every day. I only a newspaper yesterday.
7. They come to my house every Friday. Last Friday they , too.
8. We usually go to the cinema on Sunday. We to the cinema last Sunday, too.
9. Tom always has a shower in the morning. Tom a shower this morning, too.
10. They buy a new car every year. Last year they a new car, too.
11. I eat an orange every day. Yesterday I two oranges.
12. We usually do our shopping on Monday. We our shopping last Monday,
too.
13. Ann often takes photos. Last weekend she some photos.
14. We leave at 8.30 every morning. But yesterday we at 8.00.
4.- PAST SIMPLE - EXERCISE 4
Tell the story – fill in the past simple tense
On Friday, the children (talk) about a day out together in the country. The next
morning, they (go) to the country with their two dogs and (play)
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together. Ben and Dave (have) some kites. Some time later the
dogs (be) not there. So they (call) them and (look) for
them in the forest. After half an hour the children (find) them and
(take) them back. Charlie (be) very happy to see them again. At lunch time
Nick (go) to the bikes and (fetch) the basket with some meat
sandwiches. Then they (play) football. Nick and Dave (win). In the
evening they (ride) home.
