Simple Past : Regular and Irregular verbs : Affirmative,

negative and Interrogative

Form

Past
form the
the Past
Regular verbs
verbs form
Regular
adding ed
Simple by
by adding
ed to
to the
the
Simple
infnitive.
infnitive.
talk talked
talked
talk

-y
+ -y
in aa consonant
consonant +
Verbs ending
ending in
Verbs
and add
add -ied.
-ied.
and
cry cried
cried
cry

diferent
have diferent
Irregular verbs
verbs have
Irregular
forms.
forms.
Give gave
gave
Give
do -- did
did
do

Use

which
actions which
to talk
talk about
about actions
Past Simple
Simple to
We use
use the
the Past
We
with:
past. It
It occurs
occurs with:
in the
the past.
at some
some point
point in
happened at
happened
year.
month // year.
last week
week // month
ago, yesterday,
yesterday, last
ago,

Afrmative:
Afrmative:

went to
to France
France two
parents went
Ann and
and her
her parents
two years
years
Ann
ago.
ago.

girlfriend.
Yesterday he
he called
called his
his girlfriend.
Yesterday

his family.
family.
Last week
week Mark
Mark rang
rang his
Last
Negative:
Negative:

She didnt
didnt go
go to
to Lisbon.
Lisbon.
She

Interrogative:
Interrogative:

Did Ann
Ann go
go to
to France?
France?
Did

Exercises
1. Write the verbs in the past simple:

Walk __________
Hate __________
Try __________
Love __________
Want __________
Start __________
Study __________
Wash __________
Watch __________
Have __________

2. Complete the sentences.

Dad ____________ ( work) last Sunday.

We ____________ (play) football after school yesterday.
I ____________ (watch) a goof flm last night.
My friend and I ____________ (try) skating for the frst time yesterday.
Mary ____________ (play) the guitar for an hour this morning.
I ____________ (stay) at my friends house last week.
3. Complete the sentences.

Mary ____________ (go) shopping in Lisbon yesterday.

Ann ____________ (wear) her new jeans on Tuesday.
They ____________ (take) their books to school.
My grandparents ____________ (come) to our house for lunch last Sunday.
Peter ____________ (buy) some souvenirs for his sister.

4. Write the following sentences in the interrogative form using the past
simple. Follow the example:
The tennis match / why / lose / he why did he lose the tennis match?

His / book / friend / buy / where / that

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Mary / why / to / yesterday / school / not go

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Have / she / what / breakfast / for
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At / study / Oxford / they
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5. Write the negative form of the following sentences.

Carol wrote a letter to her best friend.

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She lost her keys in the supermarket.
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They went to the beach with her parents.
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Mary bought all her books in the bookshop.
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The artists sang beautifully in the concert.
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He was very anxious about the results of her exam.
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Their parents gave them a dog as a birthday present.
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