PAST SIMPLE – REGULAR AND IRREGULAR VERBS

A. Study the following sentences:

a. I lived in London for a couple of years.
b. Two weeks ago we went on a trip to Gerês.
c. Last year I saw the Niagara Falls and loved it.
d. Did you spend your holidays all by yourselves?
e. No, we didn’t go by ourselves. Some monitors were there too.

1. Underline the form of the verb in each sentence.

2. What tense is this ? When is it used ?

3. What’s the infinitive of the verbs you underline ?

4. Are the forms you underline regular or irregular ? Give examples of both.

5. Write (aff.), (neg.) or (int.) in front of each of them.

6. Rewrite sentence a. in the interrogative form and sentence c. in the negative
form.

B. Put in the missing verb forms bellow. You may use the verbs given bellow more
then once.
a. Last year I _______ no holidays. I __________ at home.
b. My mother ________ ill last month, so we _________ (not) _________
London.
c. Alan ________ to Scotland for a week in August. He ________ fabulous
places there.
d. ________ they ________ to Cuba this year? _______ they _______ fun?
e. I ________ to the Lisbon Expo last July. It _______ great but I ________
____________ (neg.) everything.

Be / Go / Visit / Have / Stay / See / Fly