LANGUAGE FOCUS – BASIC LEVEL – UNIT 2

I went to Santiago last week. I took

the bus from Temuco on Sunday night. I
arrived on Monday morning.

I stayed with my aunt. We

visited some museums and
went shopping.

I saw my friends on Thursday night.

We went to a restaurant. I came
back to Temuco on Saturday.

Past simple
REGULAR VERBS
Verb + -ed
I
he work → worked clean → cleaned
she visited stay → stayed arrive → arrived
it start → started dance → danced
we try → tried * stop → stopped *
you study → studied * copy → copied *
they
be careful with spelling

IRREGULAR VERBS
begin → began give → gave say → said
bring → brought go → went see → saw
buy → bought have → had sell → sold
catch → caught hear → heard sit → sat
come → came know → knew sleep → slept
do → did leave → left speak → spoke
drink → drank lose → lost take → took
eat → ate make → made tell → told
feel → felt meet → met think → thought
find → found pay → paid win → won
forget → forgot put → put write → wrote
get → got read → read (red)*
pronunciation
Exercise 1

Write the past simple of these verbs.

1) get _________ 3) go _________ 5) think ________ 7) buy _________
2) have _________ 4) see ________ 6) know ________ 8) speak _______

Exercise 2

Complete the sentences. Use one of these verbs in the past simple.
clean die enjoy finish happen open
rain start stay want

1) I cleaned my teeth three times yesterday.

2) It was hot in the room, so I ………………………. the window.
3) The concert ……………………. at 7.30 and ………………………. at 10 o’clock.
4) When I was a child, I …………………….. to be a doctor.
5) The accident ………………………. last Sunday afternoon.
6) It´s a nice day today but yesterday it ………………………… all day.
7) We …………………………. our holiday last year. We ……………………… at a very nice place.
8) Rodrigo’s grandfather ………………………. when he was 90 years old.

Exercise 3

Put the verbs in the past simple to make a sentence.

1) Miguel / throw / the car keys / and Alejandra / catch / them

Miguel threw the car keys and Alejandra caught them.
2) Who / win / the World Cup / last year?
…………………………………………………………………………………..
3) What / you / do / last weekend?
…………………………………………………………………………………..
4) We / buy / Elena some perfume / for her birthday
…………………………………………………………………………………..
5) Her father / live / in Argentina / when / he / be/ a child.
…………………………………………………………………………………..

Links for extra practice

https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/english-grammar/verbs/past-tense/past-simple