María Camila Bautista Hernandez.

Grado 9-2
Anexo 6: Simple Past: Regular and Irregular Verbs (Resuelto)

The Simple Past: Regular Verbs (Statements)

The party was fun, but we missed you.

Grammar in Context

Kathy

Thanks for the chocolates. Everyone enjoyed them. The party was a blast, but we all missed
you, especially Mark. He looked like a lost dog. :>(

How’s Boston? How’s the convention?

Judy

Judy,

Once again, happy birthday!

Boston is terrific :)! The convention was another story.

I arrived here late Monday night. Tuesday I worked from 7:00 in the morning until 10:00 at night.
Wednesday I started at 7:00 and didn’t finish until 9:00 at night. Thank goodness, the convention
ended last night.

Again, I’m so sorry I missed your party.

Kathy

Hi! Kathy,

Who’s this secret cousin? I’d love to meet him.

Judy
María Camila Bautista Hernandez.
Grado 9-2
Anexo 6: Simple Past: Regular and Irregular Verbs (Resuelto)

FOCUSED PRACTICE

1 DISCOVERY GRAMMAR
A Read about Kathy’s cousin. Underline the 10 simple past verbs: The first one is already
Underline for you.

Ten years ago Ted Geller graduated from college. A year after graduation, Ted and four
friends started an online business. For three years they worked very hard. They hired and fired a
lot of people. They learned a lot about business. In their third year, a big company offered to buy
their company. The five partners agreed. At the age of 26, Ted ended up without a job but with a
lot of money. He used half his money to help poor children. Ted’s an unusual man.

B Write the base form of the underline words.

___graduate___ _____start____ _____work_________

___use_______ ______end_ __ _______learn_______
__ offere______ ____fire______ _______hire________
___agree_____

2 A FLOWER SHOP
Complete the sentences with the past form of the verbs in the box. Use each verb once.

graduate help learn open stay work

Jane loves flowers. As a child she always ___helped___ her mother in their garden.
1.

Six years ago she ____graduated____ from art school. She ___opened____ in a flower shop
after graduation.
2. 3.

She _________worked________________ at the flower shop for three years.

4.

She __________learned_______ a lot about flowers and about the flowers business.
5

Three years ago she _______________staied__________ her own flower shop. Today her
flower shop is doing very well.
6.
María Camila Bautista Hernandez.
Grado 9-2
Anexo 6: Simple Past: Regular and Irregular Verbs (Resuelto)

3 LAST WEEKEND
Complete the sentences. Use the verbs in the box that make sense to the paragraph.
Clean play rain stay watch

Saturday it _____rained_____ all day long. Judy ____________staied_____________ home. She

1. 2.

________deaned__________ her apartment. Then she _______watched____________ TV.

3. 4.

She ______played___________ tennis.

5.
4 EDITING
Correct the mistakes in the messages. There are five mistakes. The first mistake is already
corrected.
missed
1. I’m sorry I did miss your call. Please leave your name and a short message.

2. HI, Ted. This is Al. I am arrived this morning. My phone number is 345 – 9090.

3. Hello, Ted. This is Melissa. I yesterday talked to Ellen. She loved your speech.

4. Hi, Ted. This is Judy. Sorry I was missed your call. Call me. I have some exciting news.

5. Hi, Uncle Ted. This is Mickey. I received this morning your gift. It’s awesome. Thank you so
much. I love the game.
loved

5 PRONUNCIATION OF –ED ENDINGS

Write the pronunciation of the –ed ending after each verb.

1. talked talk /t/ 13. roamed roam /d/

2. sobbed sob /d/ 14. kissed kiss /t/
3. graded grade /d/ 15. halted halt /ed/
4. asked ask /t/ 16. laughed laugh /t/
5. helped help /d/ 17. dried dry /d/
6. watched watch /t/ 18. believed believe /d/
7. filled fill /d/ 19. judged judge /t/
8. defended defend /d/ 20. counted count /d/
9. poured pour /d/ 21. added add /d/
10. waited wait /ed/ 22. boxed box /t/
11. enjoyed enjoy /d/ 23. rested rest /d/
12. loaded load /d/ 24. pushed push /t/