Fairyland 4 – Past Tense Simple

Past
Simple
Regular
Past Simple Tense is used for past actions that
happened

Verbs
- either at a specific time, which can either
be given by a time phrase (yesterday, last year, etc.)
- or understood from the context.
Regular Verbs add -ed to the base form, or -d if the verbs ends with -e.

I play football every day. (Present simple)

I played football yesterday. (Past Simple)

Spelling rules:
 In general terms > add -ed to the base form of most verbs
start        started
call          called   
 Verbs ending in -e >  add -d to the base form
live          lived
care         cared   
 Verbs ending in constonant + y > change the y to i and add -ed
spy          spied
carry        carried
 Verbs endind in  vowel + y > add  -ed
stay         stayed 
destroy     destroyed
 One syllable verbs ending in consonant + vowel + consonant > double the
consotant and add -ed
stop         stopped
rob           robbed
o Exeption > verbs ending in -w and -x 
mix                mixed
sew               sewed

Teacher, Liliana Gheorghe

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Fill in the blanks with the Past Simple of the verbs in brackets.
1. Janet _______________ (watch) a film on TV.
2. The girl _______________ (finish) her homework.
3. The car _______ (stop) in the middle of the street.
4. The children ______________ (visit) the museum.
5. Helen _______ (wash) her hair with a new shampoo.
6. Yesterday I _________ (wait) for you for an hour.
7. My mother ___________ (divide) the cake in six.
8. A friend of mine _______ (receive) a weird e-mail.
9. My family _____________ (plan) a trip to the UK.
10. Mr. Harris _____________ (carry) the heavy boxes to the attic.
11. I _______________ (talk) to John on the phone.
12.Last weekend I _____________ (dance) with Jim.
13.Karen and Sara _________ (play) computer games.
14.Tom ________ (collect) stamps when he was ten.
15.The young boy _____________ (cry) for help.
16.The baby _____ (clap) his hands with satisfaction.

Irregular verbs can change in many different ways.

Fill in the blanks with the past tense of the verb.

1. The boys (eat) ____________ their supper without a complaint.
2. The students (write) __________ their names at the top of the page.
3. Johnny (take) __________ guitar lesson with a great teacher.
4. Your dad (buy) __________ a new car.
5. I (see) __________ you at the park last night.
6. Lila (set) __________ the table before supper.
7. The students (rise) __________ for the
national anthem.
8. The children (sing) __________ a song
together.
9. Last night, we (go) __________ to the market.
10. They (drink) _________________ their milk last night.

Note: The verb form is the same for all persons.

Infinitiv Past Simple Sensul în limba
[Forma de bază] [Forma a II-a] română

Teacher, Liliana Gheorghe

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1. be was/were (a) fi
2. become became (a) deveni (ceva)
3. begin began (a) începe
4. break broke (a) rupe, (a) sparge
5. bring brought (a) aduce
6. build built (a) construi
7. burn burnt/burned (a) arde
8. buy bought (a) cumpăra
9. catch caught (a) prinde
10. choose chose (a) alege
11. come came (a) veni
12. do did (a) face
13. drink drank (a) bea
14. eat ate (a) mânca
15. fall fell (a) cădea
16. feed fed (a) hrăni
17. feel felt (a) simți
18. find found (a) găsi
19. forget forgot (a) uita
20. forgive forgave (a) ierta
21. get got (a) primi, (a) procura
22. give gave (a) da
23. go went (a) merge
24. have had (a) avea, (a) poseda
25. hear heard (a) auzi
26. know knew (a) ști
27. learn learnt/learned (a) învăța, (a) afla
28. leave left (a) părăsi, (a) pleca
29. lose lost (a) pierde
30. make made (a) face
31. meet met (a) întâlni
32. read read* [red] (a) citi
33. ride rode (a) călări
34. run ran (a) alerga
35. say said (a) spune
36. see saw (a) vedea
37. show showed (a) arăta, (a) prezenta
38. sing sang (a) cânta
39. sink sank (a se) scufunda
40. sit sat (a se) așeza
41. sleep slept (a) adormi
42. stand stood (a) sta (în picioare)
43. swim swam (a) înota
44. take took (a) duce, (a) prinde
45. teach taught (a) învăța
46. tell told (a) spune, (a) povesti
47. think thought (a) se gândi
48. throw threw (a) arunca
49. win won (a) câștiga
50. write wrote (a) scrie

Teacher, Liliana Gheorghe